Flocking Behaviour as Demonstrated in a Tower-Defense Game
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Examensarbete på kandidatnivå
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2020
Författare
Simola Bergsten, Alexander
Bock, Erik
Ekberg, Hampus
Hall, Noel
Karlsson, Axel
Karlsson-Nordling, Erik
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The research on flocking behaviour pioneered by Craig W. Reynolds has been applied
in both movies and video games. However, flocking is seldom used in the video
game genre of Tower Defense. Thus, the main purpose of this project is to develop
such a game and apply flocking behaviour as a core element in the gameplay. The
game is realised with the Unity game engine. The project is comprised of three
main activities. First, to create a serviceable video game with dynamic 3D-graphics
and audio. Second, to implement and compare different solutions for efficiently
simulating flocking behaviour in a correct manner. Third, to design the gameplay
with flocking in focus and reward the player for taking advantage of it. Playtesting
of the game shows that the majority of people who tried to play the game without
regard for the flocking lost. Conversely, almost all the people who played the game
with the flocking behaviour in mind managed to win. The end product1, albeit just
a proof of concept, succeeds in showing the potential in the idea of altering Tower
Defense gameplay by applying flocking behaviour.
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Flocking , Tower defense , Boids , K-d tree , Spatial hashing , Game development