var myTurtles = [];
var img;
function preload(){
img = loadImage("https://i.imgur.com/eQWbexS.png");
}
function setup() {
createCanvas(600, 400);
var turtle = new makeTurtle(width/2, height/2);
turtle.setColor("yellow");
turtle.setWeight(4);
myTurtles.push(turtle);
strokeJoin(MITER);
strokeCap(PROJECT);
}
function mousePressed(){
//creates new turtle on mouse click
var ranColor = random(0,255);
px = random(0,width);
py = random(0,height);
turtle = new makeTurtle(px,py);
turtle.setColor('yellow');
turtle.setWeight(4);
myTurtles.push(turtle);
}
function draw() {
//draws image
background(255);
image(img, 0, 0, 600, 400);
//draws firefly
for(i=0; i<myTurtles.length; i++){
myTurtles[i].penDown();
drawTurtles(myTurtles[i]);
myTurtles[i].penUp();
}
}
function drawTurtles(turtle){
//draws a firefly
angle = random(-90,90);
distance = random(0,3);
turtle.right(angle);
turtle.forward(distance);
}
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function turtleLeft(d) {
this.angle -= d;
}
function turtleRight(d) {
this.angle += d;
}
function turtleForward(p) {
var rad = radians(this.angle);
var newx = this.x + cos(rad) * p;
var newy = this.y + sin(rad) * p;
this.goto(newx, newy);
}
function turtleBack(p) {
this.forward(-p);
}
function turtlePenDown() {
this.penIsDown = true;
}
function turtlePenUp() {
this.penIsDown = false;
}
function turtleGoTo(x, y) {
if (this.penIsDown) {
stroke(this.color);
strokeWeight(this.weight);
line(this.x, this.y, x, y);
}
this.x = x;
this.y = y;
}
function turtleDistTo(x, y) {
return sqrt(sq(this.x - x) + sq(this.y - y));
}
function turtleAngleTo(x, y) {
var absAngle = degrees(atan2(y - this.y, x - this.x));
var angle = ((absAngle - this.angle) + 360) % 360.0;
return angle;
}
function turtleTurnToward(x, y, d) {
var angle = this.angleTo(x, y);
if (angle < 180) {
this.angle += d;
} else {
this.angle -= d;
}
}
function turtleSetColor(c) {
this.color = c;
}
function turtleSetWeight(w) {
this.weight = w;
}
function turtleFace(angle) {
this.angle = angle;
}
function makeTurtle(tx, ty) {
var turtle = {x: tx, y: ty,
angle: 0.0,
penIsDown: true,
color: color(128),
weight: 1,
left: turtleLeft, right: turtleRight,
forward: turtleForward, back: turtleBack,
penDown: turtlePenDown, penUp: turtlePenUp,
goto: turtleGoTo, angleto: turtleAngleTo,
turnToward: turtleTurnToward,
distanceTo: turtleDistTo, angleTo: turtleAngleTo,
setColor: turtleSetColor, setWeight: turtleSetWeight,
face: turtleFace};
return turtle;
}
I wanted to replicate the effect of fireflies using the turtles. I made them move randomly and change direction randomly in order to do this over a dark relevant background.