A video game WITH customized LCD CHARACTERS

[Nakul] wished to develop a video game, as well as with a few jobs worth of Arduino experience chose he might lastly achieve his goal. He utilized a character LCD display to make his game, as well as instead of a text-based adventure, he went with a graphical side scroller.

The screen for this space-based side scroller isn’t a graphical screen like a CRT or a graphic LCD. Instead, [Nakul] is utilizing the ubiquitous Hitachi HD44780 character LCD display. typically these are utilized to screen text, however they all have the capability to screen customized 5 by 8 pixel characters. The code puts these customized characters – a spaceship, missile, as well as barrier – into the display’s memory as well as utilizes them as the sprites for the video game.

You can get [Nakul]’s code over on his git or inspect out the action videos below.