WELCOME TO YOUR PIPER COMPUTER KIT

This quick start guide will walk you through the basics of how to build and use your Piper Computer Kit. For troubleshooting, check out our support page or email us at hi@playpiper.com

STEP 1

Build your Piper Computer Kit according to the enclosed blueprint. If you need more support building, check out our support pages for videos and digital blueprints!

Piper Computer Kit Support

STEP 2

Power up your battery pack and you should be taken directly to a desktop with "Pipercode" and "Piper" icons. Click PIPER to start with Storymode.

STEP 3

Follow the gameplay to play the levels. Guides for each of the levels are included here.

PIPER STORYMODE


	LEVEL ONE: MARS Welcome to your first mission on Mars! Your first task is to help Piperbot move. First, complete a circuit in the game then physically completing circuits with jumper wires connected to GPIO (General Purpose Input Output) pins on the Raspberry Pi. Good luck! Click Here for Your Level 1 Mars Project Guide
	MINIGAME: RING RACE Learn about minigames to start flying and collect rings as you go! Click Here for Your Ring Race Minigame Project Guide
	LEVEL TWO: CHEESETEROID Help Piperbot learn a new jumping function to get out of the Cheeseteroid maze! Students can accomplish this by continuing with the wiring scheme presented earlier. The main difference is that the yellow wires will go into pins 13 and 14. Once able to jump, it’s just a matter of getting through the maze following the red blocks. Good luck! Click Here for Your Level 2 Cheesteroid Project Guide

	LEVEL THREE: TREASURE HUNT Help Piperbot find the Golden Wrench. Piperbot will need to find a series of clues from info boxes which will eventually lead to a crafting table. Once there, Piperbot will wire an LED to a small breadboard and Pi. The LED has been coded as a “treasure detector”. (Note: When Piperbot gets closer to the X, marking the hidden Golden Wrench, the LED will flash increasingly faster. Good luck!) Click Here for Your Level 3 Treasure Hunt Project Guide MINIGAME: DARK MAZE Navigate through a dark and perilous maze using the torch powerup. Click Here for Your Dark Maze Minigame Project Guide MINIGAME: SNAKE TRAP A wild snake is on the loose! Build the autobridge power up and see how fast you can trap the snake! Click Here for Your Snake Trap Minigame Project Guide

	LEVEL FOUR: CHAIN REACTION Piperbot will need to blow its way through sand and castle walls to reach the next portal. Along the way, momentary switches (buttons) and switches are compared and contrasted. (Note: Make sure to follow the first instructions, to left click the TNT block in order to find the crafting table.) Good luck! Click Here for Your Level 4 Chain Reaction Project Guide
	MINIGAME: EXPLOSIVE ESCAPE Build the TNT powerup and blast the Sand Worms before they can escape!
	LEVEL FIVE: PIP HOP Create and listen to your own music on Piper. Pip Hop is a music sequencer where students place blocks to create measures of music and the sequencer will play their custom song! Click Here for Your Level 5 Pip Hop Project Guide

	LEVEL SIX: BOT BUILDER Piperbot, but make it fashion -- Design a new look for Piperbot Click Here for Your Level 6 Bot Builder Project Guide

	LEVEL SEVEN: RAINBOW BRIDGE To reach the next portal, Piperbot has to cross a constantly changing rainbow bridge. One random color of the rainbow bridge disappears periodically. Can you help Piperbot get over the rainbow bridge? (Note: To be able to cross, Piperbot will have to enable its buzzer, which hints at which color will disappear next. The number of beeps indicates which color will disappear.) Good Luck! Click Here for Your Level 7 Rainbow Bridge Project Guide

	LEVEL EIGHT: FUNKY FUNGI Piperbot gets transported to the magical world of funky fungi! Help Piperbot combine buttons and switches into a new wiring scheme and recall different structures from memory. Once completed, make your way to the next portal. Good luck! Click Here for Your Level 8 Funky Fungi Project Guide
	MINIGAME: CHEST QUEST Build an advanced treasure detector and use it to find secret treasure.
	LEVEL NINE: POWER PLANT Piperbot has found himself in a whole new world! Help Piperbot activate the Power Plant to open gates, release & pump water, and raise elevators. Once completed, make your way to the next portal. Good luck! Click Here for Your Level 9 Power Plant Project Guide

	LEVEL TEN: BREADBOARD BLUFFS Help Piperbot repair the breadboard to make sure the current is flowing properly. Once the toaster is fixed, watch the toast pop! Good luck! Click Here for Your Level 10 Breadboard Bluffs Project Guide

	LEVEL ELEVEN: RETURN TO THE CHEESETEROID Get ready because Piperbot will face his toughest challenge yet...the Cheeseteriod. Help Piperbot recall different structures from memory to cross the chasm and pave platforms. Once completed, you will have successfully helped Piperbot save Earth and unlock CreativeMode. In CreativeMode, students can invent and build their own circuits. Can you help Piperbot save Earth from the Cheeseteroid? Good luck! Click Here for Your Level 11 Return to the Cheeseteroid Project Guide

NOW WHAT?

Congratulations! Now that you've played through our core levels, you're ready for Creative Mode! Click on those planets at the very bottom there and start exploring and building with the circuits you know how to build. If you think of something super cool, shoot us an email at hi@playpiper.com and maybe you can work with us to make a new level for others to play!

NEED HELP?

For more specific troubleshooting, check out our help page, post on our Community Forum, or email us at hi@playpiper.com

PIPERCODE

You can always return to your home page by hitting the exit icon in the top right corner and returning to desktop -- from there you can click on PiperCode. We've curated some projects for you as well that you can access by clicking the icons below: