Plinko Picker — Drop a Ball into Your Choices

Release a ball through a physical pyramid of pegs into two to twelve custom lanes. Geometry gives lanes different probabilities.

A pyramid of physical pegs

Give two to twelve lanes a label, color and optional image. The ball starts near the apex with randomized release conditions, collides with visible pegs and walls, then rests between real slot dividers. Its resting lane becomes the result.

Physical lanes have different probabilities

Plinko is a physical demonstration with a nonuniform distribution. Lane probabilities depend on geometry and release conditions; equal-width slots do not imply equal chances. Use Random Wheel when you need equal-choice selection. Orbit does not steer the ball toward a lane.

Measured outcome and repeatable replay

Web Crypto seeds the initial conditions. A fixed timestep makes the simulation independent of screen refresh. Replay same run reproduces the saved drop; Drop ball starts a new run. Reduced motion runs the same physics without the extended reveal.

Local and shared use

Local setup and bounded history survive reload and can be backed up. Cached tools run offline. Older shared snapshots retain their original compatible animation behavior; new physical shares contain setup and images, without history or seed.

Private until you choose to share

A roll or draw stays on this device. Orbit keeps your settings and a bounded history in browser storage, without an account or automatic entry upload. Download a full .orbit backup from the Wheel workspace to include your tools, or use the visual-tools backup on this page. Clearing browser storage can remove your data.

Create share link explicitly publishes an independent configuration snapshot, including the images that the active tool uses. It does not include history, remaining deck state or an animation in progress. Anyone with the link can run a session-local draw or make an editable copy. Review labels and images before sharing.

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