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Penrose Pentagrid Shimmer
A Penrose tiling of thick and thin rhombi, built from five overlapping grids, catches the light as fronts sweep across it. Token rate sends the fronts faster and more often.
Also known as: penrose tiling, aperiodic tiling, de bruijn pentagrid, quasicrystal pattern.
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Customizing this shader
- Speed:
uTpsis the token rate anduTokensthe running count. The standalone runner adds a natural wobble to a fixed rate, the way real streams speed up and slow down. - Color: set
data-coloron the canvas, or changeuColorin the Shadertoy version. Currently previewing#3dd6c6. - Size: style the canvas with CSS. It renders at up to twice your screen's pixel density and stops drawing while it is off screen.
- Reduced motion: the runner draws a single still frame for people who asked their OS for less motion.