Nintendo Labo allows for rudimentary programming and customization with “Toy-Con Garage”
Posted on February 1, 2018 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch
Earlier today, Nintendo held a new media event for Nintendo Labo. Kotaku was present, and has reported on some new details.
With a “Toy-Con Garage” feature, it will be possible to implement rudimentary programming and customization. Further details on this are below.
– Some of the custom toys Nintendo showed off included an electric guitar and a basic game of electronic tennis
– Toy Con Garage uses simple “building blocks” to let you program your devices
– They’re essentially “if-then” statements
– When you open up the program, you can select from a number of blocks based on input options for your Switch’s controllers
– Then connect them to other blocks based on output options.
– Ex: you can connect the left Switch controller’s B button (input) to the right Switch controller’s vibration feature (output)
– By doing so, whenever you press B on the left Joy Con, the right Joy Con will buzz
– This is how Nintendo Labo users will be able to expand beyond the six types of cardboard creations included in the Variety Set or the one included in the Robot Set
– Ex: Instead of making a piano, you can make a guitar
– Or instead of making a toy car, you can build a little cardboard man who falls flat on his face
– You can mix and match different programs’ functionality—using the fishing rod to play music
– You can even add extra Joy Cons to build even more elaborate programs
