EDIT:
For anybody who is curious, here is the finished result.
http://jsfiddle.net/Javalsu/vxP5q/743/embedded/result/
I'm building off of the code I found in this link
http://thecodeplayer.com/walkthrough/html5-canvas-snow-effect
I want to make this more of a confetti falling effect than a snow effect, and I would need to make each element a different color. But it seems that the fill color is set for entire canvas at once.
Is there a way to specify a different fill color for each element or am I going about this the entirely wrong way?
Thanks
Update: Here is the finished product if anybody has a need for confetti
window.onload = function () {
//canvas init
var canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
//canvas dimensions
var W = window.innerWidth;
var H = window.innerHeight;
canvas.width = W;
canvas.height = H;
//snowflake particles
var mp = 200; //max particles
var particles = [];
for (var i = 0; i < mp; i++) {
particles.push({
x: Math.random() * W, //x-coordinate
y: Math.random() * H, //y-coordinate
r: Math.random() * 15 + 1, //radius
d: Math.random() * mp, //density
color: "rgba(" + Math.floor((Math.random() * 255)) + ", " + Math.floor((Math.random() * 255)) + ", " + Math.floor((Math.random() * 255)) + ", 0.8)",
tilt: Math.floor(Math.random() * 5) - 5
});
}
//Lets draw the flakes
function draw() {
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, W, H);
for (var i = 0; i < mp; i++) {
var p = particles[i];
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.lineWidth = p.r;
ctx.strokeStyle = p.color; // Green path
ctx.moveTo(p.x, p.y);
ctx.lineTo(p.x + p.tilt + p.r / 2, p.y + p.tilt);
ctx.stroke(); // Draw it
}
update();
}
//Function to move the snowflakes
//angle will be an ongoing incremental flag. Sin and Cos functions will be applied to it to create vertical and horizontal movements of the flakes
var angle = 0;
function update() {
angle += 0.01;
for (var i = 0; i < mp; i++) {
var p = particles[i];
//Updating X and Y coordinates
//We will add 1 to the cos function to prevent negative values which will lead flakes to move upwards
//Every particle has its own density which can be used to make the downward movement different for each flake
//Lets make it more random by adding in the radius
p.y += Math.cos(angle + p.d) + 1 + p.r / 2;
p.x += Math.sin(angle) * 2;
//Sending flakes back from the top when it exits
//Lets make it a bit more organic and let flakes enter from the left and right also.
if (p.x > W + 5 || p.x < -5 || p.y > H) {
if (i % 3 > 0) //66.67% of the flakes
{
particles[i] = {
x: Math.random() * W,
y: -10,
r: p.r,
d: p.d,
color: p.color,
tilt: p.tilt
};
} else {
//If the flake is exitting from the right
if (Math.sin(angle) > 0) {
//Enter from the left
particles[i] = {
x: -5,
y: Math.random() * H,
r: p.r,
d: p.d,
color: p.color,
tilt: p.tilt
};
} else {
//Enter from the right
particles[i] = {
x: W + 5,
y: Math.random() * H,
r: p.r,
d: p.d,
color: p.color,
tilt: p.tilt
};
}
}
}
}
}
//animation loop
setInterval(draw, 20);
}