Particle Bloom

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Thirty-two glowing particles on a dark background, each with a bright core and a soft halo, looping on slightly different orbits around the centre. Their colours spread across the rainbow from the inner to the outer orbits and slowly cycle.

Each particle belongs to one band of the spectrum: low frequencies circle close to the centre and high frequencies further out. Because each orbit uses slightly different speeds for its horizontal and vertical motion, the paths are Lissajous-like loops rather than circles, so the particles weave past one another.

What it reacts to

• Spectrum: each particle swings wider, grows and glows brighter with its own band
• Bass: all particles grow at once
• Mids: the orbits stretch taller

Music that suits it

Melodic music with a full spread of frequencies, such as electronic pop or funk, keeps both the inner and outer particles busy.

How to play it

Install Deus, play music on Spotify, YouTube Music, Yandex Music or any other tab and click the Deus icon on that tab. Then pick Particle Bloom in the WebGL presets, or press ← → on the page until it comes up.