A living plane-maple hybrid canopy that buds, fills, turns, sheds,
and regrows under variable wind. Drag across the crown to bend the
tree and lift loose leaves from the ground.
Spring season
Standby state
0 attached
0 ground
0.40 wind
Seasonal canopy physics with regrowth, recoil, and drift.
This route tracks one rooted tree through budburst, summer density,
autumn shedding, and winter bareness. Leaves begin attached to
branch tips, wind bends the branch hierarchy first, and only then
does the canopy let go.
Readable loop
One compact year cycle shows regrowth, colour turn, shedding, and
renewed buds without external assets.
Tactile controls
Scrub seasons, tune wind, inject gusts, or drag directly across
the crown on touch and mouse.
Anchored motion
Branch recoil drives the effect so the canopy reads as one living
structure rather than a particle emitter.
Motion-safe mode
Reduced motion respects system preference and trims non-essential
animation while keeping the season read intact.
How this route behaves
Spring regrows leaves from branch anchors, summer thickens the crown,
autumn increases detachment pressure, and winter leaves the branch
system mostly bare. Wind affects attached leaves, detached leaves,
and branch flex at the same time.
Drag or swipe
Pointer movement injects a directional gust field through the
canopy and over the ground layer.
Season scrub
Move the slider to pause autoplay and inspect any season directly.
Reset state
Rebuilds the tree, reattaches the crown, and clears accumulated
leaves from the ground.
Reduced motion
Lowers sway amplitude and limits loose-leaf counts while keeping
the full four-season transition legible.