Endless Runner Game
Contributors:
Shawn Hymel
Shawn Hymel 
Resources and Going Further
The code and circuit diagram for the Endless Runner Game project can be found on GitHub.
Challenges
- Add a difficulty modifier to the game: for every 20 points earned, the terrain moves slightly faster.
- Add a second button and remove the "gravity" effect (the part that causes the hero to move back to the first row after jumping). One button causes the hero to move up, and the other causes the hero to move down. This creates more of an "endless flying" game rather than "endless running." Feel free to change the hero graphic to a plane, spaceship, bird, mosquito, etc.
- Use an ultrasonic sensor to control the hero rather than one or more buttons. Set a threshold so that when an object (e.g., a hand) is more than 5 inches from the sensor, the hero is on the top row, and when the object is less than 5 inches from the sensor, the hero is on the bottom row.
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