FLØK
FLØK is a simple swarm simulator for Cinema 4D. It’s written in Python and has a basic UI to easily switch between different flocking behaviours.
Disclaimer: I’m not a professional dev by any means - however, knowing the basics of scripting is an immense help in the creation process.
XPresso Setup
To bring everything together.
User input
A few sliders change the behaviour and look.
Gallery
Stills that show some possibilities of the script. Here, a Tracer object was added for visualization.