Particle Systems and Rigid Body

I've been doing some research on how I can implement this part of the project and have found some things that will be a ton of help. First is a project I did in game algorithms class that involved a particle system and detecting collisions between walls and objects. This will serve as a base for me to draw from to create my application.

Also I found a youtube video that illustrates what I'm going to try and achieve. 

My next post will have the code for setting up a window and getting directx initialized.