CPS Week 2 | Tinkering | Elliot Gordeno

In Response to the theme of Tinkering, I made a project that simulates groups and populations of people wearing different coloured shirts, when one bumps into another, they change colour to match. This explores ideas of AI, pathing and population control. I created this using Unreal Engine 4. By continuously iterating on the system used, I found new and emerging Ideas that I would not have thought of if I went into the project with a plan or guidelines. An argument is made that at times tinkering, experimenting and playing with concepts can lead to a better, more well developed or merely more interesting project that may not have existed without this tinkering & experimentation. Similar work has been produced by "Primer" whose work "Simulating Natural Selection" explores this theme by continuously iterating and changing their system to adapt to differing problems and concepts the creator wanted to explore.

https://youtu.be/92lCLWJ75tI