felixgro / boids-simulation

Implementation of Craig Raynold’s boids algorithm with additional options to visualize all applied forces.

boids-simulation

Implementation of Craig Raynold’s boids algorithm written in Typescript.
See Demo

Boid.. what?

The Boid (bird-oid object) alogrithm simulates flocking behaviour of birds & was originally developed by Craig Raynolds in 1986.

In the original implementation each Boid makes decicions based on the following 3 rules:

• Alignment: Boids try to change their position in order to correspond with the average alignment of other Boids within it’s view.
• Cohesion: Each Boid attempts to move towards the average position of other Boids within it’s view.
• Seperation: Each Boid attempts to maintain a reasonable amount of distance between itself and any nearby Boids in order to prevent overcrowding.

Setup

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

Installation

Download the project using git.

git clone https://github.com/felixgro/boids-simulation.git
cd boids-simulation

Install Dependencies and build using yarn or npm.

npm i
# or
yarn

npm run build
# or
yarn build