I wanted to share this highly customized GameCube keyboard controller I built for use with Animal Crossing. Since the first AC game doesn’t support keyboard input, I used a Pi Pico to listen for keypresses and send simulated analog stick movements to the game, automating typing in Animal Crossing at a tool-assisted speedrun level. It works a treat! I designed the keycaps in FreeCAD and printed them on a Bambu P1P with an AMS and two different colors of PLA. The code and design files are available for free on GitHub.

And a full build/demonstration video is available here (I ended up making it do a lot more than just typing) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw8Alf_lolA

  • psyc@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    This is super impressive. Make sure you watch the video the custom keycaps are only a tiny part of what was implemented here

    • hunterirving@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Thanks for checking it out! I actually finished the keycaps last, after all the other functionality. I figured if I was going that far, I might as well go all out.