Arduboy Arduino Electronic Kit

A Very cool tiny device that can do so much with so little.The build quality is excellent; the screen looks amazing and way better than I could ever imagine a 1-bit screen being. Was very easy to get set up and start playing games on it as soon as I got it. I think this is a great device for anyone who likes retro games or is into programming/electronics. I think it would also be a great gift for any kid that is interested in video game development.I like this so much that I would recommend anyone who has any interest in this device or thinks they have a friend or family member that would pick it up. It is very inexpensive and just such a neat little device that I think a lot of people would love to have it in their lives.

Great little hobbyist system! It would be nice if it came with any sort of software to more easily transfer games in and out of the system... also bummer it has only capacity for one game at a time.

This is the perfect device for your kids (or you) to learn programming. Things in today's PCs are so complicated that the learning curve is impossible for beginners. With this little thing you can do quality games and learn coding in a few days, with out the complexities of Windows, Compilers, Frameworks.... As a professional programmer I was able to learn the basics and make a game in a few hours.The device is just a normal Arduino board with a screen and buttons, but then, Arduboy provides a library to draw, print letters, do sprites (animations), beeps and reading buttons. That is all you need !!, and since we are in 2020, the device is so fast that your game will run smoothly, even with crappy coding.Once you get started you will realize that it is a computer first, it is not only for games, you can do anything you want. You can get started by drawing lines, images, and then move to sprites for animation. From there, your imagination is the limit.To get started, at the minimum, you need any computer with USB port. The Arduboy uses the Arduino dev tool, which is a simple notepad with compile and upload buttons. Almost zero time to learn, though, for me, I used Netbeans and the Arduboy CLI. For beginners the Arduino tool is more than enough.The language is C++, which might sounds scary. But Arduino did a clever thing where you only do static functions and a simple String class that hides the C++ complexities. So, a basic Ardboy program is two functions: setup() and loop(). And, if you want, that's it. Id you declare every variable in the stack, the program will look like Visual BASIC, and you don't have to worry about anything, very clever and simple, but immediately applicable if you want to learn real C++ from it, and move to more complex Arduino devices. Again, you imagination is the limit.

Cool system with a lot of surprisingly high quality games already available. The SDK is very easy to pick up and is a good introduction to game development. I would have liked more buttons for at least a pause function without sacrificing one of the two action buttons but otherwise it’s a great device. Battery lasts a really long time, the OLED is pretty visible in direct sunlight (not great but not horrible), and the button switches are very light and responsive. There’s even a programmer and IDE for Android (by third parties) so you could really have a portable dev environment going!

The Arduboy sounded like a pretty cool toy. I didn't plan to get into programming, but I was looking forward to enjoying some old-school games. Unfortunately, I was not too impressed... especially in terms of build quality.Mine came out of the box with scratches on the screen, despite being new. It became even more scratched up when I tried to wipe it clean... I used the same microfiber cloth I use on my glasses! The OLED screen has a bad case of scenery "bleeding" across the display.The buttons feel wiggly and worn out, and the "polycarbonate" face, really just feels like cheap plastic. It's also worth mentioning that you can only store one game at a time, and that none of the games I tried could save your progress in any way. The Arduboy is WAY too expensive for what you get.

This thing is freaking cool. Love it’s little beeps and the tiny screen is cool. Love how portable it is and making my own games is the main reason why I got it. I’m learning how to program and this is actually teaching me a lot about c++. Love it. This is a great tool for learning along with a fun thing to take on car rides. The memory isn’t very large tho so you can’t make too big of games. Huge amount of games online you can install. Note: you can only have one program installed at a time.

It's neat, but it really doesn't do much. I feel like I paid too much for what it does.

This thing really needs an SD card so you can load more than one game