First release of Odoramatic, an ant colony simulation game.

Summary

It is based on a modelisation of the ant local and limited behaviour :

• an ant follows the strongest pheromone trail and drops pheromones on its own way, for its followers.
• it drops more pheromones when it carries some food, showing the origin of the food.
• when it finds food, it steps back and tries to come back to the nest, still following pheromones.
• when it carries nothing, it tries to find some food.
• when it does not find any pheromones, it moves randomly.
• an ant has a very limited eyesight and can only see food and nest when they are close.

The result is the apparition of ants trails, that evolve with time and perturbations. It's very interesting to watch and play with this environment and these little virtual insects.

With this simulator, you can add or remove ants, nests, food, and obstacles, to see how your ants react to these changes.