Autonomous Agents

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// Declare global variables for position, speed, and color

let x, y;

let speedX, speedY;

let agentColor;

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function setup() {

  // Create a canvas of size 800x800

  createCanvas(800, 800);

  // Set a dark background

  background(10);

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  // Initialize position at the center of the canvas

  x = width / 2;

  y = height / 2;

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  // Initialize random speeds for the agent

  speedX = random(-3, 3);

  speedY = random(-3, 3);

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  // Set an initial vibrant random color for the agent

  agentColor = color(random(150, 255), random(150, 255), random(150, 255));

}

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function draw() {

  // Store the current position as the previous position

  let px = x;

  let py = y;

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  // Update position based on speed

  x += speedX;

  y += speedY;

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  // Bounce off the edges by reversing direction

  if (x <= 0 || x >= width) speedX *= -1;

  if (y <= 0 || y >= height) speedY *= -1;

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  // Randomly change color for variety

  if (random(1) < 0.02) {

    agentColor = color(random(150, 255), random(150, 255), random(150, 255));

  }

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  // Draw the trail with a highly visible stroke

  stroke(agentColor);

  strokeWeight(3);

  line(px, py, x, y);

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  // Slightly darken the canvas without obscuring the trails

  noStroke();

  fill(10, 10, 10, 5); // Adjust transparency to keep trails vivid

  rect(0, 0, width, height);

}

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