Particle System (interactive)

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Since I am new in that topic and trying my first project with particles,
My plan is to build a particle system consisting of little small ponts or squares(1-2pixel size) moving from left to right of the screen in full screenheight. I think I got that.

But where I cannot get to is following:
In the middle of the screen there should be a Point or Shape where the particles should “meet” (in y-axis), before they continue to the other side of the screen and spread again. They should be kind of soaked like with a magnet, but then continue and spread again. I attached a layout of what I mean, I hope I am clear. How can I control the particles to do that. I should change the node-dicrection, right? I would be very happy about help.

Also I read something about instancing. Would this be a better solution in terms of CPU-Power?

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if you open Help - > Operator Snippets → Particle SOP you’ll see some examples to help you on your way.

here’s an example using a Force Sop with a metaball.
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particles_with_force_metaball.tox (1.33 KB)

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wo! That looks quite what I was looking for. I checked the snippets already, but didnt know anything about the force sop. I will checkout your file. Thanks!