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(The controls, algorithm, etc. are in the description there so I don't see a need to paste it here)

I thought you guys might be interested in this kind of thing (particles YAY :D) and also maybe you guys could offer up some optimizations I could make because it is a bit too slow for my liking.  Thanks in advance for any comments or criticisms!