Week 9 Assignment

Concept

In this code, I merged a few ideas to create a cohesive set of actions I envisioned before executing it:

• Flowers appearing at random places.
• Flowers opening and closing.
• A bee hive.
• Bees follw to track the flowers (only opened ones and avoid the closed one)..
• After passing all the open flowers bees return back to the hive.
• Clicking a bee hive that follows the other swarm of bees (boid flock).

Highlight I’m proud of

class BeeBoid {
  constructor(x, y) {
    this.position = createVector(x, y);
    this.velocity = createVector(random(-1, 1), random(-1, 1));
    this.acceleration = createVector(0, 0);
    this.maxForce = 0.05; // Maximum steering force
    this.maxSpeed = 3; // Maximum speed
    this.size = 15; // Size of the bee body
    this.wingSize = 8; // Size of the wings
    this.xmove = random(-0.5, 0.5); // Horizontal movement speed
    this.ymove = random(-0.5, 0.5); // Vertical movement speed
  }

  applyForce(force) {
    this.acceleration.add(force);
  }

  seek(target) {
    let desired = p5.Vector.sub(target, this.position);
    desired.setMag(this.maxSpeed);
    let steer = p5.Vector.sub(desired, this.velocity);
    steer.limit(this.maxForce);
    this.applyForce(steer);
  }

  update() {
    this.velocity.add(this.acceleration);
    this.velocity.limit(this.maxSpeed);
    this.position.add(this.velocity);
    this.acceleration.mult(0); // Reset acceleration
  }

  borders() {
    if (this.position.x > width) this.position.x = 0;
    else if (this.position.x < 0) this.position.x = width;
    if (this.position.y > height) this.position.y = 0;
    else if (this.position.y < 0) this.position.y = height;
  }

  display() {
    // Draw wings
    ellipseMode(RADIUS);
    noStroke();
    fill(171, 240, 255);
    // Left wings
    ellipse(this.position.x - 10, this.position.y - 5, this.wingSize, this.wingSize);
    ellipse(this.position.x - 10, this.position.y + 5, this.wingSize, this.wingSize);
    // Right wings
    ellipse(this.position.x + 10, this.position.y - 5, this.wingSize, this.wingSize);
    ellipse(this.position.x + 10, this.position.y + 5, this.wingSize, this.wingSize);

    // Draw body
    fill(255, 244, 61);
    angleMode(DEGREES);
    ellipse(this.position.x, this.position.y, this.size, this.size * 1.5);
    stroke(0);
    strokeWeight(5);
    line(this.position.x - 10, this.position.y - 5, this.position.x + 10, this.position.y - 5);
    line(this.position.x - 10, this.position.y + 5, this.position.x + 10, this.position.y + 5);
  }

  move() {
    this.position.x += this.xmove;
    this.position.y += this.ymove;

    this.barrier();
  }

  barrier() {
    if (this.position.x >= width || this.position.x <= 0) {
      this.xmove = -this.xmove;
    }
    if (this.position.y >= height || this.position.y <= 0) {
      this.ymove = -this.ymove;
    }
  }
}

class Flock {
  constructor() {
    this.boids = [];
  }

  addBoid(boid) {
    this.boids.push(boid);
  }

  run() {
    for (let boid of this.boids) {
      let closestFlower = null;
      let closestDist = Infinity;

      // Check for the closest flower
      for (let flower of flowerArray) {
        if (flower.isAlive) {
          let d = p5.Vector.dist(boid.position, createVector(flower.centreX, flower.centreY));
          if (d < closestDist) {
            closestDist = d;
            closestFlower = flower;
          }
        }
      }

      if (closestFlower) {
        boid.seek(createVector(closestFlower.centreX, closestFlower.centreY));
      }
      
      boid.update();
      boid.borders();
boid.display();    }
  }
}

• Arrays are used to store flowers, petals, and stem dots, allowing dynamic addition, deletion, and access to individual elements for updating their states.
• For loops iterate through arrays and draw multiple flowers and petals, while if conditions handle flower removal, withering, and the periodic addition of new flowers.
• The code uses trigonometric functions like Math.atan2 to calculate angles for petal positioning, creating uniqu-looking curved  flower shapes.
• The frameCount variable is used to create periodic actions and smooth animations, such as blooming and movement of petals over time.

Embedded sketch

Edit Sketch: https://editor.p5js.org/mariamalkhoori/sketches/exMNOF-7n

Reflection and ideas for future work or improvements

• • I wanted to add sound to this sketch but did not have the time.
  • Playing around to develop some sort of story.
  • Work on better graphics; I wanted the bee wings to flutter and be animated and to create a better-shaped beehive.
  • Create my own unique-looking flowers using trigonometric functions.

Refrences:
https://editor.p5js.org/HelenaCui/sketches/qwgXBW6Da