The MagPi - February 2020

Learn how to make game software and

hardware with these cool projects

10 Best:

Game

making

projects

W

hen you have a bit of a coding hobby, you

inevitably end up thinking about making

your own game. Luckily, in this brand new

decade, it could not be easier to find resources to help

you get started. Here’s how to begin making games

with a Raspberry Pi.

Scratch Cat

goes skiing

Scratch-based gaming

Scratch is well suited to making

games, with code scripts specifically

tied to sprites/images. If you fancy

wanting to learn the basics of coding

while making a game in the process,

check out this fun skiing game.

magpi.cc/catski

Build an

arcade cabinet

Learn how controllers work

What better way to learn how

you can attach all the necessary

peripherals – buttons, joysticks,

speakers, lights, screens, etc. – to a

Raspberry Pi for games than building

a full arcade cabinet!

magpi.cc/63

Interactive tabletop RPG map

Roll for initiative

Upgrade your board games and tabletop games with this interactive map

screen that can be used by a game master to gradually reveal dangerous

dungeons or put up the next game board to play on.

magpi.cc/86

PICO-8

128 by 128 pixels of fun

Over several issues of The MagPi, Dan Lambton-Howard shows

you how to use PICO-8 to create your own 8-bit wonder game

made up of very limited pixels. Time to get creative.

magpi.cc/83

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