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Particles & Physics

Spring Chain

A 16-node spring chain whips and follows the cursor in a lime-to-gold gradient; initial figure-eight attract motion stops after first input; manual chain motion settles normally.

canvasmedium complexitymoderate motionpointermobile-ready

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When to use it

Cursor-follower effects, interactive hero backgrounds, playful physics demos where pointer engagement adds delight.

When not to

Contexts requiring legible overlaid text (constant motion competes). Touch-only devices where pointer events are limited to taps.

Working with an AI agent

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

Change node count from 16 to 24, set the hue base to 120 (green), and increase spring stiffness constant k from 0.32 to 0.45. 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

  • node count (N=16)
  • spring stiffness (k=0.32)
  • damping factor (damp=0.74)
  • hue start and step (90-i*3.5)
  • segment length (seg = min(W,H)*0.055)
  • idle figure-eight amplitude (W*0.3 / H*0.3)
  • theme tokens (:root dark defaults + [data-theme=light] overrides)

Keep intact

  • DPR-aware canvas sizing
  • visibilitychange pause/play guards
  • reduced-motion guard (single frame only)
  • IIFE-equivalent scoped vars
  • theme hook (?theme= bootstrap + forever:theme message listener + theme tokens)
  • demo-v1 preview lifecycle: initialize demoEnabled from window.__foreverPreview and stop attract work on the window forever:interactive event; retain manual feedback, settling, cleanup and explicit sessions

Known limitations

  • Reduced-motion support is minimal — draws one static frame but the chain is still mid-motion; no true static fallback
  • Segment length computed at init with W/H at that moment — does not recompute on resize (reinits nodes but seg is const)
  • State remains local to each mounted instance; format/theme remount preserves takeover, not component values.

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