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Each builds one small, working thing in Studio, with the settings, the code and the node graph it needs.
Beat pulseGlow orbs that flare on every beat of the music, as a script and as a node graph.
Beginner6 stepsA scriptA node graph
From the Motion docsClick ripplesThe wallpaper ripples where you click, and a glowing ring grows from the spot.
Beginner5 stepsA scriptA node graph From the Motion docsHeart rate sceneLights that pulse faster and warm from blue to red as your heart rate rises, read from a watch.
Intermediate5 stepsA scriptA node graph From the Motion docsDrifting clouds from nodesA background of clouds built from seven shader nodes, with a speed offered on the desktop, and the GLSL it comes to.
Intermediate7 stepsA node graph From the Motion docsMood buttons from a web pageA web project whose buttons change the scene's colours, talking with the scene's script both ways.
Advanced6 stepsA script From the Motion docs
From the Motion docsClick ripplesThe wallpaper ripples where you click, and a glowing ring grows from the spot.
Beginner5 stepsA scriptA node graph From the Motion docsHeart rate sceneLights that pulse faster and warm from blue to red as your heart rate rises, read from a watch.
Intermediate5 stepsA scriptA node graph From the Motion docsDrifting clouds from nodesA background of clouds built from seven shader nodes, with a speed offered on the desktop, and the GLSL it comes to.
Intermediate7 stepsA node graph From the Motion docsMood buttons from a web pageA web project whose buttons change the scene's colours, talking with the scene's script both ways.
Advanced6 stepsA script From the Motion docsNew from the community
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