Makey Makey

Can you use your Makey Makeys to control Arcade games? Yes! Yes! Yes!

The Makey Makey keys just need remapping to match the Arcade controller keys. Once remapped, you can use all the awesomeness of Makey Makey to build fun controllers for your games (for up to 4 players!).

Keymapping the Makey Makey

Include the Makey Makey Keymapping extension in your project to set the controller keys for the Makey Makey. Simply go to the Settings menu (click on the gearwheel at the top of the screen) and choose Extensions. Choose the Makey Makey Keymappings extension from the list. This will add the keymapping blocks to the Toolbox. Then, add this code to your ||loops:on start|| block:

MakeyMakey.setMakeyMakeyDefaults()

If you want to change the keymaps to something other than the defaults, set them as you like:

MakeyMakey.setSimulatorKeymap(
MakeyMakey.PlayerNumber.ONE,
MakeyMakey.MakeyMakeyKey.UP,
MakeyMakey.MakeyMakeyKey.UP,
MakeyMakey.MakeyMakeyKey.UP,
MakeyMakey.MakeyMakeyKey.UP,
MakeyMakey.MakeyMakeyKey.UP,
MakeyMakey.MakeyMakeyKey.UP
)

Playing your games

You can play your Arcade games right in the editor or by simply clicking Share and playing them from the shared page. Make sure to set focus to the game area on the screen so that it receives the keyboard commands.

Have fun!

Makey Makey Keymappings=github:joylabz/makeymakey-makecode-arcade-extension