I've been to see Mary today about my code problems.

She says that it's unlikely I could hack a particle system to get different letters to swarm. They are built to circulate one particle, not different ones. It seems that I either forget the idea completely or look at other ways of creating the same end visual.

Mary has suggested that I use Photoshop to map the letters over a still of a particle or swarm system. This is a really good idea and something I feel really comfortable doing. I have to use the knowledge I do have to solve the problem, rather than panicking about the knowledge I don't have; I just have to approach the problem differently!

Now I need to find a swarm system!