void checkforBigBang(){
  if(blobsAlive > sys.maxBlobs) { BANG = true; }
  if(BANG) { 
   if(firstBang) { killEverything(); firstBang = false; }
   big_bang_draw(); 
  }
}


boolean firstBang;
int bang_layers;
float bang_fillval;
int bang_numballs;
int bang_ballsize;
float bang_scaleVal;
boolean bang_elseFlag;
float bang_scaleVal2;
boolean BANG;

void big_bang_setup(){
  bang_scaleVal = 0.1;
  bang_layers = 5;
  bang_numballs = 1;
  bang_ballsize = 40;
  bang_elseFlag = false;
  bang_scaleVal2 = 150; 
  BANG = false;
  firstBang = true;
}



void big_bang_draw(){
  ellipseMode(CENTER);
  noStroke();
  
  if(bang_scaleVal < 80 && !bang_elseFlag){
  pushMatrix();
  translate(width/2, height/2);
  scale(bang_scaleVal, bang_scaleVal/3);
  for(int i=0; i<bang_layers; i++)
  {
    bang_fillval = ((200.0/(bang_layers/2)) * i);
    fill(bang_fillval, .5*bang_fillval, .1*bang_fillval);
      pushMatrix();
      translate(0,0, i-6);
      ellipse(0, 0, ((bang_ballsize / bang_layers) * (bang_layers-i)) + 5, ((bang_ballsize / bang_layers) * (bang_layers-i) + 5)); 
      popMatrix();

  }
  bang_scaleVal*=2.5;
  popMatrix();
  }
  else{
    bang_elseFlag = true;
    if(bang_scaleVal2 > 0){
      pushMatrix();
      translate(width/2, height/2);
      scale(bang_scaleVal, bang_scaleVal2, 1);
      for(int i=0; i<bang_layers; i++)
      {
      bang_fillval = ((200.0/(bang_layers/2)) * i);
      fill(bang_fillval, .5*bang_fillval, .1*bang_fillval);
        ellipse(0, 0, ((bang_ballsize / bang_layers) * (bang_layers-i)) + 5, ((bang_ballsize / bang_layers) * (bang_layers-i) + 5)); 
    }
    
    if(bang_scaleVal2 > 20){ bang_scaleVal2 /= 1.2; }
    if(bang_scaleVal2 > 5 && bang_scaleVal2 <= 20) { bang_scaleVal2 -= 1.5; }
    if(bang_scaleVal2 <= 5 && bang_scaleVal2 >=3) { bang_scaleVal2 -=0.5; }
    if(bang_scaleVal2 < 3){ bang_scaleVal2 -= 0.1; }  
      popMatrix();
    }//end of if
    else{ 
      bang_elseFlag = false; big_bang_setup(); 
    }
  }//end of else
  
}