Sea of Thoughts

A Place to Connect. A Place to Express

A web application used to connect with people through small messages in a bottle. Throw your thoughts out to sea, and let someone read them and get connected with you. A novel way of mixing meditation, writing, and connection.

View it here (HTTPS required)

Features

• A calming, relaxing, minimalist UI/UX in a single page webapp
• Responsive design for multiple screen sizes
• Send and receive messages in a bottle from other users currently online
• Ability to play calming music and piano
• ASMR sound effects when typing, sending and receiving bottles
• Day/Night modes, which automatically detect and switch
• Sea who else is in the sea of thoughts

HackMIT2020 Project Link

View the project on HackMIT's Spectacle

Hackers

• Michal Bodzianowski - @ItsMichal / LinkedIn
• Rebecca Coryell - @RebeccaCoryell / LinkedIn
• Taryn Hovenkamp - @thovenkamp / LinkedIn
• Jamie Joung - @jamjoung / LinkedIn

Directions

Simply run node app.js on the webserver of your choice. Heroku deploy button coming soon.

Notes

• Responsive, but not yet 100% mobile-friendly
• Would like to expand on back-end given more time
• Done in approximately 12 hours straight from 9/19/2020 - 9/20/2020
• Https is required due to a p5.sound.js restriction

Credit

• Ocean Music - https://youtu.be/lnAT9hcVyo8
• Piano Music - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOZOBff2FrI
• Pen SFX - https://youtu.be/7N3C8jIFICE
• Splash SFX - https://youtu.be/bpBLyDZRJDU
• Cork SFX - https://youtu.be/qDwzN0t0AN4
• Other credits sourced in code