{"id":42,"date":"2026-10-22T19:23:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T19:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugzyard.com\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2026-10-22T19:23:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T19:23:28","slug":"flappy-square","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bugzyard.com\/?page_id=42","title":{"rendered":"Flappy Square"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vb3-game\" style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(280px,1fr));gap:24px;align-items:start;margin:10px 0 24px\"><div><p style=\"margin-top:0\">Flappy Square is a student Basys 3 FPGA project written in Verilog. It uses buttons, VGA (3-3-2 colour). Play it free on this site: the simulation runs on your own PC, no FPGA board needed.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/bugzyard.com\/?vb3_app=1&#038;play=game:flappy-square\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:10px 22px;border-radius:8px;background:#4fd1c5;color:#08201e;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none\">Play now &#9656;<\/a><\/p><h2 style=\"font-size:1.15em;margin:18px 0 6px\">How to play<\/h2><p>btnD resets, btnC starts, btnU flaps. Score dots bottom right, best score on the 7-segment display.<\/p><h2 style=\"font-size:1.15em;margin:18px 0 6px\">What it uses<\/h2><p>Verilog \u00b7 buttons, VGA (3-3-2 colour)<\/p><p style=\"opacity:.8\">The project had no .xdc (it was written for a Nexys 3); Virtual Basys 3 adds one.<\/p><p style=\"opacity:.8\">Source code: <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/alexswo\/FlappyBird\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">github.com\/alexswo\/FlappyBird<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><h2 style=\"font-size:1.15em\">More games like this<\/h2><div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fill,minmax(180px,1fr));gap:14px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bugzyard.com\/?page_id=10\" style=\"text-decoration:none;color:inherit\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bugzyard.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/virtual-basys3\/app\/thumbs\/bee-invaders.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover;background:#000;border-radius:8px;image-rendering:pixelated\"><span style=\"display:block;margin-top:4px;font-size:.9em\">Bee Invaders (Space Invaders style)<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bugzyard.com\/?page_id=20\" style=\"text-decoration:none;color:inherit\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bugzyard.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/virtual-basys3\/app\/thumbs\/reaction-vhdl.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover;background:#000;border-radius:8px;image-rendering:pixelated\"><span style=\"display:block;margin-top:4px;font-size:.9em\">Two-player reaction time game (ENEL453)<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bugzyard.com\/?page_id=36\" style=\"text-decoration:none;color:inherit\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bugzyard.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/virtual-basys3\/app\/thumbs\/xo-game.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover;background:#000;border-radius:8px;image-rendering:pixelated\"><span style=\"display:block;margin-top:4px;font-size:.9em\">Tic-Tac-Toe (XO)<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bugzyard.com\/?page_id=44\" style=\"text-decoration:none;color:inherit\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bugzyard.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/virtual-basys3\/app\/thumbs\/guitar-hero.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover;background:#000;border-radius:8px;image-rendering:pixelated\"><span style=\"display:block;margin-top:4px;font-size:.9em\">Guitar Hero<\/span><\/a><\/div><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"VideoGame\",\"name\":\"Flappy Square\",\"description\":\"Flappy Square is a student Basys 3 FPGA project written in Verilog. 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