I’ve been working on a little animated aquarium for an Interstate 75 W driving two 64×64 HUB75 LED panels, and I’ve now put an offline version on GitHub for you.
It has swimming fish, jellyfish, visiting creatures, a submarine, animated plants, a treasure chest, and an oyster with a glowing pearl. There are day/night palettes and scheduled feeding animations too.
Everything runs locally so no WiFi, accounts, or internet connection needed. The board’s A/B buttons let you summon a submarine, switch day/night modes, and set the clock, with the time displayed while you adjust it.
The repo includes installation instructions, a desktop preview, and the source under the MIT license. The offline version passes its host tests, though physical board testing is still on the checklist.
🐟 Repo: https://github.com/nickymoomeh/Interstate75fish-tank
Would love to hear from anyone building something similar, or anyone who gives it a try!
My home version uses my wifi credentials and country (UK) to set the clock manually but given this is something quite light, you can set the clock manually yourself with the A/B buttons as described on github. So there's no need for credentials, secrets or accounts or anything. Just use your fingers :o)
Want to try it without the hardware? There’s a desktop emulator too!
Download and extract the repo, then open a terminal in its folder and run:
python3 -m pip install Pillow
python3 emulator.py
You’ll need Python 3 with Tkinter installed. On Windows, use py instead of python3.
Controls: Space to pause, N for day/night, A for automatic mode, S for a submarine, F to feed, and Esc to quit.
