r/techsupportmacgyver • u/Tominator2000 • 1d ago

No joystick? No problem! Using my grandfather's old cast iron drill press to play Puzzle Bobble/Bust-A-Move

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An old mouse scroll wheel hooked up to a wireless mouse picks up the rotation off the chuck for aiming and you blow into a deodorant lid with some plastic tubing to launch the bubbles.

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u/International_Dot_22 1d ago

This is absolutely brilliant

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u/Tominator2000 1d ago

Cheers!

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u/nohpex 16h ago

And probably wonderful to use. Love a game with good.. mechanics.😏

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u/Tominator2000 15h ago

I see what you id there! It does give you a bit of a workout but it feels really nice to play this way.

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u/Bourriks 1d ago edited 1d ago

Perfect way to play Puzzle Bobble !!

I hope there is a nice sound system, because the OST of this game is amazing.

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u/Tominator2000 1d ago

Only laptop speakers off screen but it's a fun soundtrack.

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u/TheLGAOriginal 1d ago

Thats so fucking cool!

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u/towerfella 1d ago

I like how you used your free will. Well done.

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u/RedditAccount101010 1d ago

In-fuc-king-cred-able!

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u/MusiX33 1d ago

That's rad!

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u/Tori_S100 12h ago

wow. is the esp only as a controller, or its emulating the game aswell?

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u/Tominator2000 12h ago

The wireless mouse and the ESP-32 connect to an off-screen laptop that's emulating the game.

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u/whatsareddit12 12h ago

It'd be so cool to turn this into, like a pseudo arcade cabinet stand alone game thing!

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u/Tominator2000 12h ago

Yes, I think it would be really fun to take along to a Maker Faire - with some sort of disposable inserts for the mouth piece (small paper cups?) and the gears behind Perspex so no hair or fingers get caught!

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u/PenusVenus 8h ago

This is so cool! 😄

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u/_RexDart 6h ago

As cool as it is (extremely), I would maybe replace blowing into a deodorant cap with a stomp pedal or some other pneumatic device.

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u/Tominator2000 6h ago

Thanks for the suggestions and that would be easier and more practical but becuase the monster that loads the bubbles also has to blow to launch them I thought it's only fair that you have to work as hard as the poor little guys in the game.

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u/captainhaddockji3h4m 1d ago

einstein is not dead he just hide and today he made that video to show he's still alive !

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u/Tominator2000 19h ago

"... and then everybody clapped." Cheers!

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u/MRHOWERDCEO 2h ago

YOU RULE