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warpcat
'fuzzballs' sketch
Jul 17th, 2008, 7:10pm  
Wanted to teach myself more about OOP, and motion interaction.  Made a sketch that sort of simulates 'fuzzballs' interacting with one another.  If you can imagine a bunch of little balls shooting out energy to one another, pushing each other around when within range.

Notes\images\video about it on my blog:
http://warpcat.blogspot.com/2008/07/fuzzballs03.html

You can find the source for it here:
http://processingwiki.tiddlyspot.com/#FuzzBalls03

I don't have anywhere currently to post the compiled sketch online, but just grab the source, and you can play with it.  We'll see what it evolves into...
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Rick
Re: 'fuzzballs' sketch
Reply #1 - Jul 17th, 2008, 7:39pm  
Very nice. I would like to see a button to clear the screen. Just a minor suggestion. Also the code references a specific vlw file. I changed the loadFont() to createFont("Arial", 12).
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warpcat
Re: 'fuzzballs' sketch
Reply #2 - Jul 17th, 2008, 8:07pm  
Thanks, I'll update my code.  That sketch was the first time I've ever used fonts.. was sort of plug-n-play there Wink

- Added the ability to clear the screen, and turn on\off 'magnets' on the fuzzballs.
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pyramind
Re: 'fuzzballs' sketch
Reply #3 - Jul 19th, 2008, 3:12am  
Hey this is cool, I've had fun with it.

Did you try running it with opengl? It runs A LOT faster(read: more balls) but looks different, but you can fix it I think.
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warpcat
Re: 'fuzzballs' sketch
Reply #4 - Aug 5th, 2008, 1:45am  
I haven't yet.  My 'next stage' was to make it full 3d... I'll get around to it eventually Wink
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pyramind
Re: 'fuzzballs' sketch
Reply #5 - Aug 5th, 2008, 1:54am  
Sorry if I'm stating the obvious but you don't necessarily have to recode your sketch for 3d to utilize opengl.

Just change "size(x, y)" statement to "size(x, y, OPENGL)" and import opengl libraries to your sketch. Current opengl implementation has some problems with outlines of 2d objects so it looks a bit funny now though.
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