The cube

The cube is a physical device which connects to the internet and lights up when you win (or don't) playing FortNite.

Created by Martin O'Hanlon @martinohanlon, stuffaboutco.de.

Design

The fortnite cube uses a Raspberry Pi Zero with a Pimoroni blinkt and a single toggle switch to activate it.

The cube is laser cut from white opal acrylic - the svg is here.

The Raspberry Pi Zero sits inside a 3d printed frame - the stl is here

Code

A python program, fortnitecube.py controls the cube, connecting to fortnitetracker.com once every 30 seconds when turned on (via a switch at the back of the cube) and controls the LEDs inside based on changing player stats (e.g. flashing colours when the number of wins increases).

Install

Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/martinohanlon/thecube

Install the pre-requisite Python packages

pip3 install requests
sudo pip3 install blinkt

Sign up for a fortnitetracker.com API Key
Create a constants.py file in the thecube/thecube folder and add the fortnitetracker.com API Key and players name and in the format.

FNT_API_KEY = "api key"
FN_PLAYER = "players name"

Run

Run the fortnitecube.py program:

python3 fortnitecube.py

Flick the switch to on will start the fortnight cube

Cube status lights

The cube will turn green when connecting and flash 3 times once it has connected before turning white.

If an incorrect repsonse is returned from the fortnitetracker.com API the cube will flash purple 3 times, return to white and continue running.

If an error is captured while communicating with fortnitetracker.com the cube will flash purple 3 times and stop. If any other errors are captured, the cube will flash RED 3 times and stop. The switch should be turned on / off to restart the cube.

Status

In active development.

martinohanlon / thecube