A simple boids simulation written in C++ using SDL2 for rendering.
This project can be built for native Linux or as a WebAssembly app to run in the browser.
See the simulation in action on GitHub Pages:
https://chrps.github.io/boids/
Make sure you have the SDL2 development libraries installed on your system:
sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev libsdl2-ttf-devTo build WebAssembly version docker is also required.
This project uses a Makefile with targets for native and WebAssembly builds.
make allmake nativemake wasm-dockerBefore pushing your WebAssembly build to GitHub Pages, run the following script to prepare the docs folder:
./prepare_docs.shThis script will:
- Delete any existing docs folder
- Copy the build folder to docs
- Rename game.html to index.html
- Remove the native binary game from docs
The docs folder is the source for the GitHub Pages deployment (for this repo).
Grid should scale to visual range!
These are the things I would like to do in the future
- Toggle settings visibility
- More settings in the UI
- Make the boids prettier
- Trails
- Vectors (showing the different forces)
- Optimize the program for the CPU using SIMD
- Move to GPU rendering using WebGL + GLSL or WebGPU