Landcraft
December 23, 2006 4:28 PM Subscribe
ah, terrain generation was an interest of mine for quite some time. this is a nice one. my favorite program on linux (hf-lab, couldn't find a living website) seems to be a relative of this one which says it'll run on windows.
posted by jepler at 5:30 PM on December 23, 2006
posted by jepler at 5:30 PM on December 23, 2006
There is no great sence in the creation of this isometric land as it was no sence in its prototype creation.
Fess up delmoi--did you write that?
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 5:41 PM on December 23, 2006
Fess up delmoi--did you write that?
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 5:41 PM on December 23, 2006
Fess up delmoi--did you write that?
Given that I can't even figure out what it's supposed to mean, I would have to guess no.
posted by delmoi at 5:54 PM on December 23, 2006
Given that I can't even figure out what it's supposed to mean, I would have to guess no.
posted by delmoi at 5:54 PM on December 23, 2006
This reminds me of a program that my Dad had when I was a kid that did essentially the same thing, generating landscapes and other interesting things fractally. After waiting for about 5 minutes, I could see the results of my input in 256 glorious colors.
posted by Derive the Hamiltonian of... at 6:18 PM on December 23, 2006
posted by Derive the Hamiltonian of... at 6:18 PM on December 23, 2006
OMG, TERRA! TERRA!
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 6:37 PM on December 23, 2006
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 6:37 PM on December 23, 2006
it's only a model
posted by Hands of Manos at 7:00 PM on December 23, 2006
posted by Hands of Manos at 7:00 PM on December 23, 2006
Hands of Manos writes "it's only a model"
Well played, sir. Well played.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 7:11 PM on December 23, 2006
Well played, sir. Well played.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 7:11 PM on December 23, 2006
I don't understand what this is. But I would never admit that in the blue for fear of being mocked.
posted by LarryC at 8:22 PM on December 23, 2006
posted by LarryC at 8:22 PM on December 23, 2006
I hypothesize that development in web-based applications executing within a browser (or within a virtual machine viewed within the browser) tracks by a determinable interval a clear antecedent in a standalone, single-user application.
Today's example is Bryce.
posted by ardgedee at 8:15 AM on December 24, 2006
Today's example is Bryce.
posted by ardgedee at 8:15 AM on December 24, 2006
This makes me pine for Populus. What a fun little find, delmoi.
posted by picea at 8:19 AM on December 24, 2006
posted by picea at 8:19 AM on December 24, 2006
LarryC -- it's terrain generation using some algorithms, usually fractals (since they map surprisingly well to natural earth formations). Here's some info in heightmaps and Digital elevation models.
posted by spiderskull at 11:28 AM on December 24, 2006
posted by spiderskull at 11:28 AM on December 24, 2006
This looks like a height map generated by perlinNoise(). Nice implementation.
posted by ryoshu at 1:48 PM on December 24, 2006
posted by ryoshu at 1:48 PM on December 24, 2006
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