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Raspberry Pi Embedded Projects Hotshot

You're reading from   Raspberry Pi Embedded Projects Hotshot Enter the world of mechatronic systems with the Raspberry Pi to design and build 12 amazing projects

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2015
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ISBN-13 9781849696227
Length 250 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Hello World FREE CHAPTER 2. A Raspberry WebIDE Example 3. The Arduino Raspberry Pi Interface 4. Christmas Light Sequencer 5. Internet of Things Example – An E-mail Alert Water Fountain 6. Raspberry Pi as a Personal Assistant 7. Raspberry Pi-based Line Following Robot 8. Connect Four Desktop Game using Raspberry Pi 9. The Raspberry Pi-enabled Pet/Wildlife Monitor 10. Raspberry Pi Personal Health Monitor 11. Home Automation using Raspberry Pi 12. Using a Raspberry Pi for Science and Education 13. Tips and Tricks Index

A brief description of the Connect Four Game AI


In this task, we will discuss the general mechanism of the game. We will discuss the function calls used, game flow, and a general idea of the game mechanism. It would be a good idea to follow this code review along with the game code available in this project.

Prepare for lift off

We are building this arcade game based on the code from Making Games with Python & Pygame by Al Sweigart (http://inventwithpython.com/makinggames.pdf). This book is an interesting read and it should enable us to build our own arcade game (not necessarily the Connect Four game).

Engage thrusters

  1. Let's get started with reviewing the general structure of the game using the flowchart shown in the following diagram:

  2. The first step is to import the modules required to launch and play the game. This includes the pygame, pygame.mixer, piface, and serial modules.

  3. After importing the requisite modules, game parameters such as game difficulty, board size in terms of width and...

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