Particle Fountain

Particle fountain / fireworks in the terminal, in C.

A small, self-contained demo written in pure C — no external libraries, just the standard library and POSIX. Part of the Corg-Labs collection of single-file C programs.

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How It Works

1. Particles spawn at the base with an upward random velocity
2. Gravity accelerates each particle every frame
3. A life value fades the particle's character over time
4. Dead particles are recycled for new emissions

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Build

gcc fountain.c -o fountain -lm

Run

./fountain

Controls

Press Ctrl-C to quit.