Emergent motion study

Flock Lab

Simple neighbors. Strange collective intelligence. Pull with left-click, repel with right-click, and double-click to make a shockwave.

160 boids · running left attract · right repel · double-click burst

Field controls

Tune the flock

Behavior model Starting scenario Population 160

Appearance

Trail length 35

Advanced movement

Awareness 70 Personal space 1.5 Follow the crowd 1.0 Group togetherness 0.8 Movement speed 3.2 Restlessness 0.12

Social mode adds affiliation, intention, and recruitment to Craig Reynolds’ classic boids model. Inspired by Dan Huang’s interactive study.