Awesome Demos from 2018

A collection of our favorite demos and experiments from 2018.

Today we’d like to share a collection of our favorite demos and experiments from 2018. This is just a small number compared to all the fantastic stuff that was made and shared in 2018, but we hope you enjoy this little selection of our favorite picks.

Please note that a lot of these demos are experimental and will require a modern browser to work.

Simplex Flower Generator by Jack Rugile

Simplex-Flower-Generator

Jelly by Adam Brooks

jelly

Repellers by Johan Karlsson

Repellers

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2018.makemepulse.com

Only CSS: Infinite Steps by Yusuke Nakaya

Only-CSS-Infinite-Steps

This alter world by Gerard Ferrandez

This-alter-world

CSS Space Shooter by Michael Bromley

CSS-Space-Shooter

Psychedelic waves by Karim Maaloul

Psychedelic-waves

Stinkmoji by Stink Studios

Stinkmoji

Song Maker by the Chrome Music Lab

chrome

The Chameleon from Null Island by kittons

The-Chameleon-from-Null-Island

Neural Drum Machine by Tero Parviainen

Neural-Drum-Machine

Toon Shading by Misaki Nakano

Toon-Shading

Wiggly Squiggly by Steve Gardner

Wiggly-Squiggly

Skin and Eye Rendering by David Lenaerts

Skin-and-Eye-Rendering

Perlin Noise by yasaisai

Perlin-Noise

Only CSS: 404 Rolling Box by Yusuke Nakaya

Only-CSS-404-Rolling-Box

Lost Without You by Jack Rugile and Nicolle Witte

Lost-Without-You

VHS Effects (regl) by halvves

VHS-Effects-(regl)

Pure CSS 4 Designers by Julia Muzafarova

Pure-CSS-4-Designers

Pure CSS Francine by Diana Smith

Pure-CSS-Francine

Pin Screen by Johan Karlsson

Pin-Screen

Pure CSS watch animation by Grzegorz Witczak

Pure-CSS-watch-animation

Line Lisa by Nikita Dubko

Line-Lisa

Going Home by 302 chanwoo

Going-Home

Heraclos by students of GOBELINS Paris

Heraclos

Solids by Dave DeSandro

Solids

Thank You by Liam Egan

Thank-You

Tenori-off by Monica Dinculescu

Tenori-off

Ghost Mouse by Liam Egan

Ghost-Mouse

Track by Little Workshop

Track

Isometric eCommerce CSSGrid by Andy Barefoot

Isometric-eCommerce-CSSGrid

Halftone Effect by Misaki Nakano

Halftone-Effect

Zippity Zappity (SVG) by Steve Gardner

Zippity-Zappity-(SVG)

Pure CSS Stack by Ben Szabo

Pure-CSS-Stack

Little Big City by Yi Shen

Little-Big-City

Pure CSS Moustached Nanny by Julia Muzafarova

Pure-CSS-Moustached-Nanny

Dot Menu Animations by Tamino Martinius

Dot-Menu-Animations

Fake 3D effect with depth map by Robin Delaporte

Fake-3D-effect-with-depth-map

CSS Snake & Ladders by Alvaro Montoro

CSS-Snake-&-Ladders

Perlin Noise by Victor Vergara

Perlin-Noise-(2)

Pure CSS The Carlton Dance by Grzegorz Witczak

Pure-CSS-The-Carlton-Dance

Exoplanet Explorer by Thomas Van Glabeke

Exoplanet-Explorer

How Many Steps Does It Take To Get From Me To You? by Jase Smith

steps

Bellwoods by Matt DesLauriers

Bellwoods

HyperMorph 3000™ by Andreas Borgen

HyperMorph-3000™

Interplanetary Postal Service by Sebastian Macke

Interplanetary-Postal-Service

Ripple Mouse (with plasma) by Liam Egan

Ripple-Mouse-(with-plasma)

Lissajous Table – Pannable by Jacob Foster
Lissajous-Table—Pannable

Falling by Yuan Chuan
Falling

Dragon Snake by Thomas Hooper

Dragon-Snake

Color Changing Chameleon by Cassie Evans

Color-Changing-Chameleon

#codevember – 1 – Infinity by Johan Karlsson
#codevember—1—Infinity

Have you ever been lonely? by Gerard Ferrandez and Angelo Plessas

Have-you-ever-been-lonely-

Layerscape by André Mattos

Layerscape

Fashion concept by Jesper Landberg

Fashion-concept

Jellyfish by Rafael Castro Couto

Jellyfish

My journey had lasted seven hours by Gerard Ferrandez

My-journey-had-lasted-seven-hours

#codevember – 15 – Flame by Liam Egan

#codevember—15—Flame

Laser Bag Pipe by Lars Berg

Laser-Bag-Pipe

Flameout by Rye Terrell

flameout

#codevember — bread by Noel Delgado

bread

Canvas Proximity Mask by Ricardo Mendieta

Canvas-Proximity-Mask

Astray 2 by Rye Terrell

Astray-2

Electricity by Vicente Lucendo

Electricity

Dreamsynth by odbol

Dreamsynth

Happy Shopper by Lars Berg

Happy-Shopper

Tiny Explorer by Rachel Richardson

Tiny-Explorer

Pure CSS Pink by Diana Smith

Pure-CSS-Pink

Mikuboard by Daniwell

Mikuboard

Under by Weston C. Beecroft

Under

Choir by David Li

Choir

Retro Pixel by Misaki Nakano

Retro-Pixel

Glimmer by Nicolas Riciotti

Glimmer

Spotify Wrapped Animation using GSAP by Peter Barr

Spotify-Wrapped-Animation-using-GSAP

Sandspiel by Max Bittker

Sandspiel

HyperSpace Jump by Ricardo Mendieta

HyperSpace-Jump

Magic sketchpad by Monica Dinculescu

Magic-sketchpad

Flame in the wind by Blake Bowen
Flame-in-the-wind

Infinite Gift by Jaume Sanchez Elias

InfiniteGift

Manoela Ilic

Manoela is the main tinkerer at Codrops. With a background in coding and passion for all things design, she creates web experiments and keeps frontend professionals informed about the latest trends.

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