// Lisajous generates GIF animations of random Lisajous figures.
package main

import (
	"image"
	"image/color"
	"image/gif"
	"io"
	"math"
	"math/rand"
	"os"
)

var palette = [] color.Color{color.White, color.Black}

const (
	whiteIndex = 0
	blackindex = 1
)

func main() {
	lisajous(os.Stdout)
}

func lisajous(out io.Writer) {
	const (
		cycles = 5
		res = 0.001
		size = 100
		nframes = 64
		delay = 8
	)
	freq := rand.Float64() * 3.0
	anim := gif.GIF{LoopCount: nframes}
	phase := 0.0
	for i := 0; i < nframes; i++ {
		rect := image.Rect(0, 0, 2*size+1, 2*size+1)
		img := image.NewPaletted(rect, palette)
		for t := 0.0; t < cycles*2*math.Pi; t += res {
			x := math.Sin(t)
			y := math.Sin(t*freq + phase)
			img.SetColorIndex(size+int(x*size+0.5), size+int(y*size+0.5), blackindex)
		}
		phase += 0.1
		anim.Delay = append(anim.Delay, delay)
		anim.Image = append(anim.Image, img)
	}
	gif.EncodeAll(out, &anim)
}