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Weekend project for Halloween in WebGL is a 3D interactive experience built with WebGL technology. Created as a Halloween-themed weekend project, it runs in web browsers and showcases real-time graphics capabilities.… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Weekend project for Halloween in WebGL launched in 2012; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   A Marble Madness-inspired WebGL game we built for Netlify▲616

   Hello HN! We’re a small creative studio specializing in real-time 3D experiences. Netlify approached us to design and build an interactive experience to celebrate reaching 5 million developers. Inspired by the classic game Marble Madness, we created a gamified experience where users control a ball through playful, interactive levels. The goal was to blend marketing content with the look and feel of a game to engage users. The app is built with Three.js [1], using our custom render pipeline and shaders, and uses Rapier for physics simulation [2]. The 2D content is overlaid on the WebGL view…

   2024 · 5-million-devs.netlify.com · its alternatives →

2. 2AS
   A simple infinite world in WebGL▲181

   2016 · erkaman.github.io · its alternatives →

3. 3RT
   Real-Time 3D Gaussian Splatting in WebGL▲309

   2023 · antimatter15.com · its alternatives →

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   WebGL Playground▲89

   2014 · jessevdk.github.io · its alternatives →

5. 5WG
   WebGL Games▲83

   2015 · webgl.nu · its alternatives →

6. 6WP
   Weekend project - a WebGL Orrery▲17

   This was my recent weekend project, aimed at teaching me JavaScript, a bit of HTML5, and (mostly) WebGL. The orbital data are from NASA JPL. I was inspired in part by this Flash app: http://www.dynamicdiagrams.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/orrery_2011_bce.swf, but wanted to do something in 3D. Coming from the games-dev world, this is my first introduction to web coding. The UI is jquery. I mostly used http://learningwebgl.com/blog for the 3D stuff. Being WebGL, it will work mostly on Chrome, Firefox 4 Beta. Forget about IE. I needed to figure out how to render text to the WebGL canvas - I…

   2011 · solar-system-explorer.com · its alternatives →

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   WebGL Voxel Engine▲113

   Voxel-engine in Javascript. Contribute to Lallassu/voxelengine3 development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8IS
   I spent two years working on an HTML5 game. I finally released it▲515

   2012 · ektomarch.com · its alternatives →

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   Unknown Pleasures, a tiny web experiment with WebGL▲661

   A experimental audio visualizer built with WebGL (React Three Fiber and Three.js)

   2023 · pouria.dev · its alternatives →

10. 10MF
    My first WebGL demo, the first self-extracting PNG ever?▲101

    2011 · demoseen.com · its alternatives →

11. 11WM
    WebGL Minecraft-like scripting environment for teaching programming▲66

    2016 · webblocks.uk · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Webflow 3D Transforms▲318

    Build 3D interactions visually, without writing any code

    2015 · 3d-transforms.webflow.com · its alternatives →

13. 13WF
    WebGL Fire Simulation▲143

    2016 · ghostinthecode.net · its alternatives →

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    Repaint – a WebGL based website builder▲236

    Hey HN! We're Ben and Izak, founders of Repaint (YC S23). Repaint is like Figma, but for creating real websites. It has panning, zooming, and dragging elements around. The settings closely follow html/css. We think an open canvas is a big improvement over other website builders. Everything is easier: styling, consistency, responsiveness… But making it work was hard! We thought HN would appreciate the tech behind it: - A custom WebGL rendering engine (w/text, shadows, blurs, gradients, & opacity groups) - A partial implementation of the css spec - A custom text editor & text shaper…

    2024 · repaint.com · its alternatives →

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    3D first person game rendered in CSS/HTML▲285

    A 3D game rendered entirely in CSS/HTML. Relying as much as possible on traditional html/css features instead of modern graphic APIs. Supports lighting, shadows, culling, etc. Can you escape the dungeon?

    2020 · pantel.is · its alternatives →

16. 16FW
    Freeciv WebGL 3D▲105

    2017 · play.freeciv.org · its alternatives →

17. 17FT
    Fourier Transform Visualized via WebGL▲175

    2021 · static.laszlokorte.de · its alternatives →

18. 18MW
    Mixing WebGL and HTML, Both Rendered Out in React▲129

    2019 · subdued-health.surge.sh · its alternatives →

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    Halloween Animations, 3D & Design Assets▲241

    45,000+ customizable Halloween assets for your designs

    2022 · iconscout.com · its alternatives →

20. 20MU
    my useless weekend project, add speech bubbles to images▲225

    2013 · phrase.it · its alternatives →

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    I made a small village using my JavaScript WebGL 3D engine [video]▲19

    2020 · youtube.com · its alternatives →

22. 22AU
    A url-based API for images (my weekend project)▲115

    2013 · mebe.co · its alternatives →

23. 23MW
    My weekend project, a graphics/cellular automata playground▲56

    2011 · demoseen.com · its alternatives →

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    WebGL-Based Cloth Simulation▲42

    A prototype implementation of cloth simulation. It uses the soft body dynamics support in ammo.js.

    2020 · playcanv.as · its alternatives →

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