Concept
The concept behind my project is to create an experience rather than a game or a tool. Similarly to my midterm project, I want to use nature elements to create a slow, relaxing and enjoyable experience for the user. The experience will receive user input through the use of switches and potentiometers, and the output will be both on the screen (P5) and off it (Arduino, neopixels and a fan). The idea is that the user can choose to switch between 4 different elements to experience – water, fire, sun and flora. There will be 4 color coordinated switches which will display a different element on the screen for the user. Once the user chooses the element, they will be shown the simulation on screen (rain for water, fire, sun, and a tree with leaves falling for flora), and the corresponding colors will flash on the neopixels to create a more immersive feel. There will be a potentiometer for the user to change different magnitudes – amount of rain, the size of the fire, the number of rays/brightness of the sun, the amount of wind blowing the leaves. The changes will reflect on the colors and blinking/simulations on the neopixels. They will also affect the fan, with the wind and the rain controlling the speed of the fan.
Arduino
The arduino will have 4 buttons to choose between the elements. It will have a potentiometer to control magnitudes. It will also have neopixels and a fan which will help simulate the elements better for a more immersive feel.
It will send to P5 the values from the switches and the potentiometer.
It will use both of the above mentioned values to simulate the lights on the neopixels and the speed of the fan. There will be different light simulations for each element at different magnitudes.
P5
I will utilize arrays of objects to create things such as raindrops, fire particles, leaves and sun rays, in order to create the simulations.
The values of which element is currently on and at what magnitude will be pulled from the Arduino.