Coding Challenge #15: Object Oriented Fractal Trees

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Published on May 30, 2016 9:27:05 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcdNSZ9IzJM

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More algorithmic botany! Another way to generate a fractal tree is to consider every part of the tree an object, so that we can apply forces and attributes to all the branches and leaves and more! Code: https://thecodingtrain.com/challenges/15-object-oriented-fractal-trees

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🚂 #14 Recursive Fractal Trees: https://youtu.be/0jjeOYMjmDU
🚂 #16 Fractal Trees - L-System: https://youtu.be/E1B4UoSQMFw
🚂 #174 AppleSoft Basic Fractal Tree: https://youtu.be/UNkHditYGls

Timestamps:
0:00 Introducing today's topic
1;44 Write a Branch constructor function
3:00 Add a single Branch object for the root of the tree
5:53 Add a tree array
7:20 Write a branch object to created 2 attached branch objects
9:30 Create a direction vector that points from the beginning to the end of the vector
10:12 Determine new end point
11:00 Add a new branch to the right
12:00 Add a new branch to the left
13:00 Shrink the branches
14:39 Push new branches to the tree when the mouse is pressed
15:37 Loop through the array backwards
16:12 Deal with duplicate branches
17:31 Add a jitter function
19:52 Add leaves at the end of the branches
21:58 Have the leaves fall
22:45 Thanks for watching!

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