🌟 Choose Your Constellation

How should your swarm connect? Pick a pattern that matches how you want people to coordinate.

🎼 Unison

👤
👥👥👥

One sender coordinates one unified group. Everyone receives the same message and acts together in harmony.

Perfect for:

  • Choir singing together
  • Synchronized dance
  • Group exercise class
  • Unified chanting or movement

🎭 Layers

👤
↙ ↓ ↘
🔴🔴 🔵🔵 🟢🟢

One sender coordinates multiple distinct groups (layers). Each layer receives different instructions - like left/right, colors, adults/kids, or instruments.

Perfect for:

  • Split harmonies or instruments
  • Left side vs right side activities
  • Age-based group activities
  • Color-coded team coordination

🎡 Hub & Spoke

👥
👥 ← 👤 → 👥
👥

Central hub coordinates separate groups. The hub sends different content to each spoke, managing multiple channels from one control point.

Perfect for:

  • Multi-room coordination
  • Department-specific messaging
  • Role-based instruction sets
  • Breakout group management

🌐 Distributed

👥 ↔ 👥
↕ ↕
👥 ↔ 👥

No leader - everyone can send and receive. Participants can form their own groups or act independently. Pure peer-to-peer coordination.

Perfect for:

  • Open jam sessions
  • Self-organizing activities
  • Emergent group dynamics
  • Collaborative exploration

Star

👤
↙ ↓ ↘
👥 👥 👥

One leader coordinates everyone else. Perfect when one person needs to guide or conduct the group with feedback.

Perfect for:

  • Orchestra conductor
  • Teacher leading a class
  • Presenter with Q&A
  • Interactive workshop leader

🔄 Circle

👥 → 👥
↑ ↓
👥 ← 👥

Everyone connects in a loop. Each person passes to the next. Great for sequential activities.

Perfect for:

  • Round-robin discussions
  • Relay performances
  • Story circles
  • Turn-based activities

📏 Line

👥 → 👥 → 👥 → 👥

One after another in sequence. Information or action flows in a single direction.

Perfect for:

  • Assembly line
  • Sequential presentations
  • Recipe steps
  • Story progression

🌳 Tree

👤
↙ ↘
👥 👥
↙ ↘ ↙ ↘
👥 👥 👥 👥

Hierarchical branching. Leaders coordinate sub-groups, creating layers of coordination.

Perfect for:

  • Large events with team leads
  • Organizational activities
  • Multi-level performances
  • Department coordination

👥 Pairs

👥↔👥 👥↔👥
👥↔👥 👥↔👥

People work in partner pairs. Each pair coordinates independently or together.

Perfect for:

  • Dance partners
  • Pair programming
  • Buddy system
  • Duets and dialogues

📡 Broadcast

📢
↙ ↓ ↘
👥 👥 👥
(one-way)

One sender, many receivers. Information flows one direction only, no feedback loop.

Perfect for:

  • Announcements
  • Guided meditation
  • Lecture or talk
  • Performance viewing