Processing Coding Helper Created by: Tommy Carl Taylor

YO ART Inc Processing Coding Helper

Teaching Computer Coding

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Created by: Tommy Carl Taylor contact by Email: codingyoart@gmail.com

Enter or Paste your Processing code below and click the Run Botton

ArrayList<Particle> pts;
boolean onPressed, showInstruction;
PFont f;
 
void setup() {
  size(720, 720, P2D);
  smooth();
  frameRate(30);
  colorMode(RGB);
  rectMode(CENTER);
 
  pts = new ArrayList<Particle>();
 
  showInstruction = true;
  f = createFont("Calibri", 24, true);
 
  background(255);
}
 
void draw() {
  if (showInstruction) {
    background(255);
    fill(128);
    textAlign(CENTER, CENTER);
    textFont(f);
    textLeading(36);
    text("Drag and draw." + "\n" +
      "Press 'c' to clear the stage." + "\n"
      , width*0.5, height*0.5);
  }
 
  if (onPressed) {
    for (int i=0;i<10;i++) {
      Particle newP = new Particle(mouseX, mouseY, i+pts.size(), i+pts.size());
      pts.add(newP);
    }
  }
 
  for (int i=0; i<pts.size(); i++) {
    Particle p = pts.get(i);
    p.update();
    p.display();
  }
 
  for (int i=pts.size()-1; i>-1; i--) {
    Particle p = pts.get(i);
    if (p.dead) {
      pts.remove(i);
    }
  }
}
 
void mousePressed() {
  onPressed = true;
  if (showInstruction) {
    background(255);
    showInstruction = false;
  }
}
 
void mouseReleased() {
  onPressed = false;
}
 
void keyPressed() {
  if (key == 'c') {
    for (int i=pts.size()-1; i>-1; i--) {
      Particle p = pts.get(i);
      pts.remove(i);
    }
    background(255);
  }
}
 
class Particle{
  PVector loc, vel, acc;
  int lifeSpan, passedLife;
  boolean dead;
  float alpha, weight, weightRange, decay, xOffset, yOffset;
  color c;
   
  Particle(float x, float y, float xOffset, float yOffset){
    loc = new PVector(x,y);
     
    float randDegrees = random(360);
    vel = new PVector(cos(radians(randDegrees)), sin(radians(randDegrees)));
    vel.mult(random(5));
     
    acc = new PVector(0,0);
    lifeSpan = int(random(30, 90));
    decay = random(0.75, 0.9);
    c = color(random(255),random(255),255);
    weightRange = random(3,50);
     
    this.xOffset = xOffset;
    this.yOffset = yOffset;
  }
   
  void update(){
    if(passedLife>=lifeSpan){
      dead = true;
    }else{
      passedLife++;
    }
     
    alpha = float(lifeSpan-passedLife)/lifeSpan * 70+50;
    weight = float(lifeSpan-passedLife)/lifeSpan * weightRange;
     
    acc.set(0,0);
     
    float rn = (noise((loc.x+frameCount+xOffset)*0.01, (loc.y+frameCount+yOffset)*0.01)-0.5)*4*PI;
    float mag = noise((loc.y+frameCount)*0.01, (loc.x+frameCount)*0.01);
    PVector dir = new PVector(cos(rn),sin(rn));
    acc.add(dir);
    acc.mult(mag);
     
    float randDegrees = random(360);
    PVector randV = new PVector(cos(radians(randDegrees)), sin(radians(randDegrees)));
    randV.mult(0.5);
    acc.add(randV);
     
    vel.add(acc);
    vel.mult(decay);
    vel.limit(3);
    loc.add(vel);
  }
   
  void display(){
    strokeWeight(weight+1.5);
    stroke(0, alpha);
    point(loc.x, loc.y);
     
    strokeWeight(weight);
    stroke(c);
    point(loc.x, loc.y);
    
    
    strokeWeight(weight+1.5);
    stroke(0, alpha);
    point(loc.y, loc.x);
     
    strokeWeight(weight);
    stroke(c);
    point(loc.y, loc.x);

}
}

Canvas

Output

None.