I've had one of these for a few weeks now, it's a lot of fun to play with! I really enjoy programming for such a simple nostalgic platform. My main side project for it [0] has been porting a little homebrew tunnel game I originally wrote for the Wii several years back. Other devs have been putting out much more impressive software [1] and coming up with some great hardware hacks [2] as well.
It's indeed targeted at hobbyists more than consumers (like the Arduino, Raspberry Pi, etc) though I feel it has a greater potential for inspiring folks of all ages to tinker with programming. There's no ugly/scary hardware to deal with, and the form factor seems to attract adoration from everyone I show it to.
It's indeed targeted at hobbyists more than consumers (like the Arduino, Raspberry Pi, etc) though I feel it has a greater potential for inspiring folks of all ages to tinker with programming. There's no ugly/scary hardware to deal with, and the form factor seems to attract adoration from everyone I show it to.
[0] https://github.com/BHSPitMonkey/Helii-Arduboy/blob/master/RE...
[1] http://www.team-arg.com/games.html
[2] https://youtu.be/bGMHTI9e55Y