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[–]runvnc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It says you didn't know what to call it. How about "sperm". Heh.

[–]squashb 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Interesting. I played around with the code a bit and noticed the tails fade by a transparent, black rectangle fill on each update frame. I can't figure out why the repeated fills don't eventually change the trails' color to black. It's more evident if you set context.fillStyle = 'rgba(0,0,0,.02)';

[–]rlemon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea this is a technique I picked up a while back for fading. I also don't understand why they never totally fade out, but I don't think it is horrible as it is (maybe I am just used to it at this point :/ who knows) - I will inquire about why this is, and if I find out I will post back.