A multiplayer raycasting game engine built on PYNQ-Z1 FPGA boards with a cloud-hosted AWS game server. Players connect over UDP, with the FPGA handling real-time rendering via a hardware DDA raycasting engine and the ARM Cortex-A9 managing game logic and networking.
| Repo | Description |
|---|---|
| ClientSide_PYNQ_jupyter | Bitstream, HWH file, and Python game script: everything needed to run PYNQcast on a PYNQ-Z1 out of the box (Server should be running, *.pem will be provided if needed) |
| HardwareSide_PYNQ_Raycaster | Full Vivado project and SystemVerilog source for the DDA raycasting engine |
| ServerSide_PYNQ_Raycaster | AWS-hosted game server handling player registration, match state, and UDP tick protocol |
| HardwareSide_PYNQ_UI | Extension: Full Vivado project and SystemVerilog source for the UI overlay |
| Deliverables | Includes custom diagrams, manim (python) videos and other key documents we used along the way for our project |
To play, only ClientSide_PYNQ_jupyter is required. Clone it onto your PYNQ-Z1 board and follow the instructions in its README. The hardware and server repos are provided for reference and reproducibility.
- PYNQ-Z1 (Zynq-7020 SoC)
- SystemVerilog / Vivado
- Python / PYNQ framework
- AWS (EC2, Redis, DynamoDB, S3)
Watch the explanation video here
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