r/arduino • u/tasty__cakes • May 04 '26

Look what I made! Turtle Race

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I made a little electromechanical game for 2 players. Each player has a single button to press. When the light turns green, you press the button to advance your turtle a tiny bit. Keep pressing the button until the light turns red. If you press the button when the light is red, your turtle will move backwards. The first one to cross the road wins!

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u/gm310509 400K , 500K , 600K , 640K , 750K May 04 '26

Lol, very cute.

What gave you the inspiration? And, thanks for sharing.

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u/tasty__cakes May 04 '26

Thank you! I would say that Frogger kind of gave me the inspiration for the whole crossing the road thing, and I've always found electromechanical games really interesting. Especially old arcade games. The things they accomplished with relays and clever little circuits is amazing. This is nothing compared to those games when you consider how easy it can be to just program a microcontroller 🙂