Computer Kit Play Modes – Piper

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PIPER COMPUTER KIT

PLAY MODES

StoryMode

Dive into the universe of Piperbot and Pip as they explore fantastical worlds. You’ll learn fundamentals of circuitry and computer science along the way.

PiperCode

Take the mystery out of virtual coding by making it physical. Pipercode guides you through building and coding so you can see your code come to life.

Creative Mode

Once you've played through our core StoryMode levels or PiperCode projects, you're ready for Creative Mode!

StoryMode

Story Levels

LEVEL ONE

MARS

Welcome to your first mission on Mars! Your first task is to help Piperbot move.

First, complete a circuit in the game then physically completing circuits with jumper wires connected to GPIO (General Purpose Input Output) pins on the Raspberry Pi.

LEVEL TWO

CHEESETEROID

Help Piperbot learn a new jumping function to get out of the Cheeseteroid maze!

Students can accomplish this by continuing with the wiring scheme presented earlier. The main difference is that the yellow wires will go into pins 13 and 14. Once able to jump, it’s just a matter of getting through the maze following the red blocks.

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LEVEL THREE

TREASURE HUNT

Help Piperbot find the Golden Wrench.

Piperbot will need to find a series of clues from info boxes which will eventually lead to a crafting table. Once there, Piperbot will wire an LED to a small breadboard and Pi. The LED has been coded as a “treasure detector”.

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Snake Trap
Dark Maze

LEVEL FOUR

CHAIN REACTION

Piperbot will need to blow its way through sand and castle walls to reach the next portal.

Along the way, momentary switches (buttons) and switches are compared and contrasted.

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Explosive Escape

LEVEL FIVE

POWER PLANT

Piperbot has found himself in a whole new world!

Help Piperbot activate the Power Plant to open gates, release & pump water, and raise elevators. Once completed, make your way to the next portal.

LEVEL SIX

RAINBOW BRIDGE

To reach the next portal, Piperbot has to cross a constantly changing rainbow bridge.

One random color of the rainbow bridge disappears periodically. Can you help Piperbot get over the rainbow bridge?

LEVEL SEVEN

FUNKY FUNGI

Piperbot gets transported to the magical world of funky fungi!

Help Piperbot combine buttons and switches into a new wiring scheme and recall different structures from memory. Once completed, make your way to the next portal.

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Chest Quest

LEVEL EIGHT

BREADBOARD BLUFFS

Help Piperbot repair the breadboard to make sure the current is flowing properly. Once the toaster is fixed, watch the toast pop!

Take a deeper dive into breadboards and learn how they work in a real world environment. By making repairs to the virtual breadboard, you'll be able to learn how current flows in these devices.

LEVEL NINE

RETURN TO THE CHEESETEROID

Get ready because Piperbot will face his toughest challenge yet...the Cheeseteriod.

Help Piperbot recall different structures from memory to cross the chasm and pave platforms. Once completed, you will have successfully helped Piperbot save Earth and unlock CreativeMode.

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Creative Mode

StoryMode Extras

EXTRA

PIP HOP

Create and listen to your own music on Piper.

Pip Hop is a music sequencer where students place blocks to create measures of music and the sequencer will play their custom song!

EXTRA

BOT BUILDER

Piperbot, but make it fashion

Use the Bot Builder to design a new look for Piperbot.

PiperCode

Curated PiperCode projects for the Piper Computer have been scaffolded so users will build upon the concepts and complexity of coding fundamentals.

Projects

blink

Blink

Don't blink an eye! Learn the basics of the program editor

stoplight

Stop Light

Learn the basics of the program editor and programming

light-show

Light Show

Let there be light! Learn to use buttons to control LEDs

tally

Tally

Count me in! Learn to make a tally machine in this project

siren

Siren

Sound the alarm! Learn how to make lights and sounds

circuit-design

Circuit Design

+ or -: Learn to control pins by connecting them to one another

debug

Debug

Bug-B-Gone -- Learn to debug a program and circuit here!

frog-frenzy

Frog Frenzy

Ribbit ribbit, use red and green LEDs timing to play one another

PiperCode Extras

randomizer

Randomizer

Snake eyes! Learn how to simulate a dice roll by making a random number generator

el-pangloin-simon

El Pangolin (Simon)

Design a game to play against one another

beat-the-buzzer

Beat the Buzzer

Fastest reflex wins! Play each other to hit the buzzer and turn on your light first

5-button-sythesizer

5-Button Synthesizer

Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So -- Make your five button synth using your buttons!

Sensor Explorer PiperCode

security-zone

Security Zone

Intruder Alert! Use your range finder to create an alarm

ther-mood-stat

Ther-Mood-Stat

Fiery or Icy? This temperature sensor project is #mood

color-coded

Color Coded

Code secret messages and make sure to hide your ~true colors~

Creative Mode

Once you've played through our core StoryMode levels or PiperCode projects, you're ready for Creative Mode!

Start exploring and building to design your own projects from scratch, using PiperCode visual programming blocks. If you think of something super cool, shoot us an email at hi@playpiper.com and maybe you can work with us to make a new level for others to play!