New Shipment Soon

Published on 2018-03-23 in µGame.

I just asked @Makerfabs  for a quote on a new batch of µGames to be produced, and if everything goes well, they will be in stock in a couple of weeks. Also, the 3.0 version of CircuitPython is coming soon, and there will be a firmware update. The new version has greatly improved memory management, so it should help a little. I also fixed a few small bugs, and I plan to finally add the build-in art assets, which should also help with memory somewhat.

In the meantime, I started to work on project-86818 , and I entered it in the Hackaday Prize. I am not yet entirely sure where I will take this project, the only thing I’m certain of is that I want to keep it compatible with the current µGame — so that all the people who bought it are not left with an obsolete device. The new version will have more memory, so hopefully you won’t need to pre- compile your files anymore, and I want to try and make it have proper audio, with volume control and headphone jack, a physically bigger display, and better connectors for external stuff. It will probably be more expensive, too, so it’s more like an alternative to µGame coexisting with it side-by-side rather than a replacement.

Finally, I just started today some sketches for another handheld, a CircuitPython Badge , which is supposed to be even more minimal than µGame. The goal here is to minimize the price and power consumption, so that it could be used as a conference badge, given out to all participants. It’s not going to be compatible with µGame, though.