Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Learn how to time animations, set periodically repeating events using requestAnimationFrame method and its auto generated timestamps. Randomise different creatures from a single sprite sheet. Creative coding experiments & particle systems⭐️⭐️⭐️

PART 1 particle masterclass: youtu.be/5dIbK0auaB8
PART 1 space whales : youtu.be/vIopRAihmLw
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STARTER CODE: frankslaboratory.co.uk/downloads/117/particle_systems_source_code.zip
codepen.io/franksLaboratory/pen/BaqVmMB
🐋 4 WHALES SPRITE SHEET: frankslaboratory.co.uk/downloads/119/whale3.png
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⭐️Tutorial Contents ⭐️
00:00 How to use requestAnimationFrame timestamps
06:25 Randomising sprite sheets
07:48 Particle & creature interactions
08:55 Creative coding experiments

Create beautiful particle systems with HTML5, CSS3 and plain vanilla JavaScript, no frameworks and no libraries. Understanding how the code works will allow us to transform this codebase into multiple very different effects. Let's explore the basic techniques and then take them to the limits in this particle effects crash course.

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