dino-ium

Welcome to dino-ium! This project brings the classic dinosaur game (Chrome Dino) to life on a Raspberry Pi Pico with an SSD1306 OLED display. The game features a jumping dino that dodges obstacles like cacti and birds. Some versions are coded with help from Microsoft Copilot (e.g. the bitmaps).

Features

• Dynamic Gameplay: The game gets progressively harder and faster as the dino encounters more obstacles.
• Various Obstacles: Includes small cacti, medium cacti, large cacti, and birds.
• Adaptive Difficulty: Birds appear as obstacles only after scoring 100 points.
• Smooth Animations: Utilises SSD1306 OLED display for smooth pixel graphics of about 100Hz (theoretically)
• User Input: Interactive controls with jump and duck buttons.

Example Game Play (sorry the video is very bad)

https://cloud-lkz1bzf0h-hack-club-bot.vercel.app/0video_-_2025-01-09_1_55_23_pm.mp4

Hardware Requirements

• Raspberry Pi Pico
• SSD1306 OLED display (128x64, I2C, monochrome)
• Push buttons (for jump and duck)
• Connecting wires

Software Requirements

• MicroPython installed on Raspberry Pi Pico
• Required libraries: machine, ssd1306, utime, random

Installation

1. Prepare the Raspberry Pi Pico:

   • Install MicroPython on the Raspberry Pi Pico.
   • Connect the SSD1306 OLED display to the I2C pins (SDA to GP16, SCL to GP17).
   • Connect push buttons to GPIO pins 0 and 11 for jump and duck; other ends connect to ground.

2. Upload the Code:

   • Copy the provided Python script to your Raspberry Pi Pico using an IDE like Thonny or VSCode; in development, I used ViperIDE (https://viper-ide.org/) on a ChromeBook, which worked quite well.

How to Play

• Jump: Press the jump button to make the dino jump over obstacles.
• Duck: Press the duck button to make the dino duck under obstacles.
• Score: The score increases as you dodge more obstacles. Birds appear as obstacles once you score 100 points.