A simple expressive home-made open source Buddy made with lying around hobbyist parts, powered by an esp32. Because of this, it will be infinitely hackable, allowing end users to install their own firmware or features if they wish.
Loosely inspired by tamagotchi and community-made desk toys, it will react to its surroundings through gyro movement, and expresses itself accordingly through the display and more!
Will update project readme as I work on it. Project state: Initial Planning/FAFO
Future home for the project: https://github.com/sounddrill31/Social-Buddy/
This talk will focus on two aspects of the project:
Planning, challenges and how I managed to do it
A quick demo of what it can do
If time allows, I want to demonstrate how it acts as a "companion" to another slightly larger project(which is also in very early planning stages)