diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index ad74e94..18736f7 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ See `nisps-core/README.md` for complete documentation and examples.
 
 The `playground/` directory contains a browser-based interactive demo of the NISPS ML engine. It's a faithful JavaScript port of nisps-core's MLP + IML, with no build step or dependencies.
 
-- **2 inputs** (virtual joystick X/Y) mapped through a `[3, 10, 10, 14, 15]` MLP to **15 outputs** controlling a Canvas2D flow-field particle system
+- **2 inputs** (virtual joystick X/Y) mapped through a `[3, 10, 10, 14, 17]` MLP to **17 outputs** controlling a Canvas2D flow-field particle system
 - **Two learning modes**: Examples (set slider targets, add examples, train) and RL Feedback (thumbs up/down with exploration noise)
 - **Serve statically**: `cd playground && python3 -m http.server`
 - **Mobile-first**: designed for touch/foldable phone use
diff --git a/playground/js/app.js b/playground/js/app.js
index f028c9a..d4bc148 100644
--- a/playground/js/app.js
+++ b/playground/js/app.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { Controls } from './ui/controls.js';
 import { ParamDisplay } from './ui/param-display.js';
 
 const N_INPUTS = 2;
-const N_OUTPUTS = 15;
+const N_OUTPUTS = 17;
 
 // --- State ---
 let iml;
@@ -213,21 +213,21 @@ window.loadPreset = function(name) {
 
   if (name === 'calm-to-chaotic') {
     // Bottom-left: slow, smooth, cool; top-right: fast, turbulent, warm
-    iml.addExample([0.1, 0.9], [0.25, 0.3, 0.1, 0.55, 0.2, 0.3, 0.02, 0.05, 0.9, 0.45, 0.25, 0.2, 0.9, 0.0, 0.0]);
-    iml.addExample([0.9, 0.1], [0.75, 0.7, 0.9, 0.05, 0.8, 0.7, 0.9, 0.95, 0.3, 0.2, 0.85, 0.7, 0.25, 0.55, 1.0]);
-    iml.addExample([0.5, 0.5], [0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.3, 0.5, 0.5, 0.4, 0.5, 0.7, 0.6, 0.5, 0.45, 0.55, 0.9, 0.5]);
+    iml.addExample([0.1, 0.9], [0.25, 0.3, 0.1, 0.55, 0.2, 0.3, 0.02, 0.05, 0.9, 0.45, 0.25, 0.2, 0.9, 0.0, 0.0, 0.2, 0.05]);
+    iml.addExample([0.9, 0.1], [0.75, 0.7, 0.9, 0.05, 0.8, 0.7, 0.9, 0.95, 0.3, 0.2, 0.85, 0.7, 0.25, 0.55, 1.0, 0.92, 0.02]);
+    iml.addExample([0.5, 0.5], [0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.3, 0.5, 0.5, 0.4, 0.5, 0.7, 0.6, 0.5, 0.45, 0.55, 0.9, 0.5, 0.65, 0.08]);
   } else if (name === 'rainbow-sweep') {
     // Left to right sweeps through hues
-    iml.addExample([0.0, 0.5], [0.5, 0.5, 0.4, 0.0, 0.3, 0.4, 0.05, 0.3, 0.8, 0.55, 0.4, 0.3, 0.8, 0.0, 0.0]);
-    iml.addExample([0.5, 0.5], [0.5, 0.5, 0.4, 0.5, 0.3, 0.4, 0.05, 0.3, 0.8, 0.55, 0.55, 0.35, 0.7, 0.0, 0.4]);
-    iml.addExample([1.0, 0.5], [0.5, 0.5, 0.4, 1.0, 0.3, 0.4, 0.05, 0.3, 0.8, 0.55, 0.75, 0.45, 0.6, 0.0, 0.8]);
+    iml.addExample([0.0, 0.5], [0.5, 0.5, 0.4, 0.0, 0.3, 0.4, 0.05, 0.3, 0.8, 0.55, 0.4, 0.3, 0.8, 0.0, 0.0, 0.45, 0.08]);
+    iml.addExample([0.5, 0.5], [0.5, 0.5, 0.4, 0.5, 0.3, 0.4, 0.05, 0.3, 0.8, 0.55, 0.55, 0.35, 0.7, 0.0, 0.4, 0.45, 0.08]);
+    iml.addExample([1.0, 0.5], [0.5, 0.5, 0.4, 1.0, 0.3, 0.4, 0.05, 0.3, 0.8, 0.55, 0.75, 0.45, 0.6, 0.0, 0.8, 0.45, 0.08]);
   } else if (name === 'vortex') {
     // Center: tight spiral, edges: wide flow
-    iml.addExample([0.5, 0.5], [0.0, 0.8, 0.8, 0.6, 0.1, 0.15, 0.02, 1.0, 1.0, 0.3, 0.95, 0.85, 0.25, 1.0, 0.5]);
-    iml.addExample([0.0, 0.0], [0.5, 0.2, 0.3, 0.8, 0.9, 0.6, 0.08, 0.1, 0.35, 0.8, 0.25, 0.15, 0.8, 0.5, 0.2]);
-    iml.addExample([1.0, 1.0], [0.5, 0.2, 0.3, 0.2, 0.9, 0.6, 0.08, 0.1, 0.35, 0.8, 0.25, 0.15, 0.8, 0.5, 0.8]);
-    iml.addExample([0.0, 1.0], [0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.4, 0.5, 0.4, 0.05, 0.5, 0.65, 0.5, 0.55, 0.45, 0.45, 0.2, 0.4]);
-    iml.addExample([1.0, 0.0], [0.7, 0.4, 0.5, 0.0, 0.5, 0.4, 0.05, 0.5, 0.65, 0.5, 0.55, 0.45, 0.45, 0.2, 0.9]);
+    iml.addExample([0.5, 0.5], [0.0, 0.8, 0.8, 0.6, 0.1, 0.15, 0.02, 1.0, 1.0, 0.3, 0.95, 0.85, 0.25, 1.0, 0.5, 0.95, 0.01]);
+    iml.addExample([0.0, 0.0], [0.5, 0.2, 0.3, 0.8, 0.9, 0.6, 0.08, 0.1, 0.35, 0.8, 0.25, 0.15, 0.8, 0.5, 0.2, 0.35, 0.2]);
+    iml.addExample([1.0, 1.0], [0.5, 0.2, 0.3, 0.2, 0.9, 0.6, 0.08, 0.1, 0.35, 0.8, 0.25, 0.15, 0.8, 0.5, 0.8, 0.35, 0.2]);
+    iml.addExample([0.0, 1.0], [0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.4, 0.5, 0.4, 0.05, 0.5, 0.65, 0.5, 0.55, 0.45, 0.45, 0.2, 0.4, 0.7, 0.1]);
+    iml.addExample([1.0, 0.0], [0.7, 0.4, 0.5, 0.0, 0.5, 0.4, 0.05, 0.5, 0.65, 0.5, 0.55, 0.45, 0.45, 0.2, 0.9, 0.7, 0.1]);
   }
 
   const loss = trainModel();
diff --git a/playground/js/ui/param-display.js b/playground/js/ui/param-display.js
index 378cfc5..b4cdb98 100644
--- a/playground/js/ui/param-display.js
+++ b/playground/js/ui/param-display.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 // Parameter bar display
 // Shows output parameters as horizontal bars, draggable in examples mode
 
-const PARAM_NAMES = ['Flow', 'Scale', 'Speed', 'Hue', 'Spread', 'Size', 'Trail', 'Turb', 'Attract', 'Radius', 'DispRate', 'DispAmt', 'Lifetime', 'Respawn', 'Advection'];
-const PARAM_COLORS = ['#00ff88', '#00ccff', '#ff6600', '#ff00cc', '#ffcc00', '#88ff00', '#0088ff', '#ff3366', '#9bff5f', '#59d3ff', '#ff8f3f', '#a0b7ff', '#f4ff7a', '#ffa8db', '#7dffc8'];
+const PARAM_NAMES = ['Flow', 'Scale', 'Speed', 'Hue', 'Spread', 'Size', 'Trail', 'Turb', 'Attract', 'Radius', 'DispRate', 'DispAmt', 'Lifetime', 'Respawn', 'Advection', 'Inertia', 'Drag'];
+const PARAM_COLORS = ['#00ff88', '#00ccff', '#ff6600', '#ff00cc', '#ffcc00', '#88ff00', '#0088ff', '#ff3366', '#9bff5f', '#59d3ff', '#ff8f3f', '#a0b7ff', '#f4ff7a', '#ffa8db', '#7dffc8', '#ffd166', '#8ad4ff'];
 
 export class ParamDisplay {
-  constructor(container, numParams = 15) {
+  constructor(container, numParams = 17) {
     this.container = container;
     this.numParams = numParams;
     this.values = new Array(numParams).fill(0.5);
diff --git a/playground/js/ui/visualizer.js b/playground/js/ui/visualizer.js
index bfee5ad..9e08f62 100644
--- a/playground/js/ui/visualizer.js
+++ b/playground/js/ui/visualizer.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Flow field particle system with Canvas2D
-// Controlled by 15 output parameters from the IML network
+// Controlled by 17 output parameters from the IML network
 
 // Simple value noise (no dependencies)
 const PERM = new Uint8Array(512);
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ export class FlowFieldVisualizer {
       particleLifetime: 220, // p12: average frames before respawn
       respawnStyle: 0.0,    // p13: 0=random, 1=edge, 2=center-burst
       advectionMode: 0.0,   // p14: flow->orbit->radial blend
+      inertia: 0.2,         // p15: velocity memory
+      drag: 0.02,           // p16: velocity damping
     };
 
     this.resize();
@@ -103,6 +105,8 @@ export class FlowFieldVisualizer {
       id,
       age: Math.floor(Math.random() * this.params.particleLifetime),
       life: this.computeLifetime(),
+      vx: 0,
+      vy: 0,
     };
   }
 
@@ -122,16 +126,26 @@ export class FlowFieldVisualizer {
       if (side === 1) { p.x = width; p.y = Math.random() * height; }
       if (side === 2) { p.x = Math.random() * width; p.y = height; }
       if (side === 3) { p.x = 0; p.y = Math.random() * height; }
+      // Give edge spawns an inward impulse.
+      const towardCenterX = width * 0.5 - p.x;
+      const towardCenterY = height * 0.5 - p.y;
+      const inwardDist = Math.hypot(towardCenterX, towardCenterY) + 1e-6;
+      p.vx = (towardCenterX / inwardDist) * 2.0;
+      p.vy = (towardCenterY / inwardDist) * 2.0;
     } else if (mode === 2) {
       // Center-burst respawn
       const angle = Math.random() * TWO_PI;
       const r = Math.random() * Math.min(width, height) * 0.08;
       p.x = width * 0.5 + Math.cos(angle) * r;
       p.y = height * 0.5 + Math.sin(angle) * r;
+      p.vx = Math.cos(angle) * 2.5;
+      p.vy = Math.sin(angle) * 2.5;
     } else {
       // Random respawn
       p.x = Math.random() * width;
       p.y = Math.random() * height;
+      p.vx = (Math.random() * 2 - 1) * 0.5;
+      p.vy = (Math.random() * 2 - 1) * 0.5;
     }
 
     p.age = 0;
@@ -140,7 +154,7 @@ export class FlowFieldVisualizer {
 
   // Set parameters from IML output (all values 0-1)
   setParams(outputs) {
-    if (!outputs || outputs.length < 15) return;
+    if (!outputs || outputs.length < 17) return;
     this.params.angleOffset = outputs[0] * TWO_PI;
     this.params.scale = 0.001 + outputs[1] * 0.009;
     this.params.speed = 0.5 + outputs[2] * 4.5;
@@ -156,6 +170,8 @@ export class FlowFieldVisualizer {
     this.params.particleLifetime = 30 + outputs[12] * 470;
     this.params.respawnStyle = outputs[13];
     this.params.advectionMode = outputs[14];
+    this.params.inertia = outputs[15] * 0.98;
+    this.params.drag = outputs[16] * 0.35;
   }
 
   draw() {
@@ -192,17 +208,21 @@ export class FlowFieldVisualizer {
       const radialVy = radialY * params.speed;
 
       const modeBlend = params.advectionMode * 2;
-      let vx;
-      let vy;
+      let targetVx;
+      let targetVy;
       if (modeBlend < 1) {
-        vx = lerp(flowVx, orbitVx, modeBlend);
-        vy = lerp(flowVy, orbitVy, modeBlend);
+        targetVx = lerp(flowVx, orbitVx, modeBlend);
+        targetVy = lerp(flowVy, orbitVy, modeBlend);
       } else {
-        vx = lerp(orbitVx, radialVx, modeBlend - 1);
-        vy = lerp(orbitVy, radialVy, modeBlend - 1);
+        targetVx = lerp(orbitVx, radialVx, modeBlend - 1);
+        targetVy = lerp(orbitVy, radialVy, modeBlend - 1);
       }
-      let nextX = p.x + vx;
-      let nextY = p.y + vy;
+      p.vx = p.vx * params.inertia + targetVx * (1 - params.inertia);
+      p.vy = p.vy * params.inertia + targetVy * (1 - params.inertia);
+      p.vx *= (1 - params.drag);
+      p.vy *= (1 - params.drag);
+      let nextX = p.x + p.vx;
+      let nextY = p.y + p.vy;
 
       // Central attractor keeps trajectories from sticking to the outer edges.
       const dx = cx - nextX;