Physics simulation of a soft body experiencing acceleration toward the mouse position. The shape is created with curves using curveVertex() and curveTightness().
Soft Body: Created by Ira Greenberg. Revised by Darren Kessner. From 2024 onwards, edited and maintained by p5.js Contributors and Processing Foundation. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
You can find the code history of these examples here: pre-2023 example, 2023 code. You can suggest improvements by contributing to the current website!
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