Welcome to the software that powers the LED light display on the front of the Infolab.
If you're here to write an effect for the display, have a play around with The Playground.
When you've written your effect, fork the repo and add the effect as a js file alongside the others in web/priv/js_effects/, then submit a PR!
If you're submitting an effect, please make sure it follows these rules:
- Effects must not display explicit/ offensive content.
- Effects must not fetch external resources.
For obvious reasons, PRs containing effects that violate these restrictions will be rejected.
| Author | Effect | Description |
|---|---|---|
| @simmsb | Rainbow | Just a simple rainbow effect to demo things |
| @JohnVidler | Conway | The classic Conway's Game of Life sim |
| @JohnVidler | Colorway | Another Conway's Game of Life sim, with trails! |
| @simmsb | Fireworks | A fireworks simulation. |
| @JohnVidler | Cheerworks | A web-connected fireworks simulation (cheerlights) |
| @simmsb | Snowman | A nice snowman |
| @LukesterWad | Sine Wave | A moving sine wave that changes amplitude and spins. |
| @NinjaMandalorian | Gradients | Uses current time values to generate gradients over blue diagonal strips, using trigonometric functions and the date object. |
| @SuitYourselfGames | A* Visualizer | A* algorithm path finding Visualizer |
| @Eric-zhang-1111 | Shift | Shift between two colours over time |
| @mrgwbland | Colour changing spiral | Spiral works inwards changing colour, when it reaches the end (near centre) it goes back to the start. |
| @james1236 | Matrix rain | Matrix style falling rain that gets longer and more frequent with time |
| @SuitYourselfGames | Blobs | Some colourful blobs! |
| @lcjb360 | Bad Chess | Google en passant |
| @james1236 | Word Game | Word game animation |
| @DOmBuRnAdOwl | Cellular Automata | Wolframs rule 30 feeding into Conways Game of Life |
| @moolordking | Trigonometric Sinusoidal | Trigonometric sinusoidal strings changing colour across the screen. |
| @PeanutbutterWarrior | DVD Logo Screensaver | The classic DVD Logo Screensaver! |
Open a pull request with an edit to web/config/config.exs to add an override for your needs, and place the image in .png format (or animated .gif) in /web/priv/.
Can't code? No problem, open an issue and a maintainer will help you.
| Override | Schedule |
|---|---|
| Pride Month | June Yearly |
| Halloween | 31st October Yearly |
| Bonfire Night | 5th November Yearly |
| LU LGBT+ Society | Monday Evening 17:00 - 20:00 |
| LU Hack Society | Friday Evening 17:00 - 19:00 |
| Baby Loss Awareness Week (dates varies yearly) | Week 09/10/23 - 15/10/23 |
| St Andrews Day | 30th November Yearly |
| St Davids Day | 1st March Yearly |
| Europe Day | 9th May Yearly |
| Holocaust Awareness Week (dates vary yearly) | Week 23/01/24 - 28/01/24 |
| Ukraine Flag | 23 - 24 Feb |