Particle Life
Creative
generative simulation
SHOW HN2024
28points
4comments
#1,652of 3,515 in 2024
Top 47%of 2024 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
0 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Design: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Nice and fun to play with
From 2 comments
This is pretty nice, although one nitpick: each click on the Randomize Interactions button places the site in my history again, with the updated matrix settings. So, before…
ChrisGranger on HNGreat work. It would be nice to see the interactions wrap to make a more seamless experience. The particles themselves do seem to wrap around the edges, but the forces do not.
hughrlomas on HN
Objections
Too many particles leave little room for patterns
From 1 comment
Feature request: There are too many particles and they have little space to make weird stuff. Perhaps you can add a button to kill half of the particles and another to duplicate…
gus_massa on HN
Forces do not wrap at edges even though particles do
From 1 comment
Great work. It would be nice to see the interactions wrap to make a more seamless experience. The particles themselves do seem to wrap around the edges, but the forces do not.
hughrlomas on HN
Requests
Add buttons to kill or duplicate particles
From 1 comment
Feature request: There are too many particles and they have little space to make weird stuff. Perhaps you can add a button to kill half of the particles and another to duplicate…
gus_massa on HN
Make interaction forces wrap at edges
From 1 comment
Great work. It would be nice to see the interactions wrap to make a more seamless experience. The particles themselves do seem to wrap around the edges, but the forces do not.
hughrlomas on HN