Flock theory

This is a graphic representation of ‘Flock theory,’ that is, the theory of how birds interact and fly together in a flock. The theory I followed was the Boids theory, developed by Craig Reynolds in 1986. This theory follows three main rules:

• The biods fly towards the center of the flock’s mass
• The boids move to avoid each other
• The boids move towards the average velocity of the boids in the flock

If you follow one boid it may seem like they have a death wish with the sharpness of they’re turns, however, we must bear in mind my simulation only uses two dimensions and not three dimensions as is the case with real birds.

Download Source here.

Find out more about Boids here.

Kicking things off with the k-scope

So to start off this showcase of mine I thought I’d start with a favourite: the k-scope.

The idea was to create a kaleidoscope program that I could make using any vector or bitmap. With this version I went the vector route and built in a little drawing canvas so anyones indistinguishable fingerpaintings get turned into a work of art.

Note: With most of the flash demos I’ve built a little preview swf to load just the preview image first and the full flash demo once you click. This is to avoid loading 10 flash demos at once.