There Is(Ǝ) – Such That (∋)
4 days ago
- #procedural-clock
- #node-editor
- #creative-coding
- A procedural language and tool for generating artistic clocks, where time vectors (hours, minutes, seconds) are manipulated through scalars and vectors.
- The system includes glyphs for visual elements (moon, sun, star, lines) and habitats for painting backgrounds (grass, trees, nebula), all customizable via tuning parameters like cycles per day and themes.
- Built during a Recurse Center batch, the tool uses a node-based 'Loom' editor with Svelte 5, TypeScript, and p5.js, allowing users to compose and export standalone HTML clocks that derive time from a single source, the dayFraction function.
- Features include wordless editor with sigils and icons, visual debug mode with time scrubbing, and localStorage for autosave and undo, all running entirely in the browser.