let numPoints = 3000; // Total points in spiral, provides texture 

let numTurns = 20; // Number of spiral turns

let particles = []; 

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function setup() {

  createCanvas(600, 600);

  background(0);

  textFont("monospace");

  textAlign(CENTER, CENTER);

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  // Initialize spiral particles

  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);

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

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

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

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

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    let glyph = glyphs[ditherIndex];

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

  }

}

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function draw() {

  background(0, 25.5); // Slight fade effect for trails to give it a 3D feel

​

  for (let p of particles) {

    let wind = createVector(map(p.pos.x, 0, width, -0.02, 0.02), 0.03); // Wind force

    p.applyForce(wind);

    p.update();

    p.display();

  }

}

​

// Particle class with physics. Refrenced a LLM for the remainig code of this section

class Particle {

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

    this.pos = createVector(x, y);

    this.vel = createVector(0, 0);

    this.acc = createVector(0, 0);

    this.glyph = glyph;

    this.radius = radius;

    this.angle = angle;

  }

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  applyForce(force) {

    this.acc.add(force);

  }

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  update() {

    this.vel.add(this.acc);

    this.pos.add(this.vel);

    this.acc.mult(0); // Reset acceleration each frame

  }

​

  display() {

    fill(255);

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

    textSize(size);

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

  }

}

​