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It looks cool but a web demo + a bit more explanation could help.

Thanks - it uses NodeJS so a web demo isn't possible without some advanced hackery (Edit: or minor code changes). But a video might be nice.

Edit: Here's a screen recording! https://youtu.be/4bbClPPAkQI

This is really cool. I took a quick peak at the code and nothing jumped out as too node specific. Curious why you think a web version would be tricky?

* It uses the fs module to hot reload load the shader file. That is something that can be patched over for web execution.

* It uses the readline module to write characters to the terminal. That can also be patched.

I could patch it but the intended use case is in the terminal so I'm not super motivated to make that change myself. Feel free to fork it, though.

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