[spk_]

"it might stand to dethrone the venerable Flurry screensaver" - You are absolutely right. The first time I saw the screensaver, I was completely mesmerized and watched it for a few minutes before getting back to work.

Out of curiosity, why Rust? Not saying anything against it, just looking to understand your take on it.

[sandydooo]

I had 2 requirements starting out:

1. It absolutely had to run in the browser. 2. I wanted the option of shipping native binaries later on, e.g. screensavers

This narrows the choice to something that can compile to WASM and has bindings for WebGL/OpenGL. Rust has substantial support for these technologies, there's an active graphics community, and, personally, it felt approachable for someone without experience with C/C++.

Also, I write Haskell/Elm for a living. I don't need much convincing to pick up another typed, memory-safe language.

[jamincan]

Without a response from the parent, I'm guessing they wanted it to be in wasm, and Rust is one of the more popular languages for wasm development.