/* * Now that you know how to make your own graphics for the screen, * you will create the animations for your game. * * Think of these animations like a 2-D cartoon- you combine still images * to get the effect of movement. */ #include "MakerScreenXVI.h" MakerScreenXVI lcd; /* * To make it look like the Jump Man is running, make two different * icons and alternate between them. Call them run0 and run1 */ byte run0[8] = { //legs in partial stride 0b00000, 0b01100, 0b01100, 0b01100, 0b01110, 0b01100, 0b01010, 0b01010 }; byte run1[8] = { //legs in full stride 0b00000, 0b01100, 0b01100, 0b01111, 0b01100, 0b01100, 0b01010, 0b10001 }; void setup() { lcd.begin(); lcd.backlightOn(); // Create both characters, giving them the ID numbers 0 and 1 lcd.createChar(0, run0); lcd.createChar(1, run1); } void loop() { lcd.clear(); /* * Animate the character by alternating between the graphics. * Set the cursor to draw over top of the old graphic each time. */ lcd.setCursor(8,1);//cursor in 9th column, second row lcd.write(byte(0));// Write run0 - partial stride delay(500); //half a second in run0 position /* * The cursor will automatically try to draw a new character next to * an existing character. You need to move the cursor back one space to * write over the last character. */ lcd.setCursor(8,1);//cursor in 9th column, second row lcd.write(1); //Write run1 - full stride delay(500); //half a second in run1 position } /* * Now you have an automatic animation running! * * If you remember the original loop version of hello world, you * can see why you reset the cursor position before each * .write()- if you'd only done it the first time, then you'd get the two * characters side by side. * * Try commenting out the second .setCursor() method by placing two slash * (//) marks in front of line 65. * * Try changing the delays in this program. See how your animation changes? */ //(c) 2017 Let's Start Coding. License: www.letsstartcoding.com/bsdlicense