Whack-A-Potato

Fun & Games Technology
Whack-A-Potato

What happens if you buy a MaKey MaKey interface board for your kids, can’t find any suitable games, and want an excuse to hack something together with the Loom Game Engine? Whack-A-Mole, with potatoes!

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The game is free to download, open source, and easily customizable with your own bitmaps for the moles.

It is a great way to get kids engaged with electronics and programming. I continually tweak the game according to suggestions from my little customers.

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It is quite remarkable how much more fun it is to hit potatoes rather than keys on your keyboard. I also like to encourage experiments on the physical properties of different vegetables.

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It only takes a few minutes to turn children, friends (or enemies!) into moles…
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