Show HN: Polygonian - Paint a Picture with Translucent Polygons (HTML5)
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Link:
http://www.polygonian.com
Movies:
http://www.polygonian.com/app?art=wyIRUOCp&action=movie
http://www.polygonian.com/app?art=gbBrDhDR&action=movie
More artworks:
http://www.polygonian.com/app?art=T96dxr30
http://www.polygonian.com/app?art=67CTUqHy
http://www.polygonian.com/app?art=jq8AdtV2
http://www.polygonian.com/app?art=qtHBFncK
http://www.polygonian.com/app?art=1TSkyDga
http://www.polygonian.com
Movies:
http://www.polygonian.com/app?art=wyIRUOCp&action=movie
http://www.polygonian.com/app?art=gbBrDhDR&action=movie
More artworks:
http://www.polygonian.com/app?art=T96dxr30
http://www.polygonian.com/app?art=67CTUqHy
http://www.polygonian.com/app?art=jq8AdtV2
http://www.polygonian.com/app?art=qtHBFncK
http://www.polygonian.com/app?art=1TSkyDga
Hi, I wrote a web application that paints a picture with a set of translucent (or semi-transparent) polygons. It was written in HTML5/Javascript and works (or should work) on all modern browsers (Chrome, Firefox, IE, Opera, Safari). It works on iPhone, iPad, even my Windows phone (but they are slower).
Seen something like this in the past? Very likely, as this was largely inspired by Roger Alsing's EvoLisa. http://www.rogeralsing.com and there were a slew of attempts to reproduce/improve/port EvoLisa. The topic was discussed multiple times on HN.
However, Polygonian is slightly different. It's really quite fast and the quality is very high. You can actually see some convincing results in minutes. And as a bonus you get to play back the evolution as a movie. Check these out:
http://www.polygonian.com/app?art=wyIRUOCp&action=movie
http://www.polygonian.com/app?art=gbBrDhDR&action=movie
BTW this started largely as an attempt to see how powerful WebGL is. In the end, I took WebGL out of the equation because it is slower than plain-old Javascript (I can explain anyone is interested).
Please let me know what you think. Thanks!