Eco-system-simulation

This is a predator/prey simulator

Behaviour of species

Tigers

• Tigers only hunt during the day
• Tigers only hunt Zebras
• If a Tiger reaches an age of more than 150, they will die of old age
• Tigers will breed with the opposite gender and a valid breeding age(15)
• Tigers can pass on diseases to other Tigers as well as Lions at any time
• If a tiger does carry a disease, they have a 50% chance of dying at each step

Lions

• Lions hunt Zebras and Mice
• Lions can hunt during the day and night
• Lions hunt Zebras and Mice
• Lions can hunt during the day and night
• Lions will breed with other lions that are of the opposite gender and valid breeding age(15)
• If a Lion exceeds the age of 150, they will die
• Lions can pass on disease to other lions at any time, as well as Tigers
• If a Lion does carry a disease, they have a 50% chance of dying at each step

Zebras

• Zebras are awake and active during the day
• If a Zebra exceeds the age of 150, they will die
• They look for at eat grass
• If their hunger level goes below zero, they will die
• Depending on the age of the grass, zebras will get different food level gains when eating grass of different ages
• Zebras can breed with other Zebras of opposite gender and once they reach their breeding age (5)

Hares

• Hares also eat grass and compete with Zebras in order to eat grass
• If Hares exceed the age of 40, they will die
• Hares are awake and active during the day
• If their hunger level goes below zero, they will die
• Depending on the age of the grass, Hares will get different food level gains when eating grass of different ages
• Hares can breed with other Hares of opposite gender and at the breeding age(5)

Mice

• Majority of the time Mice will be looking for food or breeding
• Lions hunt mice
• They look for and eat grass
• If their hunger level goes below zero, they will die
• Mice breed with other mice of opposite gender and of breeding age (5)
• If the Mice reach over the age of 30, they will die

Grass

• Grass randomly spawns in any area
• Grass can breed with other grass, to create more grass at the breeding age of 5
• They will die due to reaching a maximum age(200)
• They can also die from overcrowding
• If the weather is rainy there is a chance of more grass growing
• Different ages of grass provide different food levels when consumed.

Screenshots:

GUI: Grid size

GUI: Simulate number of steps

Class Diagram: