particle-system

A particle system written in C++ that uses GPU.

Libraries

• OpenGL 4.1
• OpenGL Mathematics (glm)
• OpenCL
• Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL)

Usage

In your terminal:

git clone https://github.com/4quet/particle_system.git
cd particle_system
make

Launch using:
./particle_system <amount> where <amount> is a number between 100 and 5000000.

Key bindings

• R: Reset to initial shape (sphere or cube).
• TAB: Switch between shapes (sphere or cube). Only works while on inital shape.
• Left Mouse Button: Hold to enable a gravity point.
• Right Mouse Button: Create a particle emitter.
• W: Move forward.
• S: Move backward.
• A: Strafe left.
• D: Strafe right.
• +: Increase movement speed.
• -: Decrease movement speed.
• RETURN: Generate random particles colors.
• B: Switch background color (black or white).
• F: Toggle FPS counter in window title.
• SPACE: Toggle pause.
• ESCAPE: Quit.

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