# coding assistance needed: Oscillara

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**Created:** [July 28, 2026, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.electromage.com/t/coding-assistance-needed-oscillara/4724 "2026-07-28T02:17:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![TwistyvMaurice](https://forum.electromage.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TwistyvMaurice](https://forum.electromage.com/u/TwistyvMaurice)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.electromage.com/t/coding-assistance-needed-oscillara/4724/1 "2026-07-28T02:17:21Z")

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I’m Therese, half of Twisty Maurice — with Misty and our tech guy @ColtSevers (Andy Batt). I’m new to this forum. Twisty Maurice has been using Pixelblaze for a few years. We’re happy to call Ben our friend — he suggested I put a request for some coding help here.

We built a project called Oscillara ( [Oscillara by Twisty Maurice -- heading to Maker Faire](https://forum.electromage.com/t/oscillara-by-twisty-maurice-heading-to-maker-faire/4239) ) and @wizard helped us figure out a 3D map ( [tube pyramid map · GitHub](https://gist.github.com/simap/b36cb60a596bc458bc4c2182e1b4fa84) ) for it.

We’re building an update to it, and need some experienced coding help — we are adding a control surface for Oscillara and using 6 Adafruit VCNL4200 IR sensors ( [Adafruit VCNL4200 Long Distance IR Proximity and Light Sensor [STEMMA QT / Qwiic] : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits](https://www.adafruit.com/product/6064) ) to create 6 variables (distances).

We will plug these variables into the pixeblaze to create interactivity for the user/viewer.

These signals could be passed wirelessly or wired — TBD

Goals:

Primary: Identify and incorporate 6 variables into the existing 2D and 3D patterns we use.

- a spiral (left/right)
- a bloom (in/out)
- rings (both single color and multicolor)

Secondary: Create new code/patterns that take advantage of our X-Y-Z axis and offer user-controlled 6 variables. We want to push beyond flatter patterns into something that feels a bit more dimensional, more 3D, more alive.

Variables (?): Speed, Direction, Color or Hue Shift, Next Pattern, Previous Pattern  
Other? Very open to ideas.

We have a small budget set aside for this, and our goal is to have everything wrapped by early September. This is not a project for TTITD.

Is this something you’d be interested in?

Here’s a video from Maker Faire last year: to entice you.

[https://twistymaurice.com/oscillara](https://twistymaurice.com/oscillara)