2005
Articles and demos from 2005, by month.
January
Galaxy simulation
Simulating gravity in a 2D wrap-around universe, from Java applets to a C++ version using FFT convolution for the force field.
1 January 2005March
Fluid dynamics galaxy
Trying out a galaxy effect using an FFT-based fluid solver, where the force field on the liquid is gravitational.
29 March 2005May
Flash ZoomGrid
A zooming grid built two ways: a simple overlay method and an optimised binary method.
23 May 2005Flash panorama ball
Simulating affine texture mapping with shears on triangular MovieClips: a sphere built by easing, texture mapped, then viewed from inside as a panorama.
28 May 2005June
TextureEvolver
TextureEvolver: a Java applet for evolving textures, with source for three versions.
17 June 2005July
httpproxy
A Win32 console program that sends an HTTP request over a raw socket, built on LSOCK, a home-made buffered sockets layer.
28 July 2005October
Flash bubbles
Simple example of animation with friction and wind, in two versions.
12 October 2005Flash smoke
A smoke effect in six versions: smokey motion, smooth particles, lines, a grid with scale and fade, and direction and scale.
30 October 2005November
Java 3D engine
A 3D engine in Java with a scene graph and a cartoon rendering style.
13 November 2005