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+jogl-compute-shaders-fireworks
+==============================
+
+Calculate particles with compute shaders (OpenGL 4.3)
+
+To run:
+
+* Make sure all libs in the lib directory are on the classpath
+* Run main class com.persesgames.jogl.TestJogl
+
+Press space to see some fireworks, press shift to see a lot of fireworks