peterhuson / nbody-simulator

N-Body particle simulator implemented for CSCI1951U

N-Body particle simulator implemented for CSCI1951U

Version 0.1 for initialy submission.

• Randomized number of balls created upon initialization N(10,2)
• Randomized initial velocities upon initialization (v = N(2,0), Theta = U(0, 2*pi))
• Randomized masses and sizes upon initialization N(4,2)
• Dynamic lighting illuminates the planets
• Balls cannot collide with each other
• Balls collide elastically with the walls

Version 0.2 plans:

• Balls interact with each other’s gravity implementing an N-body simulation
• Pleasing color palette
• Users specify the target framerate
• Use no more than 200 MB memory, profile code to reduce CPU usage

Version 0.3 plans:

• The Mouse represents a body with mass when it is moved over the screen
• Scrolling increases or decreases the mass of the mouse
• Balls trace out a line or stream of dots that slowly disappears in their wake

Version 1:

• Relativistic effects
• Add a user-configurable speed of light slider