import Vec2d from "./vec.js"; import { drawCircle, resizeCanvas } from "./common.js"; const SEGMENT_SPACING = 100; function initTrail(pos: Vec2d, len: number) { return Array.from({ length: len }, (_, i) => pos.add(new Vec2d(0, -1).scale(i * SEGMENT_SPACING))); } // state let target: Vec2d | undefined = undefined; let trail = initTrail(new Vec2d(200, 200), 5); let velocity = new Vec2d(500, 500); let pause = false; let mode: "follow" | "bounce" = "bounce"; let lastFrameTime: number | undefined = undefined; function update(ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D, timestamp: number) { if (!lastFrameTime) lastFrameTime = timestamp; const dt = (timestamp - lastFrameTime) / 1000; // seconds lastFrameTime = timestamp; switch (mode) { case "bounce": updateBounce(ctx, dt); break; case "follow": updateFollow(ctx, dt); break; default: throw new Error(`Unknown mode: ${mode}`); } if (!pause) window.requestAnimationFrame(t => update(ctx, t)); } function updateFollow(ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D, dt: number) { if (target) { // update head position towards the mouse cursor // using lerp with a factor of 0.1 moves 10% towards the target at each // frame, so this is framerate dependent: // trail[0] = trail[0].lerp(target, 0.1); // use exponential decay instead, this is framerate independent: const alpha = Math.exp(-10 * dt) trail[0] = trail[0].lerp(target, alpha); updateTrail(); } ctx.clearRect(0, 0, ctx.canvas.width, ctx.canvas.height); for (const pos of trail) { drawCircle(ctx, pos, 20, 0xFF00FF); } } function updateBounce(ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D, dt: number) { // update head pos // P_t+1 = P_t + V * t const newPos = trail[0].add(velocity.scale(0.001*dt)); if (newPos.x > ctx.canvas.width - 100) { velocity.x *= -1; newPos.x = ctx.canvas.width - 100; } if (newPos.y > ctx.canvas.height - 100) { velocity.y *= -1; newPos.y = ctx.canvas.height - 100; } if (newPos.x < 100) { velocity.x *= -1; newPos.x = 100; } if (newPos.y < 100) { velocity.y *= -1; newPos.y = 100; } trail[0] = newPos; updateTrail(); ctx.clearRect(0, 0, ctx.canvas.width, ctx.canvas.height); for (const pos of trail) { drawCircle(ctx, pos, 20, 0xFF00FF); } } function updateTrail() { // "follow the leader" algorithm: keep segments at a fixed distance // from each other by moving each segment towards the segment in front of it. for (let i = 1; i < trail.length; i++) { const leader = trail[i - 1]; const delta = leader.sub(trail[i]); const dist = delta.length(); if (dist > SEGMENT_SPACING) { const remainder = dist - SEGMENT_SPACING; // excess distance to be covered const p = remainder / dist; // [0, 1] trail[i] = trail[i].lerp(leader, p); } } } function init() { const canvas = document.getElementById("canvas") as HTMLCanvasElement | null; if (!canvas) throw new Error("unable to get canvas HTML element"); const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d") as CanvasRenderingContext2D | null; if (!ctx) throw new Error("unable to get canvas 2D context"); ctx.canvas.width = ctx.canvas.clientWidth; ctx.canvas.height = ctx.canvas.clientHeight; canvas.onmousemove = (evt) => { const {clientX, clientY} = evt; target = new Vec2d(clientX, clientY); } canvas.onclick = () => { if (pause) { window.requestAnimationFrame(t => update(ctx, t)); } pause = !pause; } window.onkeydown = (evt) => { if (mode === "follow") mode = "bounce"; else mode = "follow" } window.addEventListener('resize', () => resizeCanvas(ctx)); window.requestAnimationFrame(t => update(ctx, t)); } init();