Dottery

The prompt for Genuary 2024 Day 23 is 16x16. For this , I coded "Dottery" with the 16x16 grid of TixyLand and the slowed down sounds of SonicPi

Poem

The flow
The tunes
The rhythm
As it reaches the rooms
Hidden
In this 16x16 format
In a digital habitat
Waiting to bloom

Video

Code

Tixy.Land

(i | t) % 256 & ( Math.cbrt(i) * t) % 30

SonicPi - Slowed Down

#linear algebra - point to a plane forumla

# distance between point and
# plane is: d = |Axo + Byo + Czo + D |/√(A**2 + B**2 + C**2)

#pt_$ = variable for points
#pl_$ = variable for plane



def pointToPlane (pt_a,pt_b,pt_c, pl_a,pl_b,pl_c,pl_d)

  use_random_seed (Time.now.to_i)/5

  point_a = [pt_a,pt_b,pt_c]
  plane_a = [pl_a,pl_b,pl_c,pl_d]

  #dot product of the point and planes
  dot = point_a[0]*plane_a[0] + point_a[1] * plane_a[1] + point_a[2] * plane_a[2] + plane_a[3]

  #the distance of the point to plane
  return plane_D = dot / Math.sqrt(plane_a[0] ** 2 + plane_a[1] ** 2 + plane_a[2] ** 2)

  #puts plane_D
end

def lineToPlane(xt,yt,zt, pl_a,pl_b,pl_c,pl_d)

  use_random_seed (Time.now.to_i)/4

  t = 0

  # line to point
  point_a = [xt + t,yt * t + yt,zt * 2]

  plane_a = [pl_a,pl_b,pl_c,pl_d]

  #dot product of the point and planes
  dot = point_a[0]*plane_a[0] + point_a[1] * plane_a[1] + point_a[2] * plane_a[2] + plane_a[3]

  #the distance of the point to plane
  return plane_D = dot / Math.sqrt(plane_a[0] ** 2 + plane_a[1] ** 2 + plane_a[2] ** 2)

  #puts plane_D
end

#the rate of the loops are determined by the distance to the plane
#as well as the sustain length


live_loop :lineToPlaneDistance do
  use_random_seed (Time.now.to_i)/2
  speed = lineToPlane(dice(5),dice(9),rrand_i(1,12),dice(10),8,rrand_i(-4,4),[0,1,2,3,4].choose)
  sample [:loop_perc1,:ambi_dark_woosh].choose, rate: speed + 0.1, sustain: speed, amp: dice(5)
  sleep [0.5,1,1.5,2,4].choose
end


live_loop :pointToPlaneDistance do
  use_random_seed (Time.now.to_i)
  speed = pointToPlane(dice(3),dice(4),rrand_i(0,3),dice(10),8,rrand_i(-4,4),[0,1,2,3,4].choose)
  speed2 = pointToPlane(rrand_i(0,3),5,dice(4),dice(10),rrand_i(-4,4),9,[0,1,2,3,4].tick)
  sample [:loop_electric,:elec_chime].choose, rate: speed, sustain: speed2, amp: dice(5)
  sleep [0.5,1,1.5,2].choose
end


live_loop :DistanceToDistance do
  use_random_seed (Time.now.to_i)/3

  speed = pointToPlane(dice(3),dice(4),rrand_i(0,3),dice(10),8,rrand_i(-4,4),[0,1,2,3,4].choose)
  speed2 = lineToPlane(rrand_i(0,3),5,dice(4),dice(10),rrand_i(-4,4),9,[0,1,2,3,4].tick)

  #undecided geometry
  distToDist = speed + speed2
  distXdist = speed * speed2
  dist_dist = speed / speed2

  #points into circle
  circumference = (2 * Math::PI * ([distToDist,distXdist,dist_dist].choose)).abs
  area = Math::PI * (distToDist ** 2)

  play [circumference,circumference/2], decay: rrand(1,4)
  sample [:ambi_drone,:elec_beep,:drum_splash_hard,:guit_em9].choose, beat_stretch: area / 80

  sleep [0.5,1,1.5,2,4].choose
end



live_loop :pointing do

  #random seeding based on time
  use_random_seed (Time.now.to_i) /2

  #pointX = the x value of the points
  pointX = [dice(8)+3,dice(9)-5]

  #pointY = the y value of the points
  pointY = [rrand_i(-5,10),rrand_i(-10,20)]

  #making the point to line using distance formula
  Line_Distance = Math.sqrt((pointX[1] - pointX[0])**2 + (pointY[1] - pointY[0])**2)

  #playing the sounds, the notes and pitch are based on the line made
  with_fx :ping_pong do
    use_synth [:piano,:prophet].choose
    play Line_Distance, pitch: Line_Distance, rate: Line_Distance/2, amp: 7
  end


  sleep [0.25,0.5,0.75,1,1.5,2].choose
end