Bouncing Balls

Let people change variables in a system as it updates. Here, you can change the size and speed of the balls.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
	<style>
		body {
			margin: 0;
			font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;
		}
		#sliders {
			position: absolute;
			background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .8);
			padding: 5px;
		}
		.slider-wrapper {
			display: inline-block;
			text-align: center;
			font-size: .8em;
			font-weight: bold;
		}
		circle {
			fill: steelblue;
			stroke: white;
		}
	</style>
</head>
<body>
	<div id="canvas">
		<div id="sliders">
			<div class="slider-wrapper">
				<div>Speed</div>
				<input data-variable="distance" type="range" id="speed">
			</div>
			<div class="slider-wrapper">
				<div>Size</div>
				<input data-variable="radius" type="range" id="size">
			</div>
		</div>
	</div>

var variables = {
			radius: 15,
			distance: 10
		}

var extents = {
			radius: [3, 50],
			distance: [0, 40]
		}

var min = 2, max = 100;

$("#sliders input").each(function(slider_index, slider){
			var this_var = $(this).attr("data-variable");
			var extent = extents[this_var];
			$(this).attr("value", variables[this_var]).attr("min", extent[0]).attr("max", extent[1]);
		}).on("change input", function(){
			variables[$(this).attr("data-variable")] = $(this).val();
		});

var data = [];

var point_count = 20;

var svg = d3.select("#canvas").append("svg").attr("width", width).attr("height", height);

for (var i = 0; i < point_count; i++){
			data.push({
				id: jz.str.randomString(),
				x: jz.num.randBetween(0, width),
				y: jz.num.randBetween(0, height),
				slope: jz.num.randBetween(1, 20) / 10,
				x_dir: [-1, 1][jz.num.randBetween(0, 1)],
				y_dir: [-1, 1][jz.num.randBetween(0, 1)]
			});
		}

redraw(data);

d3.interval(function(){ redraw(update(data)); }, 30)

circle.enter().append("circle")
					.attr("r", variables.radius)
					.attr("cx", function(d){ return d.x; })
					.attr("cy", function(d){ return d.y; });			
		}

function update(data){
			data.forEach(function(d){
				return calcPointB(d, variables.distance, d.slope);
			});
			return data;
		}

// given a point, p, and a distance, d, and a slope, m, return x and y
		// formula from https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/find-points-at-a-given-distance-on-a-line-of-given-slope/
		function calcPointB(p, d, m){

p.x_dir = getDir(p.x, p.x_dir, width);

p.y_dir = getDir(p.y, p.y_dir, height);

function getDir(coord, dir, dimension){
				return  Math.floor(coord) <= variables.radius ? 1 :
								Math.ceil(coord) >= dimension - variables.radius ? -1 :
								dir;
			}
			
			p.x = p.x + (d * Math.sqrt(1 / (1 + Math.pow(m, 2))) * p.x_dir);
			p.y = p.y + (m * d * Math.sqrt(1 / (1 + Math.pow(m, 2))) * p.y_dir);

return p;

}

</script>

</body>
</html>

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