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A real-time particle galaxy — tens of thousands of additive-blended GPU points spiraling around a bright core, their orbits solved entirely in the vertex shader (from gl_VertexID), so the whole cloud draws in one call. Rendered as a single self-contained `index.html`. Use when the brief asks for a "particle field", "particle galaxy", "point cloud", "instanced points", "starfield", "GPU particles", or a swirling generative point system. Open Design serves this in powered-preview mode so the GPU stack actually runs.
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SKILL.md Content
---
name: webgl-particle-galaxy
description: |
A real-time particle galaxy — tens of thousands of additive-blended GPU
points spiraling around a bright core, their orbits solved entirely in the
vertex shader (from gl_VertexID), so the whole cloud draws in one call.
Rendered as a single self-contained `index.html`. Use when the brief asks
for a "particle field", "particle galaxy", "point cloud", "instanced
points", "starfield", "GPU particles", or a swirling generative point
system. Open Design serves this in powered-preview mode so the GPU stack
actually runs.
triggers:
- "particle"
- "particles"
- "particle galaxy"
- "point cloud"
- "instanced points"
- "starfield"
- "gpu particles"
- "粒子"
- "粒子星系"
od:
mode: prototype
platform: web
scenario: design
preview:
type: html
entry: index.html
reload: debounce-100
design_system:
requires: false
sections: [color, typography]
craft:
requires: [animation-discipline]
---
# Particle Galaxy Skill
Produce a single self-contained `index.html` that renders a real-time particle system full-screen, with a clean typographic overlay on top. The signature move: **compute each particle's position on the GPU** so the CPU never loops over particles.
## Why this is a powered artifact
Open Design detects `getContext('webgl2')` and renders this file in **powered preview** — a cross-origin-isolated iframe with `allow-same-origin`. The full GPU pipeline is available; you do not need to work around the opaque sandbox.
## Resource map
```
webgl-particle-galaxy/
├── SKILL.md ← you're reading this
└── example.html ← a working 50,000-point WebGL2 galaxy (READ FIRST)
```
## Workflow
### Step 0 — Read the reference
Read `example.html` end to end. Note the shape: **no vertex buffer** — the vertex shader reads `gl_VertexID`, hashes it into a stable per-particle seed, and derives a log-spiral orbit with an inner-fast rotation curve. Points are drawn with `gl.drawArrays(gl.POINTS, 0, N)` in one call, additive-blended (`blendFunc(ONE, ONE)` with premultiplied color) so overlapping points glow.
### Step 1 — Pick the motion
Choose a field the vertex shader can express cheaply from `gl_VertexID` + `uTime`:
- **Spiral galaxy** (default): log-spiral arms, rotation curve `speed ≈ k / (r + ε)`, thin disk.
- **Attractor / flow**: curl or a strange-attractor step baked as a closed-form function of time.
- **Explosion / reform**: interpolate between a seeded start and a target shape on a looping clock.
### Step 2 — Build `index.html`
- One file, zero external requests. Bind a VAO even with no attributes (some drivers require it).
- Point size in the vertex shader (`gl_PointSize`), clamped and DPR-aware; soft round sprites via `gl_PointCoord` + a gaussian falloff in the fragment shader.
- Additive blending on a dark clear color; premultiply the fragment color so `blendFunc(ONE, ONE)` reads as glow, not double-exposure.
- Compile shaders with error logging (`getShaderInfoLog` / `getProgramInfoLog`) so a typo fails loudly.
### Step 3 — Overlay + brand
- Map the accent colors to the active DESIGN.md when one is present; otherwise a restrained dark palette with one vivid accent (the reference uses lime `#63fe13` for the arms and a white-blue core).
- Headline ≤ 15ch plus one supporting line. Never bury the particles behind the text.
### Step 4 — Self-review (P0)
- [ ] Renders continuously at ~60fps; the FPS badge updates.
- [ ] Tens of thousands of points in a **single** draw call (no per-particle CPU loop).
- [ ] No WebGL console errors; program links cleanly.
- [ ] Resizes crisply on window resize (no stretching / blur).
- [ ] Degrades to a message (not a blank page) if `webgl2` is unavailable.
License
Declared license: Apache-2.0
The full license text is available in the source repository.
View the license in the source repository — the version published there is authoritative.
// Install Skill
Install Skill
Skills are third-party code from public GitHub repositories. SkillHub scans for known malicious patterns but cannot guarantee safety. Review the source code before installing.
Install globally (user-level):
npx skillhub install nexu-io/open-design/webgl-particle-galaxyInstall in current project:
npx skillhub install nexu-io/open-design/webgl-particle-galaxy --projectskill.install.customTargetHelp
npx skillhub install nexu-io/open-design/webgl-particle-galaxy --target-dir /path/to/skillsSuggested path: ~/.claude/skills/webgl-particle-galaxy/