Boids 2D with Quadtress using SMFL

A small project which implements boids and quadtrees in 2D using SFML in C++.

Note

On Linux VMs (WSL2 etc.) the program may hang, closing then relaunching the program may fix it

Building and running on your own machine

Prerequisites

You will need:

• CMake (≥ 3.28)
• Git
• C++ compiler (GCC ≥ 9, Clang ≥ 10, or MSVC ≥ 2019)

And SFML dependencies: Linux (Ubuntu/Debian)

sudo apt install libopenal-dev libx11-dev libxrandr-dev libfreetype6-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libudev-dev

macOS (Homebrew)

brew install openal-soft freetype

Windows (vcpkg)

vcpkg install openal-soft freetype

Build

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/EllMoorby/Boids2D.git
cd Boids2D

# Build using cmake
cmake -B build && cmake --build build

Run

Linux/macOS

./build/bin/Boids2D

Windows

.\build\bin\Boids2D.exe