Simon is an electronic game created in the 1970s that tests the users ability to remember patterns. It plays a pattern by lighting up and making a sound, and then the user has to repeat that pattern by pressing the corresponding buttons. If a user correctly enters it, they'll be given a new, more challenging pattern. More information available here.
I, along with a friend, recreated this using an Arduino, LEDs, buttons, and a few other items. I wrote the majority of the code while my friend did most of the hardware work. While the file extension is .ino, it is based off C++ with only a few differences from it due to the hardware and software of the Arduino board.
While we did not have an original Simon device present to compare it with, we essentially mimicked the functionality.
The game has four LEDs, each which have their own musical note that plays when the corresponding LED lights up. There are four game buttons that correspond with each individual LED, along with a reset button.
When the game begins, a random pattern is generated and played. If the user enters it correctly, they'll hear a short, happy sound effect, and then a new random, longer pattern will be played. This will continue until they mess up, in which case a short, sad sound effect will play, and the game restarts.
If you wish to re-create this project or learn about the process behind it, check out the lab report in this branch.
The readInput() and playPattern() functions should be refactored, but
unfortunately I no longer have access to the Arduino board provided to me in
class. I have cleaned up the comments (hopefully not breaking anything in
process) but cannot further refactor it due to my inability to test new changes.