https://github.com/liam-middlebrook/black-friday

https://github.com/liam-middlebrook/black-friday

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• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/liam-middlebrook/black-friday
• Owner: liam-middlebrook
• License: mit
• Created: 2014-11-28T19:45:09.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2014-12-14T21:04:18.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-08-04T22:11:26.043Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 3.39 MB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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black-friday

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# About

Black Friday is a solo-project created for my Interactive Media Development

class at RIT. It covers the implementation of several different steering

behaviors which I have listed below.

In Black Friday you are a security guard safe within the comfort of your

own office. You notice shoppers storming around the store and feel the need

to release the security roombas from the shelves. The roombas wander around

the store and select a leader whom will take them on their pursuit to slow

down the shoppers. 

## A-Star Pathfinding

Two randomly colored spheres move around the map in search of target hotspots

for where the sales would be located in the store. They use A-Star pathfinding

in order to find the ideal path to take throughout the store in order to reach

their goal.

## Leader Following

Once the "Security Roombas" are activated they will randomly select a leader.

The leader will steer the herd of roombas throughout the map. The leader also

has a more powerful force a separation than it's followers. This allows

for the leader to make more impactful decisions on the direction that the 

herd travels in.

## Raycast Avoidance

All of the autonomous agents in the scene use raycast avoidance to prevent

collisions with other physics objects in the game world.

## Wandering

Until the roombas have selected a leader they will all wander among the world.

** Note this is only true if the roombas have been activated by the user **

Once a leader is selected it will remain the only wanderer left in the scene.

The wandering is based off of a markov-chain like strategy where there are

percentage values attributed for turning different directions in relation

to the current direction of the wanderer.

# Contols

WASD to move around

E to (De)Activate the roombas