{
  "title": "Flocking Simulation",
  "description": "In this coding challenge, I create a flocking simulation in JavaScript based on Craig Reynolds \"boids\" algorithm.",
  "videoNumber": "124",
  "videoId": "mhjuuHl6qHM",
  "nebulaSlug": "the-coding-train-coding-challenge-124-flocking-simulation",
  "date": "2018-12-11",
  "languages": ["Processing", "p5.js"],
  "topics": ["flocking", "creative code", "autonomous agent"],
  "canContribute": true,
  "relatedChallenges": ["69-evolutionary-steering-behaviors"],
  "timestamps": [
    { "time": "0:00", "title": "Introduction to flocking!" },
    { "time": "2:07", "title": "What are boids?" },
    { "time": "2:33", "title": "Creating a system of boids" },
    { "time": "7:06", "title": "Discussing the flocking algorithm" },
    { "time": "7:38", "title": "Alignment!" },
    { "time": "21:48", "title": "Cohesion!" },
    { "time": "28:37", "title": "Separation!" },
    { "time": "37:00", "title": "Things to try!" }
  ],
  "codeExamples": [
    {
      "title": "Flocking Simulation",
      "description": "Simulation of the flocking behavior of autonomous agents",
      "image": "flocking.jpg",
      "urls": {
        "p5": "https://editor.p5js.org/codingtrain/sketches/ry4XZ8OkN",
        "processing": "https://github.com/CodingTrain/Coding-Challenges/tree/main/124_Flocking_Boids/Processing"
      }
    }
  ],
  "groupLinks": [
    {
      "title": "References",
      "links": [
        {
          "icon": "📄",
          "title": "Craig Reynolds' Paper on Boids",
          "url": "https://www.red3d.com/cwr/boids/",
          "description": ""
        },
        {
          "icon": "📕",
          "title": "Autonomous Agents - Nature of Code",
          "url": "https://natureofcode.com/book/chapter-6-autonomous-agents/",
          "description": "The link to the chapter in the online version of NOC"
        },
        {
          "icon": "📘",
          "title": "The Computational Beauty of Nature",
          "url": "https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262561273/the-computational-beauty-of-nature/",
          "description": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Videos",
      "links": [
        {
          "icon": "🌐",
          "title": "Original Boids Simulation",
          "url": "https://youtu.be/86iQiV3-3IA",
          "description": "Simulation created by Craig Reynolds in 1986"
        },
        {
          "icon": "➡️",
          "title": "Vectors - The Nature of Code",
          "url": "/tracks/the-nature-of-code-2/noc/1-vectors/1-what-is-a-vector",
          "description": "The first video from the Vector series in The Nature of Code (2020) playlist"
        },
        {
          "icon": "🪂",
          "title": "Autonomous Steering Agents",
          "url": "/tracks/the-nature-of-code-2/noc/5-autonomous-agents/1-steering-agents",
          "description": "The introductory video of the series exploring the chapter on autonomous agents in Nature of Code"
        },
        {
          "icon": "🔴",
          "title": "Coding Train Live 162",
          "url": "https://youtu.be/qtUV-DoSOpk?t=1350s",
          "description": "Live Stream with Flocking Simulation."
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    { "title": "Editing", "name": "Mathieu Blanchette" },
    { "title": "Animations", "name": "Jason Heglund" }
  ]
}