final commit

frontend/js/sketch.js

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const params = {
   fps: 60,
   zoom: 1, //in pixels per pixel
   backgroundTicks: 60,
+  disableScreen: false,
   textSpread: 0,
   maxSpawns: 1,
   textAlpha: 0.0,
@@ -17,6 +18,11 @@ socket.on("paramUpdate", ({ key, value }) => {
   console.log(`Updated param ${key} to ${value}`);
 });
 
+let bgTick = 0;
+socket.on("pulse", () => {
+  bgTick = 0;
+});
+
 const poem =
   "everybody is pretty ugly \
 lover \
@@ -119,7 +125,6 @@ const sketch = (p) => {
     // const stream = c.elt.captureStream(60);
   };
 
-  let bgTick = 0;
   let textTick = 0;
   let sx, sy;
   let cw, ch;
@@ -186,6 +191,7 @@ const sketch = (p) => {
   function drawTiles(x, y, width, height) {
     // clear screen
     p.background(p.color(1, 0, 0, 0));
+    if (params.disableScreen) return;
 
     p.shader(shaderProgram);
     // p.ortho(0, p.width, -p.height, 0);