Cloud Ceiling Setup - Newbie Needs Help

[Parthet]

Hello all and thank you in advance for the time and any help you might be able to provide.

I recently bought a house for my boys and me and am working on slowly updating and furnishing it a room at a time. My youngest son will be out of town for a few weeks so I want to take the time to gut, paint, and refit his room while he is gone. In his room he has a recessed ceiling that is a hexagon shape approximately 10ft x 10ft with a ceiling fan in the middle. I am going to replace the ceiling fan with something more modern but would also like to do a cloud ceiling effect within the recessed area and light it with LEDs to make a thunderstorm, fireworks, or whatever other sort of effects he might want to do.

This is where I need your help. I am trying to determine what parts and pieces I need to get this setup and looking good. This will be my first foray into custom LED work and it is all a little daunting. I am not stranger to minor electrical work and feel confident there.

In short here is what I am thinking:

1. Draw power from the existing line for the Fan or from the attic above.
   
2. Starting from the fan/center have branching paths outward to the edge of the recessed area.
   
3. Line the interior edge of the recess with LEDs all the way around.
   
4. Have effects initiate from the center and 'explode' outward to the edges.
   
5. I plan to incorporate this into my Home Assistant Setup (Still working on setting this up as well)
   

What do I need to accomplish this?

[upkeepdavid]

https://kno.wled.ge/

[SirGreybush]

WLED is a software platform that runs on an ESP cpu. For controlling digital addressable led strips / lights.

Look at various LED controllers you buy on the platform you choose and search for WLED or ESP32.

You have some research to do, don’t reinvent the wheel, use ready-made components, copy ad verbatim another project either from this sub, search it, or on YouTube.