Bluebles1

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globals [grass]  ;; keep track of how much grass there is
;; smoothbluebles, spinybluebles, longneckbluebles, greenbluebles and snurples are all breeds of turtles.
breed [smoothbluebles smoothblueble]
breed [spinybluebles spinyblueble]
breed [longneckbluebles longneckblueble] 
breed [greenbluebles greenblueble] 
breed [snurples snurple]
turtles-own [energy]       
patches-own [countdown]

to setup
  clear-all
  ask patches [ set pcolor 64 ]
    ask patches [
      set countdown random 10 ;; initialize grass grow clocks randomly
      set pcolor one-of [64 white] ;; green or white
    ]
  set-default-shape smoothbluebles "smooth blueble"
  create-smoothbluebles initial-number-smoothbluebles  ;; create the smooth bluebles, then initialize their variables
  [
    set color 105 ;; blue
    set size 7  ;; easier to see    
    set energy random 2
    setxy random-xcor random-ycor
  ]
   set-default-shape spinybluebles "spiny blueble"
  create-spinybluebles initial-number-spinybluebles  ;; create the spiny bluebles, then initialize their variables
  [
    set color 105 ;; blue
    set size 7  ;; easier to see    
    set energy random 2
    setxy random-xcor random-ycor
  ]
   set-default-shape longneckbluebles "longneck blueble"
  create-longneckbluebles initial-number-longneckbluebles  ;; create the longneck bluebles, then initialize their variables
  [
    set color 105 ;; blue
    set size 7  ;; easier to see    
    set energy random 2
    setxy random-xcor random-ycor
  ]
   set-default-shape greenbluebles "spiny blueble"
  create-greenbluebles initial-number-greenbluebles  ;; create the green bluebles, then initialize their variables
  [
    set color 64 ;; green
    set size 7  ;; easier to see    
    set energy random 2
    setxy random-xcor random-ycor
  ]
  set-default-shape snurples "snurple"
  create-snurples initial-number-snurples  ;; create the snurples, then initialize their variables
  [
    set color 115 ;; purple
    set size 7  ;; easier to see
    set energy random 50
    setxy random-xcor random-ycor
  ]
  set grass count patches with [pcolor = 64]
  reset-ticks
end 

to go
  if not any? turtles [ stop ]
  ask smoothbluebles [
    move
      set energy energy - 1  ;; deduct energy for smoothbluebles 
      eat-grass
    death
    reproduce-smoothbluebles
  ]
  ask spinybluebles [
    move
      set energy energy - 1  ;; deduct energy for spinybluebles 
      eat-grass
    death
    reproduce-spinybluebles
  ]
   ask longneckbluebles [
    move
      set energy energy - 1  ;; deduct energy for longneckbluebles 
      eat-grass
    death
    reproduce-longneckbluebles
  ]
  ask greenbluebles [
    move
      set energy energy - 1  ;; deduct energy for greenbluebles 
      eat-grass
    death
    reproduce-greenbluebles
  ]
  ask snurples [
    move
    set energy energy - 1  ;; snurples lose energy as they move
    catch-smoothbluebles
    death
    reproduce-snurples
  ]
  ask patches [ grow-grass ] 
  set grass count patches with [pcolor = 64] ;; green
  tick
end 

to move  ;; turtle procedure
  rt random 50
  lt random 50
  fd 1
end 

to eat-grass  ;; bluebles procedure
  ;; bluebles eat grass, turn the patch white
  if pcolor = 64 [ ;; green
    set pcolor white 
    set energy energy + 2 ;; bluebles gain energy by eating
  ]
end 

to reproduce-smoothbluebles  ;; smoothbluebles procedure
  if random-float 100 < bluebles-reproduce [  ;; throw "dice" to see if you will reproduce
    set energy (energy / 2)                ;; divide energy between parent and offspring
    hatch 1 [ rt random-float 360 fd 1 ]   ;; hatch an offspring and move it forward 1 step
  ]
end 

to reproduce-spinybluebles  ;; spinybluebles procedure
  if random-float 100 < bluebles-reproduce [  ;; throw "dice" to see if you will reproduce
    set energy (energy / 2)                ;; divide energy between parent and offspring
    hatch 1 [ rt random-float 360 fd 1 ]   ;; hatch an offspring and move it forward 1 step
  ]
end 

to reproduce-longneckbluebles  ;; longneckbluebles procedure
  if random-float 100 < bluebles-reproduce [  ;; throw "dice" to see if you will reproduce
    set energy (energy / 2)                ;; divide energy between parent and offspring
    hatch 1 [ rt random-float 360 fd 1 ]   ;; hatch an offspring and move it forward 1 step
  ]
end 

to reproduce-greenbluebles  ;; greenbluebles procedure
  if random-float 100 < bluebles-reproduce [  ;; throw "dice" to see if you will reproduce
    set energy (energy / 2)                ;; divide energy between parent and offspring
    hatch 1 [ rt random-float 360 fd 1 ]   ;; hatch an offspring and move it forward 1 step
  ]
end 

to reproduce-snurples  ;; snurple procedure
  if random-float 100 < snurples-reproduce [  ;; throw "dice" to see if you will reproduce
    set energy (energy / 2)               ;; divide energy between parent and offspring
    hatch 1 [ rt random-float 360 fd 1 ]  ;; hatch an offspring and move it forward 1 step
  ]
end 

to catch-smoothbluebles  ;; snurple procedure
  let prey one-of smoothbluebles-here           ;; grab a random smoothblueble
  if prey != nobody                             ;; did we get one?  if so,
    [ ask prey [ die ]                          ;; kill it
      set energy energy + 100 ]                 ;; get energy from eating
end 

to death  ;; turtle procedure
  ;; when energy dips below zero, die
  if energy < 0 [ die ]
end 

to grow-grass  ;; patch procedure
  ;; countdown on white patches: if reach 0, grow some grass
  if pcolor = white [
    ifelse countdown <= 0
      [ set pcolor 64
        set countdown 10 ]
      [ set countdown countdown - 1 ]
  ]
end 

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