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Dev tools · December 7, 2017

Blob, a softbody physics toy in Rust, WASM, SVG

Softbody physics in Rust with WASM. Contribute to gkaemmer/rust-wasm-blob development by creating an account on GitHub.

Blob, a softbody physics toy in Rust, WASM, SVG launched on December 7, 2017 with 9 votes, #950 of 2,482 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 8 years on.

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