I really enjoyed getting my first PyBadge because it gave me a way to make my own arcade games using https://arcade.makecode.com. I did find that, I actually like making the games even more than playing them, so I thought about ways to have someone (or something) else play the game.

I'd heard about the idea of "mouse jigglers" - mechanical or software cheats to make it look like you were busy working on a computer when you weren't, and I knew CircuitPython supported HID (Human Interface Device) so I could send keystrokes. So why not "let C3P0 take the wheel"?

That led to my simple "mouse jiggler" for playing arcade games in a browser. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_jiggler) (Yes, this actually is a keyboard jiggler that randomly "fires" by sending spaces, and maneuvers by randomly sending cursor keys up, down, left and right.)

Designed to take over playing a simple arcade game in a browser, for example: https://makecode.com/_JfAKKf2EUcLv This game lets you steer the Millenium Falcon, and shoot asteroids and Star Destroyers.

Touch #1 on the NeoTrinkey to fire lasers, and touch #2 to toggle on/off a random "jiggler" that continuosly moves the ship around, randomly shooting.

Touch #1 and #2 together to end program.

Flashes green when autopilot is engaged, and red when it ends. Ending program flashes gold.

Program file:

AutoPilot.py - copy to code.py on the neotrinkey.

Github repo HERE

IMPORTANT NOTE: Programming  something like this, using the HID interface can be tricky, as having a program randomly spewing spaces, and cursor keys will mangle any text you are editing. When I wrote this, the initial testing had touching #2 just call the jiggle() function. That way I didn't have a program going crazy and messing with the program text. Once it was working, it was safe to build the loop  that would continuously call jiggle() and shoot().