@GeorgeSun

Me and my friends made a game about a little mole that fights demons! There are nine different levels, inventory system, main menu, health system, and many different intricate systems such as the parry system! The most challenging part about this was making the enemy pathfinding as there were many bugs and glitches during the creation process. I am most proud of how polished the game is because the game feels very reactive and fun to play. I am also proud of the fact that this is now available on mobile and can be played on Andriod and Iphone! (although not available on the app store. You can play my project with the demo link! The Android version is downloadable, you just have to give it permissions. IOS needs an apple developer license however so it will take a while.

I made an interactive, hardware-driven slot machine featuring three physical reels, automated coin detection, a joystick lever mechanism, and a custom payout dispenser.

Getting the physical wheels of the slot machine to spin was the first challenging part. I originally planned to have two Arduinos, one to control the wheels and one to control the rest of the components. However, I am not very experienced with Arduino communication, and it didn’t end up going anywhere. Instead, I had to go for the easiest solution, which was to wire everything to one Arduino instead, which had its caveats, such as not having enough pins. Also, making sure that the step motors did not jam was a huge issue, as we had a 12V 5A power supply that was on the lower end to power these motors that perform much better on 24V. To fix this, I ended up just running them at a slower speed and acceleration.

The part I am most proud of is the look of the slot machine. Even though I didn’t end up getting all of the 3d prints I needed, I compromised with cardboard, and the design of it still ended up looking pretty cool. I am also happy about the fact that all of the components work together as it goes from the different game states, completing the game loop.

I made GeorgeOS, an operating system that comes with numerous app which focuses on customizability. Some of the features include a lock screen, desktop, window manager, multi-desktop manager, widgets, and sound effects. The apps include a calculator, photos, paint, weather, camera, mail, Github, Holy Moly, LinkedIn, Youtube, Instagram, System Breach, profile creator, and customization. The most challenging part of this project was the camera app as it had the most sophisticated features such as taking pictures and videos and being able to download them from the web browser. I am most proud of the themes as all of the themes look very nice. You can explore my project right now by clicking the try project button!

I made Github Tracker, a Slack bot that gives you real-time GitHub statistics. It can provide user profiles, repository information, recent activity, contributor data, contribution streaks, and comparisons. It can track trending and active repositories, search GitHub, monitor repository health and milestones, generate weekly or monthly reports, and runs 24/7. The most challenging part of making this bot was deploying it as the guide said to use Nest, however Nest is not taking in any more applicants right now due to server load so I had to research a different approach to it so I used Heroku instead to keep the bot up 24/7. I am most proud of how the bot can be able to scrape data off the GitHub webpage and display it straight in Slack. You can try the bot in the #bot-spam channel in the Hack Club slack or by clicking the link below. By using the command /github-help, you can get some commands to start with and what they do.

I made SolarTab, a custom new tab page focused around NASA’s astronomy picture of the day. It has many features such as an ISS locator, recent space news, calendar, to-do list, weather, and recent searches. The most challenging part of this was making the widgets as some of them were like a project of their own. I am most proud of the UI as it is easily customizable and has a nice blurry transparency effect to it. You can try my project now using the Try project button below!