What The Flock by MrPhil

made by MrPhil for LD24 (COMPO)

I got stuck Sunday morning with my original game, so this is my second attempt. I took some advice and code from Chevy Ray's keynote for Ludum Dare 23 and made something WEIRD! It is suppose to have Flocking behavior, but I never figure out what was wrong with the code.
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Web	http://www.mrphilgames.com/ld23-what-the-flock/
Source	https://github.com/MrPhil/Ludum-Dare-23-Keycode-Games/tree/MrPhil
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-24/?action=preview&uid=165

Ratings

Coolness	26%	932
Overall	1.50	761

Graphics	1.69	736
Innovation	1.83	729

Feedback

mdkess

28. Aug 2012 · 02:22 UTC

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.

🎤 MrPhil

28. Aug 2012 · 03:24 UTC

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.

Amoaeba Junior

28. Aug 2012 · 13:40 UTC

Its quite seizurely! And with such a wacky thing u should explain how to play it XD

rwos

28. Aug 2012 · 14:18 UTC

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...

🎤 MrPhil

28. Aug 2012 · 15:03 UTC

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.

lazybraingames

29. Aug 2012 · 05:42 UTC

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!

leafo

30. Aug 2012 · 06:48 UTC

Well it certainly is weird :O

AdventureIslands

30. Aug 2012 · 19:35 UTC

Well you nailed the weirdness, the crazy flashing background was hurting my eyes though.

MurrayL

01. Sep 2012 · 19:53 UTC

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 ;)

Gaeel

01. Sep 2012 · 19:56 UTC

What the flock? Indeed...