sketch_seeker1.pde

// var declarations
float showlength = 5; // show duration, in minutes
int screenx = 960; // screen width px. 
int screeny = 600; // screen height px
int[] audienceinput; // linear array containing audience input data
int[] script; // an array containing scenes/acts/script data. Eventually it will be loaded up from a text file, for now it is random data
int inputthreshhold = 48; // how many entries does it take to trigger an "audience" event
int eventindex = 0; // which audience response triggered the event is stored here
boolean aud_eventflag = false; // this is the audience-generated event flag
boolean god_eventflag = false; // and this is the gods-generated event !00000
float m = 0; //time counter, reserved for future use


void setup() {
int x = 0; // helper/index val
// initial setup and countdown start
size(960, 600);
colorMode(RGB, 255);
background(255);
noStroke();
audienceinput = new int[10]; // number of possible choices for audience input is set to 10
  
// here is where we deal  with the show script; eventually we'll just load and parse a text file with the timeline / scene data. For now it's all random
int scenes = int(random(screenx/20)); // lets do a random number of scenes / events; for now based on the size of the window
script = new int[scenes];
fill(230);
rect(0,screeny-20,screenx,20);
for (int i = 0; i < scenes; i++) {
  script[i] = int(random(showlength*60));
}
script = sort(script);

fill(255);
for (int i = 0; i < scenes; i++) {
  x = int(script[i]/(showlength*60)*screenx);
  rect(x,screeny-20,1,20);
}
  // initializing audience input data with zeros and drawing initial set
  for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    audienceinput[i] = 0;
    fill(i*20+25);
    rect(20+i*24, 20, 20, audienceinput[i]+1);
  }
}

void draw() {
//main logic loop

// we should also draw a time bar accross the lower part of the sceen.  scenes/act markers are highlighted there as well
//  start of the show == start of the program
m = int(millis()/(showlength*60000)*screenx)+2;
if (m>screenx) m=screenx;
fill(186);
rect(m-2, screeny-20, 1, 20);
fill(0,0,220); //blu
rect(m, screeny-20, 1, 20);


  for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    fill(i*20+25);
    rect(20+i*24, 20, 20, audienceinput[i]+1);
  }
  if (aud_eventflag) { // audience event triggered, handling code goes here
  // for now we are drawing a big box in the same color as the audience event that caused it  
    fill(eventindex*16+48);
    rect(screenx/2-50,screeny/2-30, 100,60);
  }



}
  



void mousePressed() {
  // probably not going to use mouse input for now; placeholder
  int mX = mouseX;
  int mY = mouseY;
}


// over here we do the Gods part. Eventually it'll be a complex affair based on many factors, such as
// scene number, audience engagement, running time, etc etc. This logic has yet to be developed, creatively-speaking
// for now we are just randomizing it, with probabability of 1%
// but we'll do in only on keypress - aka audience input, so look for it here


void keyPressed() {
// audience input via networked app is simulated here
// for now we use number keys 0-9 to enter a range of feedback options
// space key is used to clear audience-intitiated event
int j = int(key)-48; // from ascii
 if (key >= '0' && key <= '9') {
  audienceinput[j]++;
  if (audienceinput[j] > inputthreshhold) { // ok, audience interaction threshhold is reached, triggering the event
    eventindex = j;
    audienceinput[j] = 0;
    aud_eventflag = true;
    // also draw a marker of the audience event on the time bar
    fill(j*20+25);
    rect(m-3, screeny-20, 1, 20);
    fill(255); // reset the bar back to white
    rect(20+j*24, 20, 20, inputthreshhold+1);


  } else {
      if (random(100)>99) {
      god_eventflag=true;
      fill(255,0,0); // RED !!!!
      rect(screenx/2-50,screeny/2-30, 100,60); 
        // don't forget the time bar too
      rect(m-3, screeny-20, 1, 20);  
  }


  }
 }
 // space key clears all the events
 if (key == ' ') {
       aud_eventflag = false; // clear the audience event flag, erase the box in the center
       god_eventflag = false; // clear the gods event flag too
       fill(255);
      rect(screenx/2-50,screeny/2-30, 100,60);
 }
 
}

https://gist.github.com/drart/e9eec09d929353d0f7ee