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<canvas id="canvas">
html, body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
overflow: hidden;
}
#canvas {
display: block;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
background: black;
}
/*
Recreation of:
https://codepen.io/towc/pen/mJzOWJ
Most of the code is my own, but I used a few things from the original, such as the neon/electric drawing effect using shadows (and replacing the light component of the HSL values), and the ctx.globalCompositeOperation change to make it look nicer.
*/
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
var settings = {
//these first two aren't currently editable from the control box
lineLength: 50,
speed: 1,
lifeTime: 500,
maxParticles: 80,
radius: 1,
avoidVisited: true,
clearTrails: function() {ctx.clearRect(0, 0, width, height); visited = [];},
restart: function() {ctx.clearRect(0, 0, width, height); particles = []; visited = [];}
};
var visited = [];
function onResize() {
width = canvas.width = window.innerWidth;
height = canvas.height = window.innerHeight;
}
function rotate(vec, angle) {
//convert the angle from degrees to radians
angle = angle * Math.PI / 180;
return [(vec[0] * Math.cos(angle)) - (vec[1] * Math.sin(angle)), (vec[0] * Math.sin(angle)) + (vec[1] * Math.cos(angle))];
}
//starting directions for particles
var dirVecs = [
[1, 0],
rotate([1, 0], 120),
rotate([1, 0], 240)
];
var particles = [];
function isVisited(x, y) {
//if the position appears in the visited list
//using Math.floor should help reduce incorrect results due to rounding errors (hopefully)
var pos = [Math.floor(x), Math.floor(y)];
for (var i = 0; i < visited.length; i++) {
if (visited[i][0] == pos[0] && visited[i][1] == pos[1]) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
function addToVisited(x, y) {
//add the position to the list if it does not already appear in the list
if (!isVisited(x, y)) {
var pos = [Math.floor(x), Math.floor(y)];
visited.push(pos);
}
}
function particle() {
this.x = 0;
this.y = 0;
this.age = 0;
//choose a random starting direction from the possible 3
this.dir = dirVecs[Math.floor(Math.random() * 3)];
//color changes based on spawn time
this.color = 'hsl(' + ((Date.now() / 100.0) % 360.0) + ', 90%, light%)';
}
particle.prototype.updateAndDraw = function() {
//The movement is all based on a fixed time step, regardless of how quickly it draws
//This means the hexagons drawn should all be nearly perfect
this.age += 1;
//if the age is a multiple of the lineLength (meaning it should make a turn)
if (this.age % settings.lineLength == 0) {
//get the two possible directions
var dir1 = rotate(this.dir, 60);
var dir2 = rotate(this.dir, -60);
var options = [];
if (settings.avoidVisited) {
if (!isVisited(this.x + dir1[0] * settings.lineLength, this.y + dir1[1] * settings.lineLength)) {
//if the first option hasn't been visited before
options.push(dir1);
}
if (!isVisited(this.x + dir2[0] * settings.lineLength, this.y + dir2[1] * settings.lineLength)) {
//if the second option hasn't been visited before
options.push(dir2);
}
if (options.length == 0) {
//if both have been visited, both should be made valid choices
options = [dir1, dir2];
}
} else {
//if the option is off, choose randomly
options = [dir1, dir2];
}
//get a random direction from those possible
this.dir = options[Math.floor(Math.random() * options.length)];
addToVisited(this.x, this.y);
}
ctx.fillStyle = this.color.replace('light', '70');
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(width/2.0 + this.x, height/2.0 + this.y, settings.radius, 0, 6.3);
ctx.shadowBlur = settings.radius * 6;
ctx.shadowColor = this.color.replace('light', '30');
ctx.fill();
this.x += this.dir[0] * settings.speed;
this.y += this.dir[1] * settings.speed;
}
function updateAndDraw() {
ctx.shadowBlur = 0;
ctx.globalCompositeOperation = 'source-over';
ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03)';
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, width, height);
ctx.globalCompositeOperation = 'lighter';
//go backwards through the particles, allowing them to be removed if neccesary
for (var i = particles.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
particles[i].updateAndDraw();
if (particles[i].age > settings.lifeTime) {
//remove the particle if it is to old
particles.splice(i, 1);
}
}
if (particles.length < settings.maxParticles) {
//if more particles can be added
if (Math.random() > 0.9) {
particles.push(new particle());
}
} else if (particles.length > settings.maxParticles) {
//if there are two many particles
particles.splice(0, settings.maxParticles);
}
requestAnimationFrame(updateAndDraw);
}
function init() {
//set the canvas width/height
onResize();
//update the width/height if the window is resized
window.onresize = onResize;
//start drawing
updateAndDraw();
//add controls
var gui = new dat.GUI();
//gui.add(settings, 'speed', 0.5, settings.lineLength).step(1);
gui.add(settings, 'lifeTime', 50, 3000);
gui.add(settings, 'maxParticles', 1, 200);
gui.add(settings, 'radius', 0.5, 6);
gui.add(settings, 'avoidVisited');
gui.add(settings, 'clearTrails');
gui.add(settings, 'restart');
}
init();
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