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Code golfing a tiny demo using maths and a pinch of insanity

A few weeks ago, I made a tiny demo that fits into 464 characters: void main(){vec3 c,p,K=vec3(3,1,0);for(float i,a,g=1.,t,h,d,w,k=.15;i++<1e2;d= max(max(d-3.,-d),0.)*k,w=g-g*exp(-mix(h*3e2,d*2.5,a=h<.001?0.:1.)),g-=w*a,c+=w* a*d*9.+(d==0.?K*.01*h:c-c),a=min(p.y+2.,1.),c.r+=w*a*a*.2,t+=min(h*.2,k*=1.015) ,p=normalize(vec3(P+P-R,R.y))*t,p.xz*=mat2(cos(sin(T*.2)+K.zyxz*11.)),p.z+=T*.3 )for(d=p.y,h=d+.5,a=.01;a<1.;a+=a)p.xz*=mat2(8,6,-6,8)*.1,d+=abs(dot(sin((p/a+T )*.3),p/p))*a,h+=abs(dot(sin(p.xz*.6/a),P/P))*a;O=vec4(tanh(c*.5),1);} There is no texture, no mesh, no 3D helper: it's simply a procedural mathematical formula evaluated at each pixel assigning them a color. Code golfing is about making it as short as possible, and thus is part of the art performance.

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