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Further Festive Flakes
Some more programmatic snow:
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This one is more simple, though the logic is exploded over multiple classes. You can get the source files here. I create a bunch of BitmapData objects with semi-transparent circles to represent snowflakes, called FlakeForms. Then, create a bunch of Flake objects which are essentially positions at which those formal flakes should be drawn. Each EnterFrame, wipe the BitmapData clean, update the flake positions and draw the formal flakes into the updated positions.
Festive Flakes
It’s got to that time of the year again: the designer is bugging me to make programmatic snow in a new and interesting way. This was rejected, but is fun:
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The code for creating the flake pattern is FlakePattern.as, and can be downloaded here! I’ve also published the entire source code below the fold, if you’d prefer to browse.
The mechanism came straight out of the way I used to get KS3 (11-14) students to make snowflakes in Maths class at the end of term, translated into a more computational form. I didn’t add cut-outs to the mechanism; I would be interested to see the code if anyone extends the idea.