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Puff
by Ira Greenberg.
Series of ellipses simulating a multi-segmented
organism, utilizing a follow the leader algorithm.
Collision detection occurs on the organism's head,
controlling overall direction, and on the individual
body segments, controlling body shape and jitter.
// For puff head
float headX;
float headY;
float speedX = .7;
float speedY = .9;
// For puff body
int cells = 1000;
float[]px= new float[cells];
float[]py= new float[cells];
float[]radiiX = new float[cells];
float[]radiiY = new float[cells];
float[]angle = new float[cells];
float[]frequency = new float[cells];
float[]cellRadius = new float[cells];
void setup(){
size(640, 360);
// Begin in the center
headX = width/2;
headY = height/2;
// Fill body arrays
for (int i=0; i< cells; i++){
radiiX[i] = random(-7, 7);
radiiY[i] = random(-4, 4);
frequency[i]= random(-9, 9);
cellRadius[i] = random(16, 30);
}
frameRate(30);
}
void draw(){
background(0);
noStroke();
fill(255, 255, 255, 5);
// Follow the leader
for (int i =0; i< cells; i++){
if (i==0){
px[i] = headX+sin(radians(angle[i]))*radiiX[i];
py[i] = headY+cos(radians(angle[i]))*radiiY[i];
}
else{
px[i] = px[i-1]+cos(radians(angle[i]))*radiiX[i];
py[i] = py[i-1]+sin(radians(angle[i]))*radiiY[i];
// Check collision of body
if (px[i] >= width-cellRadius[i]/2 || px[i] <= cellRadius[i]/2){
radiiX[i]*=-1;
cellRadius[i] = random(1, 40);
frequency[i]= random(-13, 13);
}
if (py[i] >= height-cellRadius[i]/2 || py[i] <= cellRadius[i]/2){
radiiY[i]*=-1;
cellRadius[i] = random(1, 40);
frequency[i]= random(-9, 9);
}
}
// Draw puff
ellipse(px[i], py[i], cellRadius[i], cellRadius[i]);
// Set speed of body
angle[i]+=frequency[i];
}
// Set velocity of head
headX+=speedX;
headY+=speedY;
// Check boundary collision of head
if (headX >= width-cellRadius[0]/2 || headX <=cellRadius[0]/2){
speedX*=-1;
}
if (headY >= height-cellRadius[0]/2 || headY <= cellRadius[0]/2){
speedY*=-1;
}
}
(C) Æliens
20/2/2008
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