http://auroraechoes.dev/categories/other_project/ Aurora Esmeralda Hugo 0.157.0 & FixIt v0.4.4 en-au auroraesmeralda@protonmail.com (Aurora Esmeralda) auroraesmeralda@protonmail.com (Aurora Esmeralda) Sun, 26 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +1000 http://auroraechoes.dev/games/unreal-boids/ Sun, 26 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +1000auroraesmeralda@protonmail.com (Aurora Esmeralda) http://auroraechoes.dev/games/unreal-boids/ Games Game Jam Other_project <p>This is an Unreal Engine Boids flocking system I developed for Advanced Game Programming. I discuss it’s utility in greater depth in the video, however the goal of this system was to evolve the Boids algorithm.</p> <p>This system allows for the creation of various different Boid behaviours — evolving on the base 3 of Seperation, Alignment and Cohesion.</p> <div class="youtube-embed-background"> <iframe id="youtube-embed-iframe" frameborder="0" src="https://youtube.com/embed/5u2jIyapOEg" width="1000" height="600" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> </div> <a href=https://github.com/AuroraEchoes/BirdGame> <div class="link-badge-background"> <div class="link-badge-contents"> <svg aria-hidden="true" class="hi-svg-inline" fill="currentColor" height="2em" viewBox="0 0 496 512" width="2em" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><!--! 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