This playground needs WebGL2. Use the material and tray controls to explore grains.
FINE · GOLDEN

Beach

Drag a finger through the grains.

DRAG TO SCULPT · ARROWS TO TILT · SPACE TO SHAKE

MATERIAL STUDIES

Pick something to feel.

THE ORIGINAL SANDS

SOMETHING DIFFERENT

Under the grains

Setup saves use this host's private storage.

How to play & credits

Drag to sculpt with Push, Pour, Rake or Erase. Iron filings support Magnet and Repel. View rotates the camera up to 35° in each direction; Tilt changes the physical slope of the tray.

Focus the canvas: arrows / WASD tilt; Space shakes; P pauses; R refills; U undoes; V toggles the angled view; hold F with Pour to pour at the cursor; keys 1–7 select Push, Pour, Rake, Erase, Magnet, Repel and Orbit. Slow motion and single-step are in the tool panel.

Changing material refills the tray. The Pour tool adds the current material; at capacity it recycles the oldest grain slots. Undo restores the state before the last stroke or refill. Setup saves remember controls, not individual grains.

Based on Safe Sand by av. Eleven tactile material approximations, simulated and lit on your GPU. Phone sensors are replaced by the tilt pad in this sandbox.
A little more room.

Enlarge this napplet to at least 280 × 240 to play. Your tray will stay here.