Rollerskate Trick Generator

do you know the dice you roll to decide what you're gonna eat or wear when you can't choose?

do you sometimes lose the inspiration when rollerskating the skatepark?

fear no more because the SKATE-INATOR™ is here!!!!!

SKATE-INATOR™ will save you from boring seshes and keeps your body bruised at all times!

want to know how to get your own SKATE-INATOR™? stay here and i'll show you!

1. arduino (i used UNO)
2. LCD shield with built-in buttons
3. 9V battery
4. batteryconnector
5. camera case or something the arduino will fit in with the shield
6. laptop to build the code!

for the idea i did a lot of searching on pinterest for pictures of different small game computers. i also thought about the things i wanted the device to be able to do such as choose difficulty, choose # of players and how to implement all the different tricks.

i went with this idea:

the device is asked to generate a basic trick, an obstacle to do the trick on and finally a modifier for more advanced skater. this can be a certain rotation, a grab or making a stall a grind.

since i myself am not a coding genius at all i had to ask a friend to help me get my code to do what it had to do. instead of coding in all the different instances i wanted for options for the game we just made arrays and ask for one out of each array every loop. this saved me a lot of headache because it was way less ambitious and more doable for me.

every trick combination gets printed on the screen and pushing the 'down' button will regenerate a new combination.

In the 'documentatie' below (in dutch) you can read more about my process

(credits to GRooVy GRoVer for helping me with the code!!!)

for this step i found a perfect case with looney tunes pictures on it! i think it's a camera case and it's the right size for my project.

i wanted the screen to fit through so i cut out a hole for the screen. i had to cut a second hole for the screen adjusting screw that's right above the screen and sadly the same height. i taped around the holes to finish off the edges. now i can just push the screen through and it stays in place

for the button i only had to draw it on because the casing is soft enough to push the button through the material.

to turn on the device i open the camera case's zipper and connect the battery to the arduino and then i zip it shut. now i'm all ready for my super interesting, never boring and very special skate session!