Attack Ships on Fire Off the Shoulder of Orion

Or should it be black ink drops in muddy water!

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/**
 * asofotsoo v1.0
 */

//
// Dimensions of screen.
//
int kWidth = 640 ; //480 ;
int kHeight = 480 ; // 480 ; // 320 ;

//
// Dimensions of texture.
// For fast PCs reduce or remove the denominator.
//
int kTextureWidth = kWidth ;
int kTextureHeight = kHeight ;

//
// Define a history buffer.
//
PImage history = createImage( kTextureWidth, kTextureHeight, RGB ) ;


void setup()
{
  size( kWidth, kHeight, JAVA2D ) ;

  colorMode( RGB, 1.0 ) ;

  // smooth() ;
}

void draw()
{
  //
  // Animation based on the frame count this time!
  //
  float t = frameCount * 0.01 ;

  pushMatrix() ;

  translate( width/2, height/2 ) ;
  rotate( t * 0.006* sin(t*5) ) ;
  scale( 1.04 ) ;

  image( history, -width/2, -height/2, kWidth, kHeight ) ;
  popMatrix() ;

  //
  // Create the nebula effect - use 8 colour patches as seeds.
  //
  for ( int j = 0 ; j < 8 ; ++ j )
  {
    pushMatrix() ;

    translate( width/2 + width*0.020*sin(t), height/2 + height*0.020*sin(t*1.37) ) ;

    rotate( 2.0*PI*j/8.0 ) ;
    translate( width * 0.01, 0.0 ) ;


    noStroke() ;
    fill( noise(t,0,j), noise(t,1,j), noise(t,2,j), 0.1 ) ;

    beginShape() ;

    for ( int i = 0 ; i < 100 ; ++ i )
    {
      float x = width * 0.25 * ( 0.5 - 1.0 * noise( t, 1.5 + 0, i * 0.01 ) ) ;
      float y = height * 0.25 * ( 0.5 - 1.0 * noise( t, 1.5 + 1, i * 0.01 ) ) ;

      vertex( x, y ) ;
    }

    endShape()  ;

    popMatrix() ;
  }

  //
  // Attack ships on fire!
  //
  float range = width * 0.25 * ( 1.4 + sin(t*0.1) ) ;

  pushMatrix() ;

  translate( width/2, height/2 ) ;

  for ( int i = 0 ; i < 10 ; ++ i )
  {

    fill( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.55 ) ;

    //    fill( noise(t,0), noise(t,1), noise(t,2), 0.5 ) ;
    float dx = range * ( 0.5 - noise( t, 0, i*0.1 ) ) ;
    float dy = range * ( 0.5 - noise( t, 1, i*0.1 ) ) ;

    ellipse( dx, dy, 3, 3 ) ; 
  }

  popMatrix() ;

  //
  // Use the current frame as the texture for the
  // mirror in the next frame.
  //
  history.copy( get(), 0, 0, width, height, 0, 0, kTextureWidth, kTextureHeight ) ;
}