[lbebber]

Hi, I'm the author of the rain effect (not of the website itself though).

You can see the original effect here[1], along with an explanation here[2].

If you like it, you can see a few more effects and experiments on my portfolio here[3], although it's been a couple of years now since I've done anything of the sort (that I can post publicly, that is).

[1] https://tympanus.net/Development/RainEffect/

[2] https://tympanus.net/codrops/2015/11/04/rain-water-effect-ex...

[3] http://lbebber.github.io/

[OJFord]

Is the submission actually adding anything of substance to your work then? It seems basically the same but with a background image, and parameterisation sliders (that I can't get to work anyway).

[ebg13]

The sliders are for sound, not visual parameters.

This site just combines the visual effect with some sound recordings. See the bottom of https://hipstersound.com/premium.html

[lbebber]

Well it has sound it seems, which might actually be more important depending on what you're looking for.

[Waterluvian]

It’s taking a really impressive tech toy and making it a product. You’d be surprised how much work the second 80% is.

[esrauch]

This website itself seems more like a tech toy than a product though?

[nomel]

That story map is beautiful!

I have a somewhat unrelated question. Do you ever see the world moving to rendering content completely on a WebGL canvas, for better control and with the ability to circumvent ad blockers?

[lbebber]

Hmmm I'm not sure if it could be properly used to circumvent ad blocking, after all the ads will still probably come from a separate request which one could block.

However I do see it being used for web apps that prioritise performance--in terms of providing a smooth experience, rather than load times. I think Figma already does that (through emscripten or wasm, I'm not sure); for it to be more widespread, only the tooling has to catch up (e.g. React Native).

[AndrewStephens]

I agree, that map is amazing. I particularly like the way you can see exactly where the photos were taken.

[lbebber]

Also thanks, I'm particularly proud of that map hahah

[Sephr]

I ported this effect to Android in a live wallpaper called Rainpaper[1].

[1] https://rainpaper.com

[AceJohnny2]

I had been looking for this for years when I had an Android phone!

[lifeisstillgood]

I am totally blown away by this - I just had WebGL pegged as 'draw shapes on canvas, sometimes with colour'.

Thank you :-)

[dgellow]

You should check https://www.shadertoy.com/, you will be amazed :)

[_the_inflator]

Cool work, very nice!

It seems that not all your projects, that are download-able, are on Github. Why is that?

[lbebber]

There's no good reason, to my shame. But now that you mention, I think I'll get around to it and do it this week. Might be a good opportunity to round down a few rough edges here and there as well.

[ChrisMarshallNY]

That's really cool! Thanks for sharing it!

[lacoolj]

yo i love everything on codrops especially these. thank you for sharing with the world :)

[dave_sid]

Brilliant

[dave_sid]

I wish this was what I was doing!