This week I've been rewriting (in Zig) the position-based dynamics & cellular-automata engines used for the cloth sim in my #DANZA art project (check the hashtag for older WIP)... Still endless tweaking, but could already stare at this beauty for hours, literally!

(And of course, I'm also again "dogfooding" http://thi.ng/genart-api for defining/handling parameters and animation timing...)

#GenerativeArt #AlgorithmicArt #CellularAutomata #Physics #Simulation #GenArtAPI #Zig #WASM #WebAssembly #NoAI

This week I've been rewriting (in Zig) the position-based dynamics & cellular-automata engines used for the cloth sim in my #DANZA art project (check the hashtag for older WIP)... Still endless tweaking, but could already stare at this beauty for hours, literally!

(And of course, I'm also again "dogfooding" http://thi.ng/genart-api for defining/handling parameters and animation timing...)

#GenerativeArt #AlgorithmicArt #CellularAutomata #Physics #Simulation #GenArtAPI #Zig #WASM #WebAssembly #NoAI

Various thi.ng updates, bug fixes, additions and new version of https://github.com/thi-ng/zig-thing/ — now fully compatible with current Zig v0.14.1

On a more diary/devlog note: I also updated several of my Zig based work-in-progress art pieces to the latest version (some of them not touched in 2+ years) and it's so good to see how the https://thi.ng/wasm-api toolchain has been holding up with various breaking Zig changes and also how this setup simplifies creating hybrid Zig/TypeScript projects (e.g. for using DOM/WebGL from Zig). Related, I also want to mention once more the #GenArtAPI Zig WebAssembly bindings[1] (updated a few weeks ago), which add another layer of flexibility & boilerplate reduction for generative/procedural/algorithmic art projects...

I will be attempting yet another few takes creating a video overview & mini-workshop/tutorial about https://thi.ng/genart-api, hopefully also touching on these aspects...

[1] https://github.com/thi-ng/genart-api/tree/main/packages/wasm

#ThingUmbrella #Zig #Ziglang #WebAssembly #WASM #GenArtAPI #Art #GenerativeArt #AlgorithmicArt

#ReleaseMonday — New version (v0.27.0) of https://thi.ng/genart-api, a platform-independent extensible API for browser-based computational/algorithmic/generative art projects:

This version features an overhaul of the platform provided PRNG (pseudo-random number generator) handling and makes it easier to create multiple PRNGs for artworks which require/desire them...

Related section in the README:
https://github.com/thi-ng/genart-api/blob/main/README.md#determinism--prng-provision

Also, just as a reminder, the project has:

- no external dependencies
- adapters for 3 art platforms (EditArt, fxhash, Layer)
- 6 example projects
- testing/dev sandbox with two parameter editors
- WebAssembly bindings & demo (currently for #Zig only)

Happy coding! :)

#GenArtAPI #GenerativeArt #AlgorithmicArt #ProceduralArt #Art #OpenSource #Parameters #Interoperability #TypeScript #JavaScript #WebAssembly #WASM #Ziglang