Carbonator

Carbonate the web.

JQuery plugin based on bubblr by Mikey Hogarth.

Usage

Install the library:

npm install --save carbonator

Require the module:

require('carbonator');

JQuery should now be able to initialize carbonation on an HTML div via the carbonate function:

$('div.flat').carbonate();

A canvas element will be created and appended to the div, and will resize automatically to match its parent.

Options

The following options may be passed to the carbonate function:

option	description	default
animationInterval	inverval between animation frame requests (ms)	1000 / 24 (24 FPS)
backgroundColor	background color of the container element	'transparent'
bubbleColor	color of the bubbles	'white'
bubbleDensity	number of bubbles to draw per pixel of canvas area	0.0005
bubbleFlutter	maximum range bubble may move in either direction (px/frame)	0.1
bubbleGrowthFactorMin	minimum bubble growth rate	1 (no growth)
bubbleGrowthFactorMin	possible bubble growth rate in excess of minimum	0.002
bubbleOpacity	opacity of the bubbles	0.7
bubbleRadiusMin	minimum range of each bubble (px)	1
bubbleRadiusRange	possible bubble radius in excess of minimum	2
bubbleSpeedMin	minimum movement speed of each bubble (px/frame)	3
bubbleSpeedRange	possible bubble movement speed in excess of minimum	2
hotspotDensity	number of hotspots to generate per pixel of width	0.0025
hotspotProbabilityMin	minimum chance per frame for hotspot to generate bubble	0.25
hotspotProbabilityMax	maximum chance per frame for hotspot to generate bubble	0.75
hotspotRespawnRate	chance per frame that hotspot will be deleted and regenerated at a different location	1 / (24 * 10) (about every 10 seconds)
beforeDraw	function to call before drawing each frame (passed Canvas​Rendering​Context2D) †	undefined
afterDraw	function to call after drawing each frame (passed Canvas​Rendering​Context2D) †	undefined

† callbacks are bound to the Carbonator instance; internal properties may therefore be accessed through this, but such behavior may be subject to breaking changes

You Might Not Need JQuery

While this library is designed to be used as a JQuery plugin, JQuery is not required and is not included as a dependency. Alternatively, the constructor may be accessed directly from the imported module, or through a function attached to itself:

const Carbonator = require('carbonator');
 
// call via constructor
new Carbonator(document.querySelector('div.flat'), options);
 
// call via factory method
Carbonator.carbonate(document.querySelector('div.flat'), options);