mdkess 2012-08-28 02:27
If you're looking to implement flocking behavior, check out the game Programming Game AI By Example by Mat Buckland. It's my favorite game development book - awesome results, and beautiful code too.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD24 → What The Flock
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If you're looking to implement flocking behavior, check out the game Programming Game AI By Example by Mat Buckland. It's my favorite game development book - awesome results, and beautiful code too.
Thanks @mdkess, I actually used this resource: http://harry.me/2011/02/17/neat-algorithms---flocking/ There just some bug somewhere and ran out of time.
Its quite seizurely! And with such a wacky thing u should explain how to play it XD
It's quite - colorful, if you will. My eyes hurt now. :-P
I also couldn't figure out the game-play. Is there any or this this just a visual demo? I could click and move the mouse and stuff happened, but I didn't know what to do...
It's hard to figure out because it is so broken. The idea is each time you click a box it mutates and you are selecting on being hard to click. Its hard to tell because I didn't have to time fix all the bugs and polish.
I'm not sure what was happening exactly but I had some fun doing it! Kinda reminds me of an exhibit I saw at the San Francisco exploritorium back in the day. Neato!
Well it certainly is weird :O
Well you nailed the weirdness, the crazy flashing background was hurting my eyes though.
I have no idea what was meant to be happening, and I think I lost my 'flock'.
I hope you get this working as you intended at a later date ;)
What the flock? Indeed...
Is this based on and an elaborate in-joke on the ChevyRay-keynote from LD23? Nice take :)
This was a fun break from the typical submissions. I enjoyed it.
@matthias_zarzecki exactly correct.
My eyes :(