Overview

Model how chameleons change their color depending on situations. If they get angry they turn red and yellow, if they want to court a female they turn purple.

Simulate a scene in Madagascar where male panther chameleons display color changes in response to:
 • Courtship with a female
 • A confrontation with a predator
 • Competition with another male

 • Simulation and modeling practices: Designing and refining computational models.

 • Intermediate.

  • Core Agent Traits: Size, color
 • Behaviors: Collisions, remote detection (sniffing), conditionals, random walks
 • Interactions: Agent resizing, color change

 • Understanding how individuals react to external stimuli.
 • Translating reactions into changes in individual properties.
 • Relating individual changes to external world variables.

 • Natural Sciences: Endangered species, nanocrystals, color theory, animal communication.
 • Social Sciences: Behavior in response to external stimuli, evasion, and mimicry mechanisms.

• Types of signals sent by chameleon color change