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Project Type
Internship Project
Date
June 10th - August 10th
Location
Kissimmee, FL
Python
TouchDesigner
Puzzle Portal Lights
The Puzzle Portal is an interactive part of the WonderLab at Give Kids The World.
To add more life to the space, my project this summer was creating a lightshow behind all of the panels with TouchDesigner.
Before
After

Components
The controllers used for the project are ESP32 WLED LED Strip Light controllers, and the strip lights are ___ .


Programming
I started with learning the basics of TouchDesigner and seeing what patterns I could make with the program.
The first lightshow I aimed to make would be the one that interacted with the Bottler game in the center of the WonderLab. The light levels on the LED strip would correspond to the levels that each separate Bottler is filled to. Once the Bottler was full for one player, the rest of the LED strips would "flood" to that player's color Bottler, and then the levels would go back down again and the game would restart.



Once that mode was
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