Matrix Rain App for Tufty Badge

A full-color Matrix-style digital rain animation with multiple visual modes.

Features

• Full-color cascading characters - Beautiful green matrix rain effect

• 4 Different Modes:

  • Classic - Traditional Matrix rain (green)
  • Intense - Faster drops with red accents, more density
  • Slow Mo - Slow, meditative cyan rain
  • Chaos - Random speeds, purple theme with glitch effects

• Smooth animations - Takes advantage of Tufty's 320x240 display

• Dynamic character changes - Characters morph as they fall

• Fade trails - Authentic trailing effect

Controls

• Button A - Cycle through modes (no on-screen indicator - just feel the vibe change!)
• HOME Button - Return to menu

Installation

1. Copy the entire matrix_rain folder to /apps/ on your Tufty badge
2. Restart or return to home menu
3. Select "Matrix Rain" from the apps menu

Technical Details

• 40 columns of falling characters
• Variable speed drops (0.5x to 2.0x speed)
• 10-25 character trail lengths
• Alpha blending for smooth fading
• Random character mutation during fall

Customization

You can edit __init__.py to customize:

• COLUMN_WIDTH - Spacing between columns
• MAX_TRAIL_LENGTH - Maximum length of character trails
• CHARS - Pool of characters to display
• Mode colors and speeds

Enjoy the digital rain! 🟢⚡