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Primary LanguageRust

Bevy Boids game prototype

Just messing around with some boids.

Creatures

  • Zooid
    • Separation and alignment with other zooids on the same team.
    • Attracted to the nearest ZooidHead, but less so than the nearest waypoint
  • ZooidHead
    • All zooids follow this.
  • Plankton
    • Food!
    • Moves around randomly
    • Zooids automatically chase nearby food

Two types of objects: Dynamic: Move around and are affected by other objects. Static: Aren't affected by other objects.

Dynamic objects have lots of shared behavior, e.g. chasing and repelling with each other. But what about unique interactions? Should they be in a different system or just a match case in the update?

How to model a resource being carried by something?

  • Carrier has a CarryToEntity objective so it can't attack.
  • When carried, the Object is parented in front of the carrier.
  • The Head detects nearby food.

For all pairs:

  • Set a component that says the neighboring entities that frame.
  • Then downstream:
  • For neighbor in neighbors

How should resource gathering work?

  • A zooid is normally hovering around the nearest head.
  • When food comes by, it should grab it. This means it needs to have greater force of attraction to food than other forces.

Waypoints

  • Each controllable unit has an assigned waypoint.
  • When we click
  • When controlling a group, they all get the same waypoint.