Illuminated Plinko

Summary

A physics-driven motion experiment showing glowing balls cascading through a dark Plinko board, with each collision producing bright lens-flare light bursts against a black background.

Visual description

A near-black frame holds a faint grid of dim circular pegs in staggered rows. A column of glowing white balls drops down the center, with soft ghosted motion trails above them and a big bluish lens-flare burst at the bottom edge. Nearby pegs show faint cone-shaped light and shadow, and the cool blue-white glow is the only color.

Key takeaway

Let a single light source illuminate otherwise invisible geometry, so the pegs only appear where the ball passes. Pairing ghosted trails with a bloom flare on impact turns a simple physics loop into something cinematic.

Reuse notes

Reach for this as a motion still reference. Pairs with abstract, experimental directions. Original by George Hastings.