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Just needs some rendering presets, star field backgrounds, lens flare, GPT-2 title generation, and you've got random SF novel book covers!
by GavinB 6y ago
Just needs some rendering presets, star field backgrounds, lens flare, GPT-2 title generation, and you've got random SF novel book covers!
- xwdv 6y agoWhy not randomly generate titles as well? And perhaps a synopsis.
- yellowapple 6y agoRandomly generate the ship names by pulling random phrases out of literature and you've got yourself an Ian Banks novel.
- cerberusss 6y agoMay he rest in peace. I had such pleasure reading his books, and the ship names were very funny indeed. Someone on HN pointed me to Neil Asher, who also authors the same genre and sometimes similarly names the ships.
- arethuza 6y agoI think the Mistake Not... would like a quiet word.
- nineteen999 6y agoSpacescape is good for your procedural starfields: http://alexcpeterson.com/spacescape/ http://alexcpeterson.com/spacescape/
- smcameron 6y agoHere's something to make procedurally generated gas giants: https://github.com/smcameron/gaseous-giganticus https://github.com/smcameron/gaseous-giganticus Here's a skybox generator: http://wwwtyro.github.io/space-3d/ http://wwwtyro.github.io/space-3d/
- smcameron 6y agoSpeaking of random SF book covers: https://thrilling-tales.webomator.com/derange-o-lab/pulp-o-mizer/pulp-o-mizer.html https://thrilling-tales.webomator.com/derange-o-lab/pulp-o-m...
- FraKtus 6y agoThis is so fun to play with. Thank you for sharing!