Sandpainter

A falling-sand painting toy that runs in your browser.

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The game: elements to pick on the left, four spigots pouring sand, water, salt and oil into two pools, controls on the right

26 elements to paint with. They burn, freeze, grow and explode.

Nothing to install. No account. Works on a phone.

Your pictures save in the browser. Export one as an image any time.

Things to try

Oil burning on the surface of water — Oil spillOil floats on water. One spark and the fire creeps across.

Lava pouring into a lake with steam rising — VolcanoLava hits a lake, cools into rock and boils the water to steam.

A fireball at the end of a burning gunpowder trail — Chain reactionA gunpowder trail carries one spark to a block of C-4.

Four blocks pouring lava, water, sand and snow — Clone fountainsA clone block learns what you drop on it and pours it forever.

A lake freezing over where cryo lands — Deep freezeCryo turns the top of a lake to ice.

A block of wax melting over a torch — CandleWax melts over a torch, drips and hardens again.

A row of flowers in five colours growing out of soil — GardenSoak the soil, drop seeds, and flowers grow.

How it is made

Plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript. No framework and no server.
Written from scratch as a remake of Artsology's Sandpainting Game v2.
28 automatic checks keep the physics honest.
Read the element guide to see what every element does.