Swarming

Swarming is when many bots move in large groups

Some loose 'rules' of swarming:

• The bots must be aware of each other
• The bots must act on their awareness of the other bots, coordinating their movement accordingly
• The bots must be moving in the same direction
• The bots must have the same speed

Methods

The best way to make bots swarm is to have them align with the heading of local conspecs, and move forward when searching for prey (rather than spinning)

cond
 *.eye5 0 >
 *.refeye *.myeye =
start
 *.refaim *.setaim store
stop

A swarming bot

' Get rid of birth tie

cond
start
 .tie *.robage 1 add mult inc
 .deltie inc
stop

' Search

cond
 *.eye5 0 =
start
 10 .up store
 *.eye9 *.eye1 sub 2 mult .aimdx store
stop

' Swarm

cond
 *.eye5 0 >
 *.refeye *.myeye =
start
 *.refaim .setaim *.robage sgn mult store
 *.refvelup .up store
stop

' Hunt

cond
 *.eye5 0 >
 *.refeye *.myeye !=
start
 *.refvelup 50 add .up 40 *.eye5 sub sgn mult store
 *.refxpos *.refypos angle .setaim *.robage sgn mult store
stop

cond
 *.eye5 40 >
 *.refeye *.myeye !=
start
-6 .shoot store
 8 .shootval store
 *.refveldx .dx store
stop

' Reproduce

cond
 *.body 500 >
start
 50 .repro store
stop

end