MIHS-18P2 caseyellakillian tortles coral garbage

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globals [ max-tortles ]  ; don't let tortle population grow too large
; tortle and trash are both breeds of turtle.
breed [ tortles tortle ]  ; tortle is its own plural, so we use "a-tortle" as the singular.
breed [ trash a-trash ]
turtles-own [ energy ]       ; both trash and tortle have energy
patches-own [ countdown ]

to setup
  clear-all
  ifelse netlogo-web? [set max-tortles 10000] [set max-tortles 30000]

  ; Check model-version switch
  ; if we're not modeling coral, then the tortle don't need to eat to survive
  ; otherwise the coral's state of growth and growing logic need to be set up
  ifelse model-version = "tortles-trash-coral" [
    ask patches [
      set pcolor one-of [ pink blue ]
      ifelse pcolor = blue
        [ set countdown coral-regrowth-time ]
      [ set countdown random coral-regrowth-time ] ; initialize coral regrowth clocks randomly for blue patches
    ]
  ]
  [
    ask patches [ set pcolor pink ]
  ]

  create-tortles initial-number-tortles  ; create the tortle, then initialize their variables
  [
    set shape  "turtle"
    set color 52
    set size 5  ; easier to see
    set label-color blue - 2
    set energy random (2 * tortles-gain-from-food)
    setxy random-xcor random-ycor
  ]

  create-trash initial-number-trash  ; create the trash, then initialize their variables
  [
    set shape "garbage can"
    set color gray
    set size 4  ; easier to see
    set energy random (2 * trash-gain-from-food)
    setxy random-xcor random-ycor
  ]
  display-labels
  reset-ticks
end 

to go
  ; stop the simulation of no trash or tortle
  if not any? turtles [ stop ]
  ; stop the model if there are no trash and the number of tortle gets very large
  if not any? trash and count tortles > max-tortles [ user-message "The tortle have inherited the earth" stop ]
  ask tortles [
    move
    if model-version = "tortles-trash-coral" [ ; in this version, tortle eat coral, coral grows and it costs tortle energy to move
      set energy energy - 1  ; deduct energy for tortle only if running tortle-trash-coral model version
      eat-coral  ; tortle eat coral only if running tortle-trash-coral model version
      death ; tortle die from starvation only if running tortle-trash-coral model version
    ]
    reproduce-tortles  ; tortle reproduce at random rate governed by slider
  ]
  ask trash [
    move
    set energy energy - 1  ; trash lose energy as they move
    eat-tortles ; trash eat a tortle on their patch

  ]
  if not any? tortles [ user-message "congrats you killed them all. https://www.seeturtles.org/billion-baby-turtles-donations/" stop ]
  if model-version = "tortles-trash-coral" [ ask patches [ grow-coral ] ]
  ; set coral count patches with [pcolor = pink]
  tick
  display-labels
end 

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

to eat-coral  ; tortle procedure
  ; tortle eat coral, turn the patch blue
  if pcolor = pink [
    set pcolor blue
    set energy energy + tortles-gain-from-food  ; tortle gain energy by eating
  ]
end 

to reproduce-tortles  ; tortle procedure
  if random-float 100 < tortles-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-trash  ; trash procedure
  if random-float 100 < trash-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 eat-tortles  ; trash procedure
  let prey one-of tortles-here                    ; grab a random tortle
  if prey != nobody  [                          ; did we get one?  if so,
    ask prey [ die ]                            ; kill it, and...
    set energy energy + trash-gain-from-food     ; get energy from eating
  ]
end 

to death  ; turtle procedure (i.e. both trash nd tortle procedure)
  ; when energy dips below zero, die
  if energy < 0 [ die ]
end 

to grow-coral  ; patch procedure
  ; countdown on blue patches: if reach 0, grow some coral
  if pcolor = blue [
    ifelse countdown <= 0
      [ set pcolor pink
        set countdown coral-regrowth-time ]
      [ set countdown countdown - 1 ]
  ]
end 

to-report coral
  ifelse model-version = "tortles-trash-coral" [
    report patches with [pcolor = pink]
  ]
  [ report 0 ]
end 

to display-labels
  ask turtles [ set label "" ]
  if show-energy? [
    ask trash [ set label round energy ]
    if model-version = "tortle-trash-coral" [ ask tortles [ set label round energy ] ]
  ]
end 


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