Vesper
IuvoParticles (2D System and Emitter)
Developed: November 18, 2025
Showcased: April 20, 2026
Rather than go the object-oriented route, I decided to try and do this with as much decoupling as possible and focus on the simple passing of data. One of my main goals during this prototyping phase was to make as much of what I was doing in testing and iteration was transferable to my final goal of a standalone application. I did not want to copy over entire systems only to remove parts when they were no longer required. For this reason, I created specific structs for small pieces of data that I wanted my particles to act in response to.
Basic Particle Color Struct
Advanced Particle Color Struct
Basic Particle Lifetime Struct
Advanced Particle Lifetime Struct
I then created small controller classes that would take in those structs by reference, and then perform whatever operations fit the role of those controllers.
Particle Color Controller
Particle Lifetime Controller
While the smaller scale controller classes relied on static functions, I created the overall particle controllers to be stack objects to allow reuse and easy disposal. This also allowed me to create more powerful controllers that could handle a wider range of computation and changes by relying on the building blocks that were already present in these small controllers.
Full Rect Particle
Full Rect Particle Controller (Update Function)
Result in GUI