Round and round goes the red LED, and if you can push the button when it overlaps the green LED, then you win. Cyclone is almost too simple of a game, and that’s probably part of why it’s so addictive.
Want to make one for your desk? All it takes is an Arduino Nano R3 or comparable microcontroller, an RGB LED ring with 12 LEDs, a 16×2 LCD, a buzzer, and a momentary push button switch.
Interestingly, there aren’t successive levels with increasing speed, but each round begins with a randomized speed value. Of course, this can all be easily changed in the code, which is modified from [Joern Weise]’s original.
This is a tinier version of [mircemk]’s original project, which uses a 60-LED ring and does contain levels. As usual with [mircemk]’s builds, this project is mounted on their trademark 3 mm PVC board and covered with peel-and-stick wallpaper. Be sure to check out the demo and build video after the break.
Don’t forget! You have until Tuesday, September 10th to enter the 2024 Tiny Games Contest, so get crackin’!
This looks quite good. Hmmm, now you have me thinking about another Light Logic project :-)
This has nothing to do with reaction time.
Reafion time is the time it takes to respond to a new or sudden change.
This is testing pattern recognition, prediction, and timing.
It uses the same skill as keeping tempo in music.
The KY word being “skill”, because you can practice and lean it, unlike a reaction.
That looks fun!
I might use a circuit playground express to build one… It already has an LED ring (albeit only 10).