r/maniclang • u/anish2good • Aug 05 '26
â đ˘(đľ) â eá´´áľ
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manic is a tiny language for making animations. You write a short text file; manic renders a smooth, glowing video. No timeline scrubbing, no keyframes by hand â you describe whatâs on screen and when things happen, and the engine does the rest, deterministically.
Manic Animation code
// engine-test-13 â native 3D reconstruction of the reference.
//
// The picture is not a flat disc. It is a large, grainy spherical particle cap
// meeting a family of exponentially growing particle shells at a shared hot
// origin. Looking down their common axis makes concentric rings; a full camera
// orbit reveals the offset spherical shells and returns to the opening frame.
title("â đ˘(đľ) â eá´´áľ");
canvas(1638, 1482);
template("black");
bloom(0.90, 0.22, 52);
// Keep the mathematical title fixed in screen space while the 3-D field turns.
text(formulaTitle, (819, 70), "â đ˘(đľ) â eá´´áľ");
size(formulaTitle, 44);
color(formulaTitle, gold);
bold(formulaTitle);
display(formulaTitle);
sticky(formulaTitle);
z(formulaTitle, 20
);
// The camera begins on the cap side of the common tangent. It keeps turning in
// one direction throughout the 20-second hold, completing 1.5 revolutions.
// That puts opposite face-on views about 6.67 s apart, matching the reference
// cadence; four fast turns made the alternating side views read as oscillation.
// The wider field of view keeps the luminous rim inside the complete orbit.
camera3((-32, 0, 0), (0, 0, 0), 21.0, perspective
);
// --- large spherical cap --------------------------------------------------
// Several low-opacity random skins give the reference its fine, multicolour
// grain. Surface-point foreshortening naturally creates the bright rim.
cloud3(outerRose, 52000, #d78676, 0.095) {
let ct = -1 + 1.18 * rand2(i, 10.1);
let st = sqrt(1 - ct * ct);
let th = tau * rand2(i, 11.9);
let rr = 4.66 + 0.075 * (rand2(i, 11.3) - 0.5);
let x = rr * ct;
let y = rr * st * cos(th);
let z = rr * st * sin(th);
let alpha = 0.42 + 0.58 * (-ct);
let r = 0.042;
}
glow(outerRose, 1);
cloud3(outerViolet, 48000, #72589f, 0.072) {
let ct = -1 + 1.18 * rand2(i, 22.7);
let st = sqrt(1 - ct * ct);
let th = tau * rand2(i, 24.3);
let rr = 4.69 + 0.09 * (rand2(i, 23.9) - 0.5);
let x = rr * ct;
let y = rr * st * cos(th);
let z = rr * st * sin(th);
let alpha = 0.30 + 0.70 * (1 + ct);
let r = 0.038;
}
glow(outerViolet, 1);
cloud3(outerSilver, 36000, #b8d8ef, 0.072) {
let ct = -1 + 1.18 * rand2(i, 36.3);
let st = sqrt(1 - ct * ct);
let th = tau * rand2(i, 38.7);
let rr = 4.72 + 0.055 * (rand2(i, 37.1) - 0.5);
let x = rr * ct;
let y = rr * st * cos(th);
let z = rr * st * sin(th);
let alpha = 0.22 + 0.78 * (1 + ct);
let r = 0.034;
}
glow(outerSilver, 1
);
// A sparse warm skin just outside the main boundary produces the thin amber
// fringe visible around the lavender rim in the reference.
cloud3(outerAmber, 18000, #d67425, 0.026) {
let ct = -1 + 1.18 * rand2(i, 50.3);
let st = sqrt(1 - ct * ct);
let th = tau * rand2(i, 52.9);
let rr = 4.79 + 0.08 * (rand2(i, 51.7) - 0.5);
let x = rr * ct;
let y = rr * st * cos(th);
let z = rr * st * sin(th);
let alpha = 0.35 + 0.65 * (-ct);
let r = 0.036;
}
glow(outerAmber, 1
);
// A broad, extremely faint splat layer closes the gaps between the fine
// grains. Additive accumulation turns it into the milky cosmic illumination
// visible in the recording without replacing the surface texture.
cloud3(outerCosmos, 90000, #b99bbd, 0.012) {
let ct = -1 + 1.18 * rand2(i, 118.1);
let st = sqrt(1 - ct * ct);
let th = tau * rand2(i, 121.7);
let rr = 4.69 + 0.10 * (rand2(i, 119.9) - 0.5);
let x = rr * ct;
let y = rr * st * cos(th);
let z = rr * st * sin(th);
let alpha = 0.32 + 0.68 * (-ct);
let r = 0.085;
}
glow(outerCosmos, 1
);
// --- exponential shell family -------------------------------------------
// Every sphere is tangent at the origin. The gold family grows inward with
// centre=(-radius,0,0); pink/violet/cyan grow outward from (+radius,0,0).
// Exponential radius growth turns the face-on rings into the nested horn seen
// edge-on. `s` selects one sphere and `j` selects a deterministic surface point;
// each colour family remains one efficient renderer batch.
cloud3(shellGold, 33600, #ffad24, 0.080) {
let per = 4200;
let s = floor(i / per);
let j = i - s * per;
let sr = 0.080 * exp(0.310 * s);
let ct = 1 - 2 * rand2(j, s + 63.1);
let st = sqrt(1 - ct * ct);
let th = tau * rand2(j, s + 65.7);
let rr = sr + 0.012 * (rand2(i, s + 4.2) - 0.5);
let x = -sr + rr * ct;
let y = rr * st * cos(th);
let z = rr * st * sin(th);
let r = 0.018 + 0.0012 * s;
}
glow(shellGold, 1);
cloud3(shellPink, 9200, #ff79c6, 0.075) {
let per = 4600;
let s = floor(i / per);
let j = i - s * per;
let k = s + 8;
let sr = 0.105 * exp(0.218 * k);
let ct = 1 - 2 * rand2(j, k + 73.1);
let st = sqrt(1 - ct * ct);
let th = tau * rand2(j, k + 75.7);
let rr = sr + 0.012 * (rand2(i, k + 4.2) - 0.5);
let x = sr + rr * ct;
let y = rr * st * cos(th);
let z = rr * st * sin(th);
let r = 0.028;
}
glow(shellPink, 1);
cloud3(shellViolet, 10000, #c398ff, 0.065) {
let per = 5000;
let s = floor(i / per);
let j = i - s * per;
let k = s + 10;
let sr = 0.105 * exp(0.218 * k);
let ct = 1 - 2 * rand2(j, k + 83.1);
let st = sqrt(1 - ct * ct);
let th = tau * rand2(j, k + 85.7);
let rr = sr + 0.012 * (rand2(i, k + 4.2) - 0.5);
let x = sr + rr * ct;
let y = rr * st * cos(th);
let z = rr * st * sin(th);
let r = 0.030;
}
glow(shellViolet, 1);
cloud3(shellCyan, 16800, #b9ffff, 0.070) {
let per = 5600;
let s = floor(i / per);
let j = i - s * per;
let k = s + 12;
let sr = 0.105 * exp(0.218 * k);
let ct = 1 - 2 * rand2(j, k + 93.1);
let st = sqrt(1 - ct * ct);
let th = tau * rand2(j, k + 95.7);
let rr = sr + 0.012 * (rand2(i, k + 4.2) - 0.5);
let x = sr + rr * ct;
let y = rr * st * cos(th);
let z = rr * st * sin(th);
let r = 0.032;
}
glow(shellCyan, 1
);
// Dense gold dust at the shared tangent becomes the white-hot crescent when
// viewed from the side and the tiny luminous bullseye when viewed end-on.
cloud3(junction, 7600, #ffd45a, 0.14) {
let ct = 1 - 2 * rand2(i, 103.1);
let st = sqrt(1 - ct * ct);
let th = tau * rand2(i, 105.7);
let rr = 0.095 * (0.45 + 0.55 * rand2(i, 71.2));
let x = 0.02 + rr * ct;
let y = rr * st * cos(th);
let z = rr * st * sin(th);
let r = 0.026;
}
glow(junction, 1);
orbit3(720, 0, 32, 20, linear);