flat.pde

PFont f;
float ox;
float oy;

int bg = 0;
int minRadius = 20;
int maxRadius = 200;

char[] letters = explode("Hello!");
int numberOfObjects = letters.length;
float[] x = new float[numberOfObjects];
float[] y = new float[numberOfObjects];
int[] r = generateRandomIntegers(numberOfObjects, minRadius, maxRadius, true);
int[] angle = generateRandomIntegers(numberOfObjects, 0, 360, false);
int[] oX;
int[] oY;
int minOffset = 10;
int maxOffset = 100; 

void setup() {
  // width, height
  size(800, 800);
  f = createFont("whitrabt.ttf", 32, true);
  frameRate(60);
  textFont(f, 50);
  fill(255, 0, 127);
  ox = width / 2;
  oy = height / 2;
  
  oX = generateRandomIntegers(numberOfObjects, minOffset, maxOffset, true);
  //oY = generateRandomIntegers(numberOfObjects, minOffset, maxOffset, false);
}

float i = 0;

void draw() {
  background(bg);
  
  for(int j = 0; j < numberOfObjects; j++) {  
    x[j] = (r[j] * sin(angle[j] + i)) + ox;
    y[j] = (r[j] * cos(angle[j] + i)) + oy;
    //text(letters[j], x[j] + oX[j], y[j] + oY[j]);
    text(letters[j], x[j] + oX[j], oy);
  }
  if(i == 360) {
    i = 0;
  }
  i+= 0.01;
}

char[] explode(String s) { // function explode
 
  String theString = s;
  char[] c = new char[theString.length()];
 
  for (int i = 0; i < theString.length(); i++) {
    c[i] = theString.charAt(i);
  }
  return c;
}

int[] generateRandomIntegers(int n, int minR, int maxR, boolean sort) {
  int[] randoms = new int[n];
  
  for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
    randoms[i] = int(random(maxR - minR)) + minR;
  }
  
  if(sort) {
    sort(randoms);
  }
  
  return randoms;
}