What have people been building with MORSE?

[p][/p][p]Hey folks, [/p][p]With MORSE launched and a new year beginning, I thought I'd start 2026 off sharing a different perspective; Highlighting the amazing projects you've been building inspired by the project! [/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Iona (UK) [/h3][p]First, I want to talk about Iona, an amateur radio enthusiast based in the UK, who shared her Arduino tutorial on coding a telegraph USB adapter.[/p][p]This was personally very helpful to me as I have a couple of R4 Minimas that I had lying around gathering dust that I was able to wire up without issue using her guide. I actually sent my completed telegraph setup for exhibition at Good Game Fest![/p][p]What made this even better was because Iona was based in London, she very kindly offered to cover the MORSE booth at the event (as I was unavailable to attend). [/p][p][/p][p]She even set up a radio station on the booth (pictured above) which I was completely blindsided and delighted by! Once I've got my license, I'd love to make a radio setup a booth staple so that players can translate their learned knowledge of Morse Code directly to radio. [/p][p]Contacting her to approve the draft of this post, she mentioned that the experience and exhibiting MORSE has inspired her to delve further into electronic prototyping with ESP32's. A huge thanks to Iona again for all her help, excited to see what she comes up with next! [/p][p]You can view her project here: http://cmd.pm/morse_connector/ You can see my implementation of her logic here: https://bsky.app/profile/alexvscoding.bsky.social/post/3m65t6zblb222 [/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]TimeDiver997 (Steam) [/h3][p]Next, we have this absolutely incredible 3D printed Iambic key design from TimeDiver997! [/p][p]When I first saw this, I was honestly gobsmacked by the sophistication of this design and its inner workings. When I was exhibiting MORSE at EGX in Birmingham late November I kept showing this controller to every person who played the game! Just look at that engineering.[/p][p][/p][p]Matching filament to the game palette and including MORSE iconography was a really nice touch as well. Amazing work. [/p][p]Here's Time Diver's project to check out and build for yourself: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7215115 [/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Magnus (USA) [/h3][p]Finally, we go stateside for an especially wonderful story.   [/p][p]Last year Magnus, a teenager from South Dakota reached out about a homebrew installation he'd built to operate MORSE, that he had some very interesting plans for. [/p][p]His installation consisted of a wired telegraph, launch button and computer housed within a wooden briefcase. It was tested initially with his local ham radio club (pictured above showing older hams waiting for their turn to play) before the setup was installed in the communication section of the local county museum.   [/p][p]Here's Magnus describing in his own words how the opening went:  [/p][p]"I have been told that the museum loves the box. On the first day, a group of 30 kids attended and loved the setup so much that they had to turn it off to keep the kids on their tour. My club president even learned a bit of Morse code from it."  [/p][p][/p][p]As the cherry on top, Magnus also shared a document featuring an in depth discussion of the code and hardware of the project. As an educator this was such a treat to read (his wiring solutions were much neater than mine are). In his last email, he mentioned plans to make more installations with his radio club for further outreach regionally.   [/p][p]There was also an interest from the local school/museums for a short curriculum to accompany the installation (A request I've had from other institutions), which I'll be drafting and publishing in the coming months.[/p][p]I fully endorse Magnus for his efforts and hope that he inspires others to craft installations of the game for their local museums and clubs. If you follow in his footsteps, please get in touch as I'd love to hear about it.   [/p][p][/p][p]The fact that all 3 of these solutions were realised BEFORE we announced the Teaspoon Telegraph was a pleasant surprise. It shows the breadth of creative expression can be fostered when the question of how control your game is left open to interpretation. [/p][p][/p][p]There's so many other similar innovations that I'm looking forward to sharing in future posts, if you've developed something inspired by the project, please share it on the Steam Discussions and reach out! I'd love the forums to function as a library, both showcasing and documenting alternative controllers for use with the game and more broadly amateur radio. [/p][p]That's all for now, thanks to everyone who bought MORSE over the Steam Sale and continue to support the project. [/p][p][/p][p]73, Alex [/p]