🦗 Cricket Chorus: Dolbear Law and Kuramoto Synchronisation (2D)

A ring of singing crickets whose chirp rate follows the air temperature and whose chirps pull each other into step. Set the temperature, hearing coupling, the spread of natural rates and the number of crickets, and watch the chorus lock or fall apart. Dolbear law, the Kuramoto order parameter and its threshold coupling, with four in-page numerical checks against theory.

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install