The author expresses concern about their children’s addiction to gaming devices, but acknowledges that they cannot directly solve the problem due to school mandates. Instead, they propose replacing consumption with creation by making games on smartphones and laptops. While it may be difficult to compete with modern game graphics and complexity, the author believes that older games can still be just as fun. They stumbled upon a place selling hardware components and used them to create a 48×32 LED display for their game project. They also lasercut a box enclosure and printed joysticks from Thingiverse. The finished result is an Arduino R4 with the Nokia ‘Snake’ game. In the next installment, the author will explain how to make simple games.
https://jacquesmattheij.com/48x32-introduction/