<div class="stagger-visualizer"></div>
body,
html{
  position: absolute;
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100vh;
  background-color: #FF4B4B;
}

.stagger-visualizer {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  width: 17rem;
  height: 17rem;
}

.stagger-visualizer div {
  /*position: absolute;*/
  width: 1rem;
  height: 1rem;
  border: 1px solid #FFF;
  background-color: #FFF;
}
const staggerVisualizerEl = document.querySelector('.stagger-visualizer');
const fragment = document.createDocumentFragment();
const grid = [17, 17];
const col = grid[0];
const row = grid[1];
const numberOfElements = col * row;

for (let i = 0; i < numberOfElements; i++) {
  fragment.appendChild(document.createElement('div'));
}

staggerVisualizerEl.appendChild(fragment);

const staggersAnimation = anime.timeline({
  targets: '.stagger-visualizer div',
  easing: 'easeInOutSine',
  delay: anime.stagger(50),
  loop: true,
  autoplay: false
})
.add({
  translateX: [
    {value: anime.stagger('-.1rem', {grid: grid, from: 'center', axis: 'x'}) },
    {value: anime.stagger('.1rem', {grid: grid, from: 'center', axis: 'x'}) }
  ],
  translateY: [
    {value: anime.stagger('-.1rem', {grid: grid, from: 'center', axis: 'y'}) },
    {value: anime.stagger('.1rem', {grid: grid, from: 'center', axis: 'y'}) }
  ],
  duration: 1000,
  scale: .5,
  delay: anime.stagger(100, {grid: grid, from: 'center'})
})
.add({
  translateX: () => anime.random(-10, 10),
  translateY: () => anime.random(-10, 10),
  delay: anime.stagger(8, {from: 'last'})
})
.add({
  translateX: anime.stagger('.25rem', {grid: grid, from: 'center', axis: 'x'}),
  translateY: anime.stagger('.25rem', {grid: grid, from: 'center', axis: 'y'}),
  rotate: 0,
  scaleX: 2.5,
  scaleY: .25,
  delay: anime.stagger(4, {from: 'center'})
})
.add({
  rotate: anime.stagger([90, 0], {grid: grid, from: 'center'}),
  delay: anime.stagger(50, {grid: grid, from: 'center'})
})
.add({
  translateX: 0,
  translateY: 0,
  scale: .5,
  scaleX: 1,
  rotate: 180,
  duration: 1000,
  delay: anime.stagger(100, {grid: grid, from: 'center'})
})
.add({
  scaleY: 1,
  scale: 1,
  delay: anime.stagger(20, {grid: grid, from: 'center'})
})

staggersAnimation.play();

External CSS

  1. https://codepen.io/juliangarnier/pen/75efae7724dbc3c055e918057fc4aca5.css

External JavaScript

  1. https://codepen.io/juliangarnier/pen/75efae7724dbc3c055e918057fc4aca5.js