I wanted to share this highly customized GameCube keyboard controller I built for use with Animal Crossing. Since the first AC game doesn’t support keyboard input, I used a Pi Pico to listen for keypresses and send simulated analog stick movements to the game, automating typing in Animal Crossing at a tool-assisted speedrun level. It works a treat! I designed the keycaps in FreeCAD and printed them on a Bambu P1P with an AMS and two different colors of PLA. The code and design files are available for free on GitHub.

And a full build/demonstration video is available here (I ended up making it do a lot more than just typing) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw8Alf_lolA

  • EK13@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Thanks for sharing! The keycaps are cool but the video demo was next level! Every time I thought that was surely all you could do with it, there was another, more impressive application.

    Also when you were showing off the image creator I was surprised there was no reference to a certain 80s music video. Little did I know…

    • hunterirving@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Thanks so much for watching! In the beginning, I really thought it would just be the typing automation, but as time went on I had more and more intrusive thoughts ideas for features to add.

      I happen to be a big fan of that 80s music video :-) I think this was the third time it’s made an appearance on my YouTube channel.

      • EK13@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 day ago

        I actually ended up watching all your other videos too since they weren’t too long and I liked them all - definitely my kind of content! I thought the Labo stuff was especially cool so I’m looking forward to that next video you’re teasing!

        • hunterirving@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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          1 day ago

          Wow, thanks for watching! Yes, the next big project will be Labo-related, though I might post another smaller project in the interim. Labo is such a fun concept. I guess I get why it wasn’t a huge success, but I’m glad Nintendo gave it a shot anyway.