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Tutorial 18.7
426 runs ♦ 0 likes
By "Coding Train" p...  
Created: 9 Sep 2018
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
Tutorial 18.7 with full canvas, resized model, sound. Texture on box is image from another user.
Touch World
474 runs ♦ 1 like
By Starter user  
Created: 6 Jan 2018
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
How to override default touch handling. Mobile: Touch drag moves agent, touch pinch zooms camera...
Ammo physics mod...
111 runs ♦ 0 likes
By Starter user  
Created: 19 Apr 2021
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
Highly modified version of "ammo / instancing" from Three.js examples
Final Pool
1191 runs ♦ 2 likes
By Ian Gilligan  
Created: 1 Mar 2019
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
Pool Predictor for CA326
An online coding platform

Ancient Brain is an online coding and hosting platform for everyone.
See Introduction and List of features.


Coders: Make 3D worlds and share them with friends. Clone and edit other people's worlds. Make multi-user games and environments. Make touch mobile games. Upload your own images, music and 3D models. Embed your worlds on other sites.
Teachers: Run courses in coding and coding for kids and AI coding. Run programming practicals in 3D graphics or 2D graphics or text, with many features designed for teachers. Safely edit and run student code.
Learners: Do courses in coding and coding for kids and AI coding. Clone other people's worlds and change one or two lines. What's the worst that could happen?
Gamers: Play the endless game worlds the coders make. Come and browse an ever-growing archive of games.
Researchers: Upload problems, tender for solutions, test and rank them. Make hybrid AI systems from the code of multiple authors.
Getting started
You can "run" any of the 11,716 programs or "Worlds" by clicking on them. But this is also a coding site, where you can code your own Worlds. You can use this site to learn to code. Or show off your creations if you are an experienced coder.
Read more about how to get started running Worlds and coding: Or jump straight into coding with the starter tutorial:
Programming course

Ancient Brain has a course in how to program from scratch.
You will get to make "Worlds" like the following. Click on them to run them.

Tutorial 2.1
568 runs ♦ 1 like
By "Coding Train" p...  
Created: 4 Sep 2018
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
Variables in p5.js (mouseX, mouseY)
Tutorial 7.8 variant
383 runs ♦ 0 likes
By "Coding Train" p...  
Created: 6 Sep 2018
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
Tutorial 7.8 with music and other uploaded images, including from other users. Click on the images.
Tutorial 2.5
174 runs ♦ 1 like
By "Coding Train" p...  
Created: 4 Sep 2018
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
The random() Function
Tutorial 7.3
232 runs ♦ 0 likes
By "Coding Train" p...  
Created: 5 Sep 2018
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
Arrays of Objects
AI course

Ancient Brain has a set of AI programming exercises, with videos and notes. For use in any AI course.
You will get to modify "Worlds" like the following. Click on them to run them.

GA (Finnegans Wake)
1140 runs ♦ 0 likes
By "Coding Train" p...  
Created: 2 May 2019
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
Genetic Algorithm to write the first line of Finnegans Wake.
A star
5024 runs ♦ 2 likes
By "Coding Train" p...  
Created: 1 May 2019
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
"A Star" algorithm to find shortest path through maze.
Breadth-first se...
3421 runs ♦ 0 likes
By "Coding Train" p...  
Created: 30 Apr 2019
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
Breadth-first search with a Force-directed graph.
Character recogn...
2081 runs ♦ 0 likes
By "Coding Train" p...  
Created: 5 Jul 2019
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
Neural network to do character recognition from image database and from handwriting in real-time.
WebGL course

Ancient Brain has a short course in JavaScript 3D graphics ("WebGL") programming.
You will get to make "Worlds" like the following. Click on them to run them.

Tutorial 18.3
67 runs ♦ 0 likes
By "Coding Train" p...  
Created: 9 Sep 2018
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
Light and Material
Tutorial 18.8
94 runs ♦ 0 likes
By "Coding Train" p...  
Created: 9 Sep 2018
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
3D Custom Shapes
Tutorial 18.7
426 runs ♦ 0 likes
By "Coding Train" p...  
Created: 9 Sep 2018
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
Tutorial 18.7 with full canvas, resized model, sound. Texture on box is image from another user.
Tutorial 18.5
96 runs ♦ 0 likes
By "Coding Train" p...  
Created: 9 Sep 2018
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
Camera and Perspective
Starter Worlds for Three.js

These are the main "Starter Worlds" that use the Three.js library (which tends to give the most advanced graphics).

You can Clone and Edit all of these and change their code. Look for a section at the top called the "Tweaker's Box". This contains the easiest things to change.

Blank Three.js World
1787 runs ♦ 2 likes
By Starter user  
Created: 20 Nov 2016
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
A simple starter World. An Array of spheres. Painted with textures. Random motion.
Zombie Death Baby
821 runs ♦ 1 like
By Starter user  
Created: 11 Jun 2018
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
How to make a fun touch game for mobile. Touch drag and tap objects. Mouse drag and click object...
Model World
872 runs ♦ 2 likes
By Starter user  
Created: 8 Nov 2016
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
Demo of how to insert 3d models into World. Mind-controlled agent, actively-pursuing enemy. Skybox.
Simple World
1747 runs ♦ 2 likes
By Starter user  
Created: 1 Oct 2016
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
Simple World with a Mind-controlled agent, randomly-moving enemy, paint blocks with texture.
Websockets boxes
823 runs ♦ 0 likes
By Starter user  
Created: 29 Feb 2020
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
Demo of Websockets in 3D World. Click to change the boxes on the other user's machine, while the...
Touch World
474 runs ♦ 1 like
By Starter user  
Created: 6 Jan 2018
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
How to override default touch handling. Mobile: Touch drag moves agent, touch pinch zooms camera...
Password Websock...
73 runs ♦ 0 likes
By Starter user  
Created: 14 Nov 2022
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
Password version of "Websockets boxes"
User-controlled ...
979 runs ♦ 2 likes
By Starter user  
Created: 12 Feb 2017
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
3d model World. User controlled on desktop. Keyboard arrows to move. Switch to "Move with" camer...
MineCraft
1159 runs ♦ 2 likes
By Starter user  
Created: 27 Nov 2016
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
Use keyboard to draw blocks like in MineCraft. Use arrow keys and PgUp, PgDn to draw. Can save w...
One Cube World (...
1224 runs ♦ 2 likes
By Starter user  
Created: 11 Apr 2018
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
Simple starter World (Three.js version). Built-in camera control.
Complex World
8386 runs ♦ 5 likes
By Starter user  
Created: 1 Oct 2016
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
World with a Mind-controlled agent, actively-pursuing enemy, random maze, skybox, music.
Castle World
813 runs ♦ 4 likes
By Starter user  
Created: 11 Nov 2016
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
Demo of how to insert 3d model into World. Mind-controlled agent, actively-pursuing enemy. Splas...
Random Worlds

Here are some random Worlds that have had more than 30 runs. Reload for more.

Binary tree (clo...
44 runs ♦ 0 likes
By Kline  
Created: 3 Oct 2022
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
Clone of "Binary tree" by "Coding Train" project
Assignment_1_W_c...
271 runs ♦ 0 likes
By Sharjil Dhanani  
Created: 11 Nov 2023
Modified: 11 Sep 2024
Assignment_1
Pulsar(P5) (clon...
62 runs ♦ 0 likes
By Abhishek  
Created: 18 Sep 2024
Modified: 18 Sep 2024
Clone of "One Cube World (P5)" by Starter user
NG: Locutus vers...
183 runs ♦ 0 likes
By Colin McCabe  
Created: 10 Nov 2022
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
Clone of "NG: Locutus versus The Borg (clone by Colin McCabe) but with walls
GA (Finnegans Wa...
31 runs ♦ 0 likes
By Apples Twenty Five  
Created: 12 Dec 2021
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
Clone of "GA (Finnegans Wake)" by "Coding Train" project
Scary A* version 2
115 runs ♦ 0 likes
By Vineet Sajwan  
Created: 6 Nov 2022
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
version 2
Battleship (clon...
1018 runs ♦ 0 likes
By Thomas Hazekamp  
Created: 13 Nov 2022
Modified: 17 Sep 2023
2 player battleship with sound effects & sea shanty songs
Complex World (c...
37 runs ♦ 0 likes
By Aarekh Rana  
Created: 2 Nov 2023
Modified: 11 Sep 2024
Clone of "Complex World (clone by Rana)" by Rana
chasing test
73 runs ♦ 0 likes
By Alex Murphy  
Created: 16 May 2019
Modified: 17 Sep 2023


 
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