Daphne Oakes and Tiger Oakes
How to Automate your Murder Mystery
#1about 2 minutes
Using home automation to enhance a murder mystery party
The speakers introduce their tradition of hosting murder mystery parties and outline three custom tools they built to make the experience more immersive.
#2about 6 minutes
Building a real-time suspect list with Svelte and Convex
A custom web app displays photos of guests as their characters, using Svelte for the UI, Convex for the real-time database, and Thumbor for automatic image processing.
#3about 4 minutes
Automating a dramatic death scene with smart home tech
Smart lights and speakers are orchestrated using Home Assistant and Node-RED to create a dramatic, timed sequence of events for the murder reveal.
#4about 8 minutes
Building a treasure chest with a Raspberry Pi lock
A physical treasure chest is fitted with an electromagnet, a relay, and a Raspberry Pi to create a remotely unlockable prop for revealing clues.
#5about 2 minutes
Encouraging creative coding and hardware experimentation
The project demonstrates that hardware projects are accessible and that software can be used for creative, non-traditional applications beyond typical developer tools.
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