comba92 / boids_automata

🐦 Love2D implementation of the Boids simulation.

🐦 Boids - Flocking simulation in Lua Love2D

Love2D implementation of the Boids simulation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boids

• Space Pause/Unpause
• Right Click Spawn Boids
• C Remove all boids
• A Show/Hide viewing areas
• T Show/Hide trails
• B Enable/Disable turning on borders
• M Enable/Disable mouse follwing
• O Enable/Disable quadtree for collission checking (performance is worse though)
• S Change window scaling (pixelated look!). There are 3 scalings: Big, Medium (Default), Small.
• D Debug mode

Build

The project requires Love2D. Simply run:

love .

on the project's root.

References

• Boids simulation: https://vanhunteradams.com/Pico/Animal_Movement/Boids-algorithm.html
• Boids simulation in p5: https://p5js.org/examples/simulate-flocking.html
• Steering behaviour: https://code.tutsplus.com/understanding-steering-behaviors-seek--gamedev-849t
• Love2D sliders: https://love2d.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=80711
• Love2D Wiki: https://love2d.org/wiki/Main_Page
• Spatial Hash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0OHeCj7SOw