Particles Classic

A simple particle simulation with randomized rules.

Particles of each color move towards or away from other colors, creating unusual and almost life-like patterns.

For the new and improved Rust version see https://github.com/AugLuk/particles

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Installation

Running inside Processing IDE (all supported platforms)

Running this project inside Processing IDE allows inspecting the code and modifying the variables.

Steps:

1. Make sure you have Processing 3.5.4 installed. Later versions might work as well.
2. Download the source code from the releases page or by cloning this repo.
3. Click on the file sketch.pde inside the src/sketch directory to open the project with Processing IDE.
4. Click "Run" or ctrl-R inside the IDE.

Binary (x86-64 Windows and Linux only)

Windows only - if you don't have the Java 8 runtime installed, you can download it here.

Steps:

1. Go to the project's releases page and click on the latest version.
2. Download the compressed file particles_[version]_[platform].
3. Extract the files in the location of choice and double click on sketch (Linux) or sketch.exe (Windows) to run it.

Usage

Each time the program is run, a new ruleset and new particles are randomly generated.

Credits

Based on the video Particle Life - A Game of Life Made of Particles by CodeParade.