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Branched Random Walk
license: gpl-3.0
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<canvas width="960" height="500"></canvas>
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js"></script>
<script>
var canvas = document.querySelector("canvas"),
context = canvas.getContext("2d"),
width = canvas.width,
height = canvas.height,
color = d3.scaleSequential(d3.interpolateRainbow).domain([0, 1000]),
randomX = d3.randomNormal(0.3),
randomY = d3.randomNormal(0);
render();
canvas.onclick = render;
function render() {
var x0 = width / 20,
y0 = height / 2,
mainWalk = randomWalk(x0, y0, 1000);
context.clearRect(0, 0, width, height);
context.lineJoin = "round";
context.lineCap = "round";
context.lineWidth = 1.5;
context.strokeStyle = "black";
renderWalk(mainWalk);
context.globalCompositeOperation = "multiply";
context.lineWidth = 1;
for (var i = 0; i < mainWalk.length; i += 2) {
var branchStart = mainWalk[i],
x0 = branchStart[0],
y0 = branchStart[1];
for (var j = 0; j < 1; ++j) {
context.strokeStyle = color(i + (Math.random() - 0.5) * 50);
var x1 = x0, y1 = y0;
for (var k = 0, m = 20; k < m; ++k) {
context.globalAlpha = (m - k - 1) / m;
var pieceWalk = randomWalk(x1, y1, 10),
pieceEnd = pieceWalk[pieceWalk.length - 1];
renderWalk(pieceWalk);
x1 = pieceEnd[0];
y1 = pieceEnd[1];
}
context.globalAlpha = 1;
}
}
}
function renderWalk(walk) {
var i, n = walk.length;
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(walk[0][0], walk[0][1]);
for (i = 1; i < n; ++i) {
context.lineTo(walk[i][0], walk[i][1]);
}
context.stroke();
}
function randomWalk(x0, y0, n) {
var points = new Array(n), i;
points[0] = [x0, y0];
for (i = 1; i < n; ++i) {
points[i] = [
x0 += randomX() * 2,
y0 += randomY() * 2
];
}
return points;
}
</script>
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