String Art

String Art



This short program is a most entertaining graphical demonstration

of the Spectrum's ability to generate "string art". For the

uninitiated, string art involves hammering nails into a clothcovered board, in a series of lines, and subsequently joining the

nails with a coloured thread. This simple technique produces quite

attractive results, considering the materials used. In this

simulation, the computer draws a series of lines which gradually

grow, shrink, change directions and bounce off the sides of the

screen. For those who have played the arcade game Qix, this sort of

movement of lines will be familiar.

There are no fundamental peculiarities in this program although a

line which randomly changed the colour of the "thread" might

improve the overall effect.