{"id":1417,"date":"2017-04-16T16:31:42","date_gmt":"2017-04-16T15:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raggedclown.net\/blog\/?p=1417"},"modified":"2026-06-22T13:24:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T12:24:04","slug":"the-birth-of-a-realtime-particle-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/raggedclown.net\/blog\/?p=1417","title":{"rendered":"The birth of a realtime particle system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My old University project: Theia&#8217;s Aura gave me my first taste of programming with OpenFrameworks and putting together a realtime particle system.<\/p>\n<p>First attempts at drawing with mouse and color.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"vimeo-player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/19090381?h=a5f2f37660\" width=\"256\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\"   allowfullscreen><\/iframe><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"vimeo-player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/19090421?h=b1e12c0887\" width=\"256\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\"   allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Added opacity overtime and velocity, spread and birthrate controlled by mouse velocity.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"vimeo-player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/19138954?h=09eff9299e\" width=\"256\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\"   allowfullscreen><\/iframe><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"vimeo-player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/19166733?h=59cc7d675e\" width=\"256\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\"   allowfullscreen><\/iframe>><\/p>\n<p>Added color over life as well as randomised color fade and a cheat blur effect.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"vimeo-player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/19357874?h=6e127088e9\" width=\"256\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\"   allowfullscreen><\/iframe><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"vimeo-player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/19936114?h=d474ecd270\" width=\"256\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\"   allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My old University project: Theia&#8217;s Aura gave me my first taste of programming with OpenFrameworks and putting together a realtime particle system. 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