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Haunted Pendulum Wave — 2D

Side-view 2D pendulum-wave demo — a row of pendulums with slightly different real lengths drift in and out of phase; drag to pan, scroll to zoom, click a bob to give it a ghostly push.

Physics & Mechanics2DEasy60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

Details

CategoryPhysics & Mechanics

RenderingCanvas 2D

DifficultyEasy

Target FPS60

ControlsSliders for pendulum count, resync cycle time, gravity, damping and initial swing amplitude; an ectoplasm-trails toggle; pause/reset transport; a ghostly-gust button that kicks every pendulum with a random impulse; click a bob to give it an instant angular-velocity kick; drag empty canvas to pan and scroll to zoom.

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⚙ Under the hood

Interactive 2D side-view pendulum-wave demonstration — a row of pendulums with slightly different real lengths, each with its own period T=2π√(L/g), drifts out of phase into an apparent traveling wave and periodically resynchronizes.

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