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YO, I love falling sand and your project, bringing the heart of this type of sandbox simulation back into the limelight. I have some feedback on your overall project from my early days in the falling sand community I think you should look into if it interests you. This was a long time ago, so I don't know if the downloads are still available but there was a program called Burning Sand. It was popular, and a second version came out called Burning Sand 2. A Lot of mods came out for it, amazing mods that added new materials and complexities to the game. One of the best experiences I have ever had was playing a mod in the Burning Sand engine where you create a universe, with planets and stars. You take a brush size and paint in a planet, and you watch the ocean develop land, then cities and eventually from those cities space ships. You create a sun, and it was amazing to watch this ball of fire and its pixels move around like the actual plasma of the sun, and the rays come off it. I have never experienced something like that since. Looking around, I think the mod is called Omni 2. Maybe you can find a copy of burning sand 2 and some mods to look at it and help to inspire your direction with this project. Whatever you do, I wish you luck. Here is a video of Omni in action btw - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTbfx4jfP5c&ab_channel=Liberator551