Swarms: Bird Flock Simulator

Swarms is an interactive playground for the mathematics of collective behavior: watch complex, lifelike patterns emerge from a few simple rules, then reach in and change the rules yourself. BOIDS: FLOCKING The classic model behind bird flocks and fish schools: each boid follows just three rules (steer toward neighbors, match their heading, avoid crowding them) and a living, swirling flock emerges with no leader at all. - Create multiple flocks, each with its own color and fully independent tuning - Decide which flocks flock together: a per-pair interaction matrix controls who's drawn to whom - Add hunters: a predator population that chases the flock, with its own speed, range, and behavior - Switch to Vertex Mode for a network/constellation view of who's influencing whom - Choose a bounded arena or a seamless wraparound world ANTS: FORAGING A completely different kind of swarm intelligence: ants can't see the whole picture, but together they find the shortest path to food anyway, using nothing but scent. - Place food sources and watch pheromone trails strengthen along the best routes - Built-in classic ant-colony-optimization scenarios that show real emergent shortest-path behavior - Drag food sources and the nest to reshape the colony live - Draw walls and watch the colony route around them INTERACTIVE THROUGHOUT Pinch to zoom, drag to influence the swarm directly, tap to place attractors, and tune every parameter live with immediate visual feedback. Capture and share a screenshot of whatever your swarm is doing right now. Works completely offline - no account, no internet required. Built for anyone curious about emergence: students, educators, or just anyone who finds a flock of birds turning together in the sky a little bit magical. More models are planned. Have an idea for a swarm system you'd like to see? Let us know.