akka_boids

Boids implementation with Akka.

Recorded 'video'

Inspired by niilohlin's work

Features

• Boids as akka actors.
• Each boid can have its own behavior.
• Dimension neutral (current demo is 2D with Swing front end).

UI Features

• Right click to add/drag 'enemies' in the world.
• Double right click to remove them.
• Mouse pointer is also an 'enemy'.
• Resizing the frame resizes the world.
• Double left click to catch a boid and name it! Prepend the name with an HTML color code (for instance #FF8800) to color your boid.
• CTRL + N: restart the sim.
• CTRL + S: save the sim.
• CTRL + L: load a sim.

Usage

sbt run

Check function preStart in UI2D.scala to see how to add custom boids in the simulation.