Sci-Fi Procedural Reptile - A glowing sci-fi creature that hunts your cursor 🦎

I'm 13 years old and spent a weekend learning real game-dev techniques because I saw a YouTube Short and got curious. The result: a glowing sci-fi reptile that hunts your cursor. 🧠 Inverse Kinematics — 18 body segments flow like a real spine 🦿 8 legs with anchoring — feet stay planted then step forward 🌀 Stop moving and it coils around you like a predator Neon glow, red slit-pupil eyes. Zero installs, one HTML file, open and play. Open source — fork it and make it yours! 🦎

Hey Product Hunt! 👋 I'm the maker — I'm 13 years old and this is one of my first ever open-source projects. I got obsessed with a YouTube Short showing a spider-like creature following a cursor, and I wanted to understand HOW it worked. Turns out it uses techniques called Inverse Kinematics and Leg Anchoring — the same stuff used in AAA video games and animated movies. So I spent a weekend figuring it out and built this. A few fun things to try: 🖱️ Move your mouse fast — the body lags behind like a real spine ⏸️ Stop your mouse completely — it enters "hunt mode" and coils 🔢 Open the HTML file and change NUM_LEGS to 12 or SLITHER_AMP to 20 for wild results The whole thing is ONE file, no install, no framework, no sign-up. Just download and open in your browser. Would love to hear what you think — and if any devs want to fork it and make it even cooler, go for it! 🙏

Sci-Fi Procedural Reptile - A glowing sci-fi creature that hunts your cursor 🦎

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