RCPCS - Room Control and Puzzle Coordination System

(It's prounounced rick-picks.)

Elements of the system:

Room Controller

Media Controller

Lighting Controller

Puzzle Controller(s)

• Simu-Puzzle :: A tool written in Python3 that implements all of the back-and-forth communication protocols that are supported inside the RCPCS infrastructure. This let's you build an entire puzzle room (by running multiple instances of the tool) virtually, so you can focus on building and testing gameplay, activation logic, multimedia and lighting cues, etc.

• NFC-ALGO :: A single NFC reader for an arbitrary number of tags in play. In order to solve the puzzle, each tag must be read by the reader in the correct order. Tags may be re-used multiple times in the pattern, but it's not a good idea to use the same tag twice consecutively as that could cause gameplay logic problems.

• NFC-AND :: Arbitrary number of NFC readers with one, and exactly one matching tag. All tags must be in place and read in the same pass in order to solve the puzzle. Referred to by some people as an "Einstein Puzzle".

• ARDUINO Configurable Puzzle Controller :: need to commit Built on an Arduino Mega2560 platform, this one code-base can handle many different styles of puzzle without require custom code.

• Touchscreen Finger Puzzle :: need to commit Works like an Android phone screen unlock interface.