let numPoints = 3000; 

let numTurns = 20; 

let particles = []; 

let windStrength = 0.2; // Stronger push for dramatic motion

let recoveryFactor = 0.002; 

let windDirection = 1; 

let windTimer = 0; 

let fallSpeed = 0; // Simulated gravity effect

let maxFallSpeed = 4; // How fast the spiral falls forward

​

function setup() {

  createCanvas(600, 600);

  background(0);

  textFont("monospace");

  textAlign(CENTER, CENTER);

​

  for (let i = 0; i < numPoints; i++) {

    let angle = map(i, 0, numPoints, 0, TWO_PI * numTurns);

    let radius = map(i, 0, numPoints, 5, width / 2);

​

    let x = radius * cos(angle) + width / 2;

    let y = radius * sin(angle) + height / 2;

​

    let ditherIndex = floor(map(radius, 0, width / 2, 0, glyphs.length));

    ditherIndex = constrain(ditherIndex, 0, glyphs.length - 1);

​

    let glyph = glyphs[ditherIndex];

​

    particles.push(new Particle(x, y, glyph, radius, angle));

  }

}

​

function draw() {

  background(0, 40);

​

  // Increase fall speed over time, then reverse after reaching peak

  fallSpeed += 0.05 * windDirection;

  fallSpeed = constrain(fallSpeed, -maxFallSpeed, maxFallSpeed);

​

  // This was meant to actually pull the object back up when dropped, but it didn't work 

  if (fallSpeed >= maxFallSpeed || fallSpeed <= -maxFallSpeed) {

    windDirection *= -1;

  }

​

  let windForce = createVector(0, fallSpeed * windStrength);

​

  for (let p of particles) {

    p.applyForce(windForce);

    p.update();

    p.display();

  }

}

​

// Particle class

class Particle {

  constructor(x, y, glyph, radius, angle) {

    this.originalPos = createVector(x, y);

    this.pos = createVector(x, y);

    this.vel = createVector(0, 0);

    this.acc = createVector(0, 0);

    this.glyph = glyph;

    this.radius = radius;

    this.angle = angle;

  }

​

  applyForce(force) {

    this.acc.add(force);

  }

​

  update() {

    this.vel.add(this.acc);

    this.pos.add(this.vel);

    this.vel.mult(0.98);

    this.acc.mult(0);

  }

​

  display() {

    let depthFactor = map(this.vel.y, -maxFallSpeed, maxFallSpeed, 0.5, 2); // Perspective effect

    let size = map(this.radius, 0, width / 2, 12, 4) * depthFactor;

    textSize(size);

    fill(255);

    text(this.glyph, this.pos.x, this.pos.y);

  }

}

​