Fractal Explorer for Playdate
A downloadable tool
Fractal Explorer for Playdate
A real-time interactive fractal renderer. Use the crank to dive into some well known fractal sets, including...
- Mandelbrot
- Julia
- Manowar
- Manowar Julia
- Burning Ship
- Burning Ship Julia
- Newton
This Playdate project can be run on device or on the Windows or Linux simulators
Features
- Fast frame rate (20-30fps), for interactive exploration
- Dithering, for 16 simulated shades of grey
- Analog zoom control with the crank
- Current view position can be transferred to a Julia origin point on supported fractals
- Julia origin point can be moved in real-time
Controls
- D-pad: Pan around fractal
- A/B: Zoom in/out at fixed speed
- Crank: Analog zoom control
- A+B+D-pad: Move Julia origin point
- Menu:
- Set: Select fractal set
- Set > Julia: Transfer current view to Julia origin
- Julia > Set: Transfer current Julia origin back
- Reset View: Reset zoom and pan position
Download
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Comments
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Fractal Explorer is so cool and fun to play with! One of the first projects I was initially going to try and create for the Playdate was to do fractals, but this is so much better. Love how smooth it is to zoom in, out, and pan. Well done!
Thank you! Glad you're enjoying it.