Growing Tree
Just a little project I threw together this morning. The source code will be released with commenting soon.

really amazing, the tree grow different way every time

Impressive.

Very neat. Nicely done.

Impressive indeed.

EDIT: Did you use random vars to make it do that?

Would certainly be a unique tutorial, pretty impressive.

Thanks for the positive feedback everyone.


It uses a programming technique called recursion, where a function calls itself. Each new branch is created off of its root branch at a 30 degree maximum variance and its id is stored into the root branch's array of child branches. With each frame, the dree is redrawn starting with the very root branch, and then each of it's children are processed, recursively until there are no more child branches.

Apart from a tree, what other creative things could you use this method for?

Well, the method creates trees, not always actual trees of course. It could be applied to family trees, tracking the spread of a file (peer to peer), or really just about anything that spreads and branches off.

Cool, like for optimized random flash headers? That would be cool, I can imagine some nature website using a header like that. But with more spiced up graphics, of course.

i could use this, not for a tree, but maybe some grunge lines....

So cool watching it grow.

Its a very nice flash, simple but nice. The problem is, a person like me would get really irritated at the waiting part of it.

For some reason my leaf doesn't grow.. only thing it does is switch the leaf it starts with with another one.. but as for growing my tree is dead... don't know why

You have to wait for it to grow...

Source code released! Check it out:
http://www.bezzmedia.com/swfspot/samples/i...using_Recursion

all your flash work never fails to impress me Bezz!

Bezz that link didnt work for me... lol

I am very interested in that tree and would like to see how you did it, but that link wont come up in my browser

I wish I got your brain and skills. lolz

hay Bezz, I think this guy used your tree for a pre-loader!

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/408967

Nah, that's something completely different. Looks cool. The movie is amazing.

Oh, well I guess the math concepts were practically the same, I'm guessing he used a movie clip and duplicated it>faded. Then just gave the command to keep duplicating until the strings = zero.

Har har I'm an actionscript math newb please forgive me.

Hello Bezz,

Amazing source and fascinating to watch. Do you think you could make one with additional wind blowing in the branches, or give us a hint on how to do this?

Thank you in advance.

Best,
Gege

You could have a random variance on the angle at each frame to simulate wind. Give the thinner branches a larger random variance. The stored angle should always stay the same, this is just a temporary variance on the angle.