After watching the mutual attraction video, I was interested in adding lines to mutually attracting bodies

Initially I played around by adding gravity, drag, and noise(). The object would start off small and expand overtime. Eventually lines would eventually take over the screen.

Then I set the edges so that when the object hit an edge, it would bounce back

Screen-Recording-2024-02-15-at-8.mp4

The object reminded me of the old Windows screensaver that would bounce all over and change shape

Then I added an attractive force to the mouse. When the object would moved towards the mouse, I started to see how the object resembled a like a living creature. When the lines. would poke out farther, that movement reminded me of the appendages of an amoeba

I shrank the objects size to be more microscopic looking

Screen Recording 2024-02-15 at 9.32.10 AM.mov

Lots to still figure out

The object would start out at a super tiny shape and gradually increase in size. Over time, the points would get farther and farther apart and the the object would get bigger and bigger. When I made it smaller, the movers would move really fast, making the amoeba unrealistic. I played around with the constrains for the distance Sq of the mover, but I couldn’t figure out how to make the moving object a constant size.