Icarus' Flight

This slider toy was inspired by my old Latin teacher, Douglas Tobin. He was a wonderful teacher who breathed so much love and life into the subject and so kind and compassionate. In one of our classes, we translated the Daedalus and Icarus myth where Daedalus and Icarus escape their confinement. They fly over the ocean on makeshift wings made by Daedalus himself but Icarus must mind flying too high where the sun will melt the wax of his wings or too low where he will be caught up by the current...

Sourcecode sandbox: https://nczkr.csb.app/

Disclaimer: if you open the app up on your phone and proceed to open it in a new window, the result is a tad wonky...