Nature's Amazing Mazes

Nature's Amazing Mazes

van Heems, Tycho (TU Delft Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
van der Knaap, Arnout (TU Delft Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
Halfweeg, Alexander (TU Delft Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
van Leeuwen, Dexter (TU Delft Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
Veerhuis, Reginald (TU Delft Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

Bidarra, Rafael (mentor)
van de Koppel, Johan (graduation committee)

Delft University of Technology

2019-07-04

In the field of ecology there exist models that accurately represent the real world.
The client, Dr. Van de Koppel, asked the team to make a game that incorporates
these ecological models in the gameplay, to create a more alluring interactive
experience with these models. Thus the goal of this project was to make the
game appealing while at the same time stimulating the attention towards ecology
for children and young adults between the age of 12 and 25. After thorough
research, it was decided that the maze like feel of the game would be made by
randomly generating terrain. This terrain would be generated using the ecological
model. The model used for the game is the model of semi-arid bushlands.
These bushlands consist of bushes with predictable and easily calculable algorithms
making it possible to calculate new versions of the model in real time.
In the Unreal Engine, the game was implemented using the ecological model for
generating terrain, AI for controlling enemies, and static levels to make the game
more interesting.

Self organizing patterns
Maze
Nature
Game
Shrub lands
Unreal Engine 4

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Student theses

bachelor thesis

© 2019 Tycho van Heems, Arnout van der Knaap, Alexander Halfweeg, Dexter van Leeuwen, Reginald Veerhuis