NaPoWriMo x NaPoGenMo 2024 - Day 2: Tanka

ScrollingWords

For the second day of NaPoWriMo/NaPoGenMo 2024, Coded with Mermaid.Js, SonicPi & Hydra(and some extra effects), the poem is a scrolling Tanka.

Tankas are poems that follow the following syllable count: 5,7,5,7,7

Tanka Poem

Can You Hear Alice?
I believe I can, this time
What is on the List?
You Don't remember the Signs?
What is the sign for this drive?

Video

Code

Mermaid.Js

sequenceDiagram
    Red->>+John: Can you hearAlice?
    John->>+Red: I believe I can, this time
    Alice-->>+Red: What is on the List?
    Red-->>+Alice: You don't remember the signs?
    Alice-->>John: What is the sign for this drive?

Hydra

s0.initScreen()

src(s0).colorama(()=> (time % 10  + 1)/20).scrollX([0.5,-0.25,0.3,0.1,-0.15]).scrollY([0.1,0.3,-0.25,0.2,-0.11]).scale(0.75).repeat(2,2).add(src(s0).scale(1.55).scrollX(0.5,-0.5)).out()

speed = 0.5

SonicPi - Slowdown


live_loop :breakline do
  use_bpm 120
  sample :loop_breakbeat,beat_stretch: 4
  sleep 2
end

with_fx :ixi_techno, mix: rrand_i(0.1,1) do
  live_loop :breakline1, sync: :breakline do
    use_bpm 120
    sample :loop_breakbeat,beat_stretch: 2
    sleep 2
  end
end

live_loop :breakline2, sync: :breakline do
  use_bpm 120
  sample :loop_breakbeat,beat_stretch: 2
  sleep 2
end

with_fx :whammy,mix: 0.7, transpose: rrand_i(12,16) do
  live_loop :breakline3, sync: :breakline do
    use_bpm 120
    sample :loop_breakbeat,beat_stretch: 4
    sleep 2
  end
end
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