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There is (the project doesn’t seem to be actively pursued at the moment) a blog series documenting someone‘s journey in procedurally generating fantasy maps. Fo

There is (the project doesn’t seem to be actively pursued at the moment) a blog series documenting someone‘s journey in procedurally generating fantasy maps. For a while (a bit over a dozen entries from what I could find) he explored map borders which also seem to have some overlap with tiles. This is the first entry: https://heredragonsabound.blogspot.com/2019/02/map-borders-part-1.html https://heredragonsabound.blogspot.com/2019/02/map-borders-p... Edit: here‘s an interesting post about Celtic knots: https://heredragonsabound.blogspot.com/2019/05/map-borders-part-11.html https://heredragonsabound.blogspot.com/2019/05/map-borders-p...

mcphage 3y ago
I liked reading these posts because it's an interesting exploration into all of the subtle nuances that crop up when doing procedural graphics. You think "oh you just make it do $X", and then find out that $X is wrong in all sorts of ways that you don't realize until you see it happen.
- dylan604 3y ago
  isn't that programming in general?
  - mcphage 3y ago
    Yeah, but with procedural graphics, you get a very visual display of those failures.
Ruthalas 3y ago
For those into this sort of thing, check out Oleg Dolya, who's been making map and building generators for a long time. His work is very impressive! https://watabou.itch.io/ https://watabou.itch.io/ https://www.patreon.com/watawatabou https://www.patreon.com/watawatabou