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import java.util.Random; // I can't stand arbitrary output
 
// Image parameters: This is the stuff that's easy to change
final int w = 640, h = 640, d = 640;
 
// Other locals
PImage img = createImage(w, h, RGB);
 
// Generic setup code: Nothing of interest happens here, I promise.
// This function just normalizes the x/y values to [0,1] and passes
// them to colAt() one by one to populate the image. In a fragment
// shader, this function would not exist.
void setup() {
  size(w, h);
}
 
float zat = -1;
void draw() {
  if (++zat > d)
    zat = 0;
  img.loadPixels();
  
  int ind = 0;
  for (int y = 0; y < h; ++y) {
    float yf = y / (float)h;
    for (int x = 0; x < w; ++x)
      img.pixels[ind++] = colAt(x / (float)w, yf, zat / d); 
  }
  
  img.updatePixels();
  image(img, 0, 0);
}
 
 
// Utility functions, boilerplate boilerplate boilerplate
static float sqr(float x) { return x*x; }
static float hypot(float x, float y) { return sqrt(sqr(x) + sqr(y)); }
 
// This is where the actual logic starts.
 
float distLine(float x1, float y1, float z1, float x2, float y2, float z2, float x, float y, float z) {
  float l2 = sqr(x1 - x2) + sqr(y1 - y2) + sqr(z1 - z2);
  // System.out.println("(" + x1 + ", " + y1 + ") -> (" + x + ", " + y + ") = " + hypot(x - x1, y - y1));
  if (l2 == 0) return sqrt(sqr(x - x1) + sqr(y - y1) + sqr(z - z1));
  float t = ((x - x1) * (x2 - x1) + (y - y1) * (y2 - y1) + (z - z1) * (z2 - z1)) / l2;
  if (t < 0) return sqrt(sqr(x-x1) + sqr(y-y1) + sqr(z-z1));
  if (t > 1) return sqrt(sqr(x-x2) + sqr(y-y2) + sqr(z-z2));
  return sqrt(sqr(x - (x1 + t * (x2 - x1))) + sqr(y - (y1 + t * (y2 - y1))) + sqr(z - (z1 + t * (z2 - z1))));
}
 
float lineLight(float x1, float y1, float z1, float x2, float y2, float z2, float r, float x, float y, float z) {
  float dist = distLine(x1, y1, z1, x2, y2, z2, x, y, z);
  if (dist >= r) return 0;
  return 1 - dist / r;
}
 
// This function samples a pixel and is called millions of times to draw your image
color colAt(float x, float y, float z) {
  return lerpColor(0x000000, 0xAFFFCF, lineLight(w/5, h/5, d*2.25/5, w*4/5, h*4/5, d*2.75/5, hypot(w/8, h/8), x * w, y * h, z * d));
}