This is an experimental desktop application inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s famous book. It covers the chapters in which the prince travels through seven planets before coming to the Earth.

This app explores offers an alternative way for users to explore the story besides using a mouse and keyboard. Each planet/character responds to a specific input from Mac laptops: light sensor, microphone, or camera. Using the frontal facing camera , users can control the cursor with the movement of their heads and draw on the screen.

I coded and created the illustrations for “The Little Prince.” It was written in C++ using openFrameworks. I originally developed it as a project for Jeff Crouse‘s “Code for Art” class at Parsons.

Laura helped with the video for documentation.

To install, simply unzip it and execute the file inside.

Note: right-click/Control-click on the file and select Open to execute the Mac version.