Boids(Flocking) Simulation

A Boid/Flocking simulation for Code In Place 2025 Final Project written in Python

Dependencies

• pygame-ce v2.5.5
• pygame-gui v0.6.14

How to run

Clone the repository

git clone git@github.com:Grydr/flocking-simulation.git
cd flocking-simulation

If you have all the dependencies installed

python main.py

or if you have uv installed

uv sync
source .venv/bin/activate
python main.py

or

uv run main.py

TODO

• change boids shape
• implement trailing line
• color 1 random boids as the main character(?)

Credit to

@The Coding Train videos on flocking algorithm

@Ben Eater for inspiring this little project

@Craig Reynolds as the developer of this algorithm