Sand 5UX

Pour it and watch it settle.

Running. Pour with a click, or with the keyboard.

About Sand 5UX

A handful of grains and a little water, on a grid with edges and nothing to win. Sand falls and piles; water falls, spreads and sits under the sand; stone stays where you put it. When it has all settled, the page is a picture of a pile, which is the entire point. The rest of the family is that way.

How it works

Keyboard: arrows move the cursor, Shift moves it further, Space pours one brushful, and 1–4 choose sand, water, stone or the eraser. The simulation only runs while Pause says Pause; with reduced motion asked for, it starts paused instead of moving on its own.