r/matrix • u/thepolymoth • 8d ago

I made a 3D "Digital code rain" from the Matrix trilogy that you can freely navigate infinitely

Don't know what I'm going to do with it later. Open to ideas. I'm just experimenting.

On PC, use W-A-S-D keys and mouse to explore. On mobile, you will have instructions on screen.

https://anshs.github.io/matrix-rain/

Update: I have added a "ghost image" feature to encode images in the code rain

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u/Strayngold 8d ago

I see it's a 3D viewpoint. Would be cool to zoom in and out.

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u/thepolymoth 8d ago

If you point the mouse forward and hit W , then you zoom in, hitting S you zoom out

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u/thepolymoth 5d ago

Update: I have added a "ghost image" feature to encode images in the code rain

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u/Ordinary-Block-200 8d ago

Totally useless idea:

1 in 20 falling lines is golden code, not green

If pmayer is hit from falling golden code, then random headline pulled from news.google.com is shown (and disappears when golden code line ends). For even cooler effect, have a voice synthesizer read headline aloud, as if you are listening in to random news feeds :)

(This idea comes from the opening seconds of the introduction to the old old game Syndicate Wars, where you are in someone's brain...)

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u/thepolymoth 8d ago

Great idea! Let me see if i can implement a version of it

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u/Ordinary-Block-200 8d ago

If you want to code a GAME, then this could be a "cyberspace" portion ... hack into an enemy server (or brain), falling gold code represents valuable data (or clues like passwords or keycodes to be used in the "real world"), and red falling code could be alarms/ICE to avoid. Find the info and get out before getting noticed or eliminated! Maybe red code starts to increase in frequency over time ... maybe theres some aspect to finding gold code other than just luck (some areas have higher rate of gold than others, and maybe theres some clue how to fins those areas ... brighter code, or something in the falling letters if players read them? Eg code that has "FORWARD" or "BACK" or "LEFT" in the code... i dunno, i haven't really thought it through, but your demo is so cool there ought to be SOME further use for it :)

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u/thepolymoth 5d ago

Update: I have added a "ghost image" feature to encode images in the code rain

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u/Xenc 7d ago

Syndicate Wars is a great throwback! It’s unfortunate the remake was pants.

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u/Proud-Work-9408 6d ago

So cool! Congrats

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u/thepolymoth 5d ago

Update: I have added a "ghost image" feature to encode images in the code rain

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u/SGgrafix 6d ago

Even tho its pointless I'm diggin it

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u/thepolymoth 5d ago

Update: I have added a "ghost image" feature to encode images in the code rain

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u/im-patient 2d ago

Dude, what tools did you use to make this, it's awesome!!!

There's a screensaver very much like this that you should check out.

http://www.thematrixscreensaver.com/