5.5 Wander / The Coding Train

Craig Reynolds’ “Wander” steering behavior is one of my favorites! In this video, I implement my take on it in JavaScript with p5.js and encourage you to invent your own version!
- Steering Behaviors for Autonomous Characters
  Craig Reynolds' paper on different styles of steering behaviors for characters in animation and games
- Polar Coordinates
  Nature of Code video on using polar coordinates in p5.js
- Editing
  by Mathieu Blanchette
- Animations
  by Jason Heglund

MainUsing the wander steering behavior to move an vehicle
With SlidersAdding sliders to adjust the wander steering behavior
Deleting PositionsUsing an array to draw a trail behind the vehicle, then removing stored positions over time
3DImplementing the wander steering behavior in 3D
Displacement (From Paper)Using the displacement variation of the wander behavior described in Reynolds' paper
Perlin NoiseUsing Perin Noise to determine the wander steering angle

Craig Reynolds’ “Wander” steering behavior is one of my favorites! In this video, I implement my take on it in JavaScript with p5.js and encourage you to invent your own version!

Steering Behaviors for Autonomous Characters
Craig Reynolds' paper on different styles of steering behaviors for characters in animation and games

Polar Coordinates
Nature of Code video on using polar coordinates in p5.js

Editing
by Mathieu Blanchette
Animations
by Jason Heglund

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