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Deterministic Game Loops in JavaScript

Most browser tutorials wire everything inside requestAnimationFrame with a variable dt. That’s fine for toys, but physics gets inconsistent and collisions go spicy when frames stall. The fix: a fixed timestep update loop with an accumulator, optional interpolation for butter visuals, and a hiccup clamp so tab switches don’t explode your simulation.

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