My original concept had three pillars. One was to have the particles fly towards the user to provide a feeling of speed. Another was to create a parallax effect by creating layers that move at different speeds. Third the particles would shift in form depending on which direction the user is traveling in but this new form is maintained even when the direction is changed. Thus when combined the user would be able to 'create' new locations.
This was probably a bit to ambitious.
My final design is simpler. It's a bit different but creates some beautiful effects and the change of the colour is still controlled by direction as originally intended.
From an interactive standpoint, I love the way small changes in user input can make quite a big difference in appearance. If the user puts travels straight ahead and holds down the mouse if feels like time is slowing. Doing the same in another area makes the trails look like rays of the sun.
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