Huntsman (Hunter)

This is simple 2D hunting game that uses steering behaviors.

Useful links

• PyGame
• Autonomous Agents
• Understanding Steering Behaviors

Autonomous agents

Hunter

• a player with shotgun who hunts animals
• can be killed by a wolf

Hares:

• move slowly (wandering)
• quickly run away from any other creatures, even other hares

Fallow deer:

• that move (wander) and run away in groups
• rejoin the group if for some reason they get separated
• are afraid of hunters and wolves
• they sense wolves from afar and avoid them

Wolves:

• loners, attack hares, fallow deer and hunters
• they wander, but have a smaller radius of smell than deers
• after catching up with their prey they kill it
• die if they can't find their prey for some time

Setup

Clone the repository and change the working directory:

git clone https://github.com/alexandr-gnrk/huntsman.git
cd huntsman

Create and activate the virtual environment:

python3 -m venv ./venv
source ./venv/bin/activate

Install requirements:

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Usage

usage: huntsman.py [-h] [-r WIDTH HEIGHT] [-ws WIDTH HEIGHT] [-hr HARES]
                   [-wl WOLVES] [-df DEERFLOCKS] [-cs CAMSCALE]

Huntsman is a game that use steering behaviours.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -r WIDTH HEIGHT, --res WIDTH HEIGHT
                        game window resolution
  -ws WIDTH HEIGHT, --wsize WIDTH HEIGHT
                        size of game world
  -hr HARES, --hares HARES
                        amount of hares
  -wl WOLVES, --wolves WOLVES
                        amount of wolves
  -df DEERFLOCKS, --deerflocks DEERFLOCKS
                        amount of deer families
  -cs CAMSCALE, --camscale CAMSCALE
                        scale of camera inside game

Examples

Run with pre-defined values:

python3 huntsman.py

Run with specified resolution and world size:

python3 huntsman.py --res 1024 768 -wsize 2500 2000

Run server with specified amount of animals:

python3 huntsman.py --hares 10 --wolves 3 --deerflocks 4

Screenshots