Molabyte 8-bit layered paper art!

Etsy.com/shop/powerhouse My Etsy is up! Buy one of the Molabytes you've already seen or request a custom made one! Check it! #pixelart #paperart #nes #molabyte

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Pass-A-Fist: Non-Violent Arcade Action!

Pass-A-Fist is a 2d top-down action game where the goal is to amass as many supporters as possible while keeping attackers away and keeping your people from retaliating all with non-violent power-ups like resistance songs, social media coverage, mirrors, and going limp. The idea started as an infinite runner, but now i imagine it more like paper boy where you have to get through a week of increasingly more difficult "days".

The above character represents an "apathetic" type who can be turned into either an "attacker", a "supporter" or left alone in "apathetic" mode. The type an "apathetic" turns into depends on whether a player succeeds at a 'Simon says' type mini game. When a player is in close range to this type, "attacker" types will halt their pursuit and wander in the players vicinity till he is far enough from the "apathetic".

Here's the in-progress design document for the game: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z-r6xXBCmDZsCiOQfwQtcMoQZOQEvvmKHuFxqDGpeDo/edit?usp=sharing

Flee-bot

A wheeled robot that reacts to input from multiple distance sensors causing it to keep a distance from everything.  Communication between sets of sensors could allow for distance measurements at diagonals.

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8-bit Paper art Link. See more at Camden Comic Con 2017!

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Robotype prototype #needswork

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I have to modify the the connection for the top axis. The connection to the dowel has to have less to no clearance for tilting.
The final version will be made from metal mostly and moved by 3 linear actuators attached to an arduino. The arduino will receive control data from a smartphone's tilt sensors.

"Giant Giraffe Weevils are perfect for rounding up your water-bear herd. Just make sure you keep their wings bound else you'll need ta tame a new one in late winter." - Aunt Maypi

New Robot. New Video.

Made a new puppet based on the robot travel agent from the My Step video. This version does the inhuman work required of a corporate executive. Watch it work!