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Micro Data-Viz

Beeswarm Collide

Coral dots drop onto a value axis and collide-relax into a bimodal beeswarm silhouette; new points spawn continuously and pointer adds dots at cursor position.

canvasmedium complexitymoderate motionpointer

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When to use it

Data visualization demos, distribution illustrations, ambient generative backgrounds with a stats/analytics theme.

When not to

Contexts requiring actual labeled data or interactive tooltips — values are synthetic and dots carry no readable metadata.

Working with an AI agent

Every component ships agent-ready metadata. An example instruction for this one:

Change dot color to teal (#00c9b1) by setting AC='#00c9b1' and updating the hsl fill strings, increase MAX to 180, and slow spawning by changing acc+=0.016 to acc+=0.010. Theme: dark tokens live in :root, the light variant in :root[data-theme="light"]; ?theme=light or a {type:'forever:theme'} postMessage switches at runtime.

Safe to edit

  • dot count cap (MAX=120)
  • accent color (AC='#ff6f7d')
  • dot radius scale (W,H / 110)
  • bimodal hump centers and spreads in sampleVal()
  • spawn rate (acc+=0.016)
  • collision gap multiplier (md=R*2.05)
  • theme tokens (:root dark defaults + [data-theme=light] overrides)

Keep intact

  • IIFE wrapper
  • prefers-reduced-motion guard with static fallback draw
  • visibilitychange stop/start
  • DPR-aware canvas sizing
  • theme hook (?theme= bootstrap + forever:theme message listener + theme tokens)

Known limitations

  • O(n^2) collision relax runs every frame — keep MAX under ~150 for smooth 60fps on low-end devices
  • Background color hardcoded in BG constant and CSS — must change both to retheme
  • Pointer adds unbounded dots each move event; fast swipes can flood the MAX cap quickly

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