Demonstration

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In this simulation I hope to simulate completely autonomous agents that are seen as intelligent beings in their own right. I will call such agents TADPOIDS (the circle + tail making the agents look tadpole-like, together with the BOIDS inspiration from Craig W Reynolds legendary work). A collection of tadpoids forms a flock.

N.B. Mac users using Netscape. You will be unable to load the 'Flocking.class' BUT using Microsoft Internet Explorer does not have the same problem. This is due to Netscape not yet incorporating Java 1.1. for the Macintosh. To view the flocking applet please use Internet Explorer.

Instructions for controlling the Predator:

P.C. users:
turn Predator left = Left Arrow key
turn Predator right = Right Arrow key
slow Predator down = Down Arrow key
speed Predator up = Up Arrow key

Mac users:
turn Predator left = 'n' or 'N' key
turn Predator right = 'm' or 'M' key
slow Predator down = 'k' or 'K' key
speed Predator up = 'l' or 'L' key