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💃 Folk Dance Floor from Above: Circles, Couples and Maypole Weaves (2D)

Six folk-dance formations as moving-crowd physics: tempo, step length, centripetal acceleration, hand tension in a ring and floor force from the hop.

Physics & Mechanics2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

Details

CategoryPhysics & Mechanics

RenderingCanvas 2D

DifficultyModerate

Target FPS60

ControlsFormation selector, sliders for dancers, tempo (BPM), step length, formation size and hop height; click a dancer to follow it and drag a dancer to resize the formation; reverse direction, trace path, pause and step by one beat; drag to pan and scroll to zoom.

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⚙ Under the hood

Top-down 2D view of six folk-dance formations (ring dance, counter-rotating rings, waltz couples, polonaise, reel, maypole) driven by tempo and step length, with live speed, centripetal acceleration, hand tension in a ring and floor force from the hop.

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