during a visit with my son in the "computer games museeum" - RetroGames we found a little game with an LED strip - obviously i had to find out how this works.
after short google search for "1D led games", i found a game called twang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXpfa-ZvUMA
that beeing said, i decided to write my own twang in go, but with the limitations of tinygo in mind
currently i am testing with a 1 meter, 60 led strip, but you can easily adjust it to much longer
to make it extensible and usable as library, there is a small 1D entity engine build around it, taking care of levels, and the order of "drawing"
beside the player, who is moving and attacking, there are also usable entities, for example
- enemies, standing or walking in different directions
- fire, with active and inactive phases which let you pass or kill you
- water, flowing in a direction, pulling you with it
- the goal
- and a few more, for animations and spawning entities
for easier development and faster iterations, i included a simple ebiten emulator, so you don't have to constantly flash a microcontroller
