Twang Sabre is a mashup between a light Sabre and the cool line wobbler game by Robin Baumgarten with some modified open source code from bdring. The sabre style came from my desire to have a version of the original game that I played at the V&A in london that was a little more portable and didn't need a dedicated area. The original idea was to make the game more of a staff however once working on the design a sabre profile was much more fun to use as you can easily see the game environment without your hand covering part of it. the sabre handle also provides an area to stick all the electronics and power supply.
Some of the parts include:
ESP32s - This is the brains of the game and creates a wifi hotspot so stats like high score can be seen on your phone along with modifying the level hardness and power consumption
Neopixels - The are full rgb led lights that can be individually set. this is what creates the game environment
Alunimum profile - off the shelf part that the leds connect to that makes up the blade of the sabre
Plastics - custom designed and 3d printed plastics make up the handle and tip of the sabre along with the main structure
MPU - positioned in the sabres handle the accelerometer / gyro create the games input so that as you tilt the sabre or jab the character responds accordingly.
Speaker - provide auditory feedback
18650 - provides mobile power to the sabre when it can not be plugged into a standard usb charger or computer outlet (The software modifies the led brightness to not overload the power supply)
I'll upload more content when I have an opportunity to document this project better along with how the game is played.