Boiling Bar

If you are unfortunate enough to not have Java support, I feel sorry for you. This looks COOL!

I was playing around with using Cellular Automata to create cool looking real time animation in java, and my results were looking rather boring. I decided to get a start on an image melter that I had been thinking about while letting my mind wander in my statistics class for some time, and wrote a fast, crude smoothing routine. To test it out, I decided to plug some random pixels into it. The results had me astounded that such a simple routine could produce such cool output. I decided to clean it up, and see what I could do with it..

Anyway,

Download it. Current Version: 1.6 12/9/97 View Change Log

Play with it. ( a giant version. Needs a LOT of RAM and a fast system)

Stick it on your webpage. (like I did)

Have Fun!

You can set the size in the applet tag to whatever you want, it will adjust to handle any size up to the memory you have available (it will run slow at large sizes).


BoilingBar Parameters

Parameter Description Default Value
sleep_time Milliseconds to try to sleep between frames 100
seed_count Reseed every seed_count frames generated 1
pix_count Seed pix_count pixels during every reseed 1
decay Decay Rate Fudge Factor, try it and see 2

Sample Usage

(Default Values used for all arguments) 
<APPLET code=boilingbar.class width=512 height=15>
<param name="sleep_time" value=100>
<param name="seed_count" value=1>
<param name="pix_count" value=1>
<param name="decay" value=2>
</APPLET>

I would provide source, but it is very ugly. I'm still at the stage in Java where I'm trying to saw a board in half with a hammer. If you have a burning desire to see how bad it is, let me know, and I might send you a copy.

I am also still at that stage in my life where I'm wowed by the concept of intellectual property rights, so this applet is Copyright © 1996 - 1998 by Jeff Hungerford.

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