R02_BranchingArcs

Using OpenRNDR

Working Log

starting with simple random circles then drawing arcs of various lengths with probabilistic times where the arc ends

• Added arcs
• Need to make trees
• Need to make it so the circles radius can go in either direction
• Added basic collision detection, but it needs improvement
• Arcs go on both ways now
• Generally rather satisfying to watch, but the end results are questionable
• Take video for this one.

Algorithm

• Create a random circle of some radius within the picture frame (preserving some margin)
• Choose a random point on that circle
• Start to step the arc forward, with each step

  • Roll for branching into a new connected circle

    • If branching into a new circle, choose a random radius less than the present radius. Then choose if the radius will be inside or outside the previous circle and if it will step clockwise or counter clockwise.

  • Check for collisions or end of tree conditions (roll for it, or cirlce is smaller than some radius)

    • Start a new tree

Progression

Started drawing random circles and curves

No limits, collision detection, etc

Run for a while

Collision detection

Sparser

Video