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benarceneaux
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Hello everyone!
I'm working on a game and I've been trying to wrap my head around procedural generation of planets. Sounds super difficult but I don't think it actually needs to be all that complicated. I don't need to generate a planet using physics, instead I'd like to generate the planet from an array of possible variations. For instance:
I've done some searching for examples of this kind of thing, and to be honest the most comparable example of what I'm trying to do is take Dwarf Fortresses world generation and scaled it up to a planet. Gravity, atmosphere, land/water, ability to support life, all these are factors that I need to generate somehow. Is anyone aware of anything similar to this being done? I wouldn't really call it a simulation, I believe Spore might have done something similar but even from what I've read about Spore they did simulate galaxy formations, stars and all.
Is anyone aware of any examples of this type of generation? It's a little difficult to search for on Google.
I'm working on a game and I've been trying to wrap my head around procedural generation of planets. Sounds super difficult but I don't think it actually needs to be all that complicated. I don't need to generate a planet using physics, instead I'd like to generate the planet from an array of possible variations. For instance:
- Size of planet
- Atmosphere composition
- Mineral Composition
- Ocean Coverage
- Land Coverage
- ...
I've done some searching for examples of this kind of thing, and to be honest the most comparable example of what I'm trying to do is take Dwarf Fortresses world generation and scaled it up to a planet. Gravity, atmosphere, land/water, ability to support life, all these are factors that I need to generate somehow. Is anyone aware of anything similar to this being done? I wouldn't really call it a simulation, I believe Spore might have done something similar but even from what I've read about Spore they did simulate galaxy formations, stars and all.
Is anyone aware of any examples of this type of generation? It's a little difficult to search for on Google.