The answer machine

Open project · after lesson 10: Pick from a list

Make a micro:bit that answers questions: shake it and it picks an answer from a list (a Magic 8-ball, a dinner chooser, a "who goes first" picker, a dice for a board game). The answers are yours.

One way it could look. Yours will be different.

You'll use

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a list (array)list[index] (get or set an item)pick random (randint)

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Milestones

Tick each one when it is true of your project. Nobody marks it: be honest with yourself.

Shaking it shows an answer picked at random from my list.
My list has at least five answers, and every one can come up.
Someone else used it for a real question.

Make it yours

A second list on button A for a different kind of question.
Never the same answer twice in a row.
An animation before the answer appears.

Looking back

What was the hardest part, and how did you get past it?

Tick every milestone first.

The answer machine

You'll use

Milestones

Make it yours

Looking back

★ The answer machine

★ The answer machine

Built with

Milestones

The hardest part