Sparkles

Took a break from bitmap and floatmap algorithms today and implemented a new UI feature I like to call Sparkles™. A sparkle is a little animation which can be attached to a coordinate inside a UI control, runs for a while, then silently terminates and disappears. They can be used to subtly draw attention to a specific part of the screen, maybe because something went wrong but not wrong enough to warrant a message box, or maybe it’s a way to highlight a specific change that was made. In this video every mo