Scratch

bpwagner · 2007-09-14 20:42:58

Any thoughts about creating a link between a Wii controller and Scratch. I know the bluetooth stack drivers and an open source API is out there... Now if I only had the source code.

Seriously, This would be a really cool addition to Scratch. Imagine playing with the accelerometers!

archmage · 2007-09-14 20:49:27

You can't make scratch play on wii. Wii can play flash files, scratch runs in java.

N-Wear · 2007-09-14 20:50:59

The Scrach board is bacily a Wii for Sratch. Go to https://scratch.media.mit.edu/pages/scratchboard-purchase to get one.

bpwagner · 2007-09-15 14:07:21

Actually, I was not interested in scratch running on the Wii, I was just interested in using Wii controllers to control scratch games and animations. Kind of like the scratch board, but the interface between the Will controller and Scratch is Bluetooth wireless and not a cable.

Here is a link where a guy measured the acceleration of his car using a Wii remote...

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3362586

The computer that is running scratch would have to have bluetooth capabilities.

andresmh · 2007-09-15 16:19:41

bpwagner: Actually, Jay Silver, from the Scratch Team, is working in making the wiimote work with Scratch.

relyt12101 · 2007-09-16 08:20:08

That would be cool!

torterra · 2007-10-02 17:13:56

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yikes smile big_smile

beny · 2007-10-03 14:01:11

andresmh wrote:
bpwagner: Actually, Jay Silver, from the Scratch Team, is working in making the wiimote work with Scratch.

Cool! i coudn't wait to get a wii in the first place!

Lucario621 · 2007-10-14 11:43:01

That would be cool but if you wanted to look at scratch projects on the Internet Channel I not sure the Wii has the right version of flash player or something.

saltandonion · 2007-10-26 19:31:15

here's how you interface wii controllers with Scratch. I recently held a workshop in LA about this. if you are on a mac, download remote buddy
http://www.iospirit.com/index.php?mode=view&obj_type=infogroup&obj_id=24&o_infogroup_objcode=infogroup-23&sid=4425489G3d8a02a0301a8de4
it allows you to directly bind the keys of the wii controller to any key on the keyboard and if you have the sensor bar activated ontop of the display, allows you to bind ONE of the controllers to the mouse. (BTW, the new interface to remote buddy is really a annoying to use. you have to basically create a custom action in the action factory, and then make a new catagory package, compile and install it, and then it will show up allowing you to bind to specific keys. but remote buddy is the most reliable app)

if you are on a PC GlovePIE is the most versatile
http://carl.kenner.googlepages.com/glovepie
but hard to use
WiinRemote works
http://onakasuita.org/wii/index.html
but no mouse interface, just buttom mapping, but allows you to grab accelerometer readings

for more Wii hacks, visit WiiLi.org

namaste

Hiccup · 2007-12-11 14:34:46

http://www.wikihow.com/Turn-Your-Wii-Controller-Into-a-Mouse

hmnwilson · 2007-12-13 19:38:29

andresmh wrote:
bpwagner: Actually, Jay Silver, from the Scratch Team, is working in making the wiimote work with Scratch.

SWEET!!! I'm getting a Wii for christmas, and my computer has Bluetooth... wait... will it actually work?? If so, when do you think it'll come out?

andresmh · 2007-12-13 21:16:08

hmnwilson: I think saltandonion idea is really cool. You should try that! big_smile

funkymonkey · 2007-12-16 18:00:27

N-Wear wrote:
The Scrach board is bacily a Wii for Sratch. Go to https://scratch.media.mit.edu/pages/scratchboard-purchase to get one.

whats a scratch board?

kevin_karplus · 2007-12-16 18:35:25

scratchboards are small electronic kits that you plug into your USB port to get real-world inputs to scratch (no outputs, unfortunately). More information at
http://scratch.mit.edu/scratchboard

ihaveamac · 2008-01-02 23:19:35

andresmh wrote:
bpwagner: Actually, Jay Silver, from the Scratch Team, is working in making the wiimote work with Scratch.

If you can do it, cool! I own a wii!

kevin_karplus · 2008-01-03 06:37:43

Note: there are two different topics in this thread:
1) making the wiimote controller work with a PC or Mac to provide input to Scratch.
2) making scratch games run on a wii

I don't really know, but I get the impression that Jay Silver is working on (1) not (2).

Hiccup · 2008-01-08 12:43:23

archmage wrote:
You can't make scratch play on wii. Wii can play flash files, scratch runs in java.

He do not want to play scratch files on a Wii he wants to use a Wii controller to do things with a scratch project on the computor

N-Wear · 2008-01-20 20:38:32

So, your saying that you can use the wiimote to use as a mouse? And the buttens are keys on the keyboard?

kevin_karplus · 2008-01-21 12:43:37

At the moment, the wiimote cannot be used with Scratch. Someone is working on the idea, but it may not turn out to be usable or desirable to add to Scratch officially.

N-Wear · 2008-01-22 15:48:45

Wait, if you can bind a butten on the wiimote to a key on the keyboard, can't you just bind A to Space and put out the "If [space] pressed block"?

kevin_karplus · 2008-01-22 16:48:59

Ah, but can you bind a button on the wiimote to a key on the keyboard?

funkymonkey · 2008-01-22 17:02:48

kevin_karplus wrote:
Note: there are two different topics in this thread:
1) making the wiimote controller work with a PC or Mac to provide input to Scratch.
2) making scratch games run on a wii

I don't really know, but I get the impression that Jay Silver is working on (1) not (2).

i think it would be awesome to make a scratch game work on the wii

funkymonkey · 2008-01-22 17:04:05

here is a wiimote simulation: http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/vgman20/73331

torterra · 2008-01-22 17:46:41

yah I have internet channel but the wii doesnt have the latest java player. so youll have to work against that problem. just telling though im tottally with this idea!

Scratch

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