Sonic Breadcrumbs

Inspiration

• The Stanley Parable's engaging narrative: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stanley_Parable
• Chirp-based triggers spread around the real world, for interactive storytelling
• Choose your own adventure books, e.g. Goosebumps

What it does

• "Abbey Road Runner Simulator - can you keep the band happy?"
• Audio triggered "choose your own adventure" game
• Website (mobile compatible) that narrates a story which the user defines
• Promotes exploration in the real world

How we built it

p5.js, Chirp WASM, Audiocommons

Challenges we ran into

• (!!) Ultrasonic mobile limitations
• Browser compatibility issues on mobile
• Non-HTTPS compatible APIs mixed with HTTP compatible APIs

Accomplishments that we're proud of

• Javascript that runs, a working app
• An actual text-to-speech narrative driven by an easily approach script for a non-techy individual

What we learned

Hackathons are hard

What's next for Sonic Breadcrumbs

• Expanded demo using better stationary chirp-points
• Attempt to user ultrasonic or chirp masking
• Exploration of applications in theatre

Built With

• audiocommons
• chirp
• mobile
• p5
• wasm