hotn-gay-digital-garden/twitter/tweets/11_2_2020.md

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• Orbiting.

r=rnd c=circfill cls()x=32y=32w=1z=0m=10o=96p=96q=-1n=0g=50_set_fps(60)::_:: for i=0,999do j=r(128)k=r(128)c(j,k,1,max(0,pget(j,k)-1))end c(x,y,4,7)c(o,p)d=x-o v=y-p l=d^2+v^2a=g/l/l^.5i=a*m w-=d*i z-=v*i q+=d*i n+=v*i x+=w y+=z o+=q p+=n flip()goto _

#pico8 #tweetjam

gardener's note: I think that this tweet exemplifies what I liked most about pico-8. I wrote this while tuning out a Zoom lecture on Newton's Law of Gravitation in my highschool physics course. In ~an hour I was able to get a satisfying visualization with some basic mathematical backing, without once having to fight some stupid ass low-level display library.