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Around The World, Part 1: Continents

74 points by atan2 3y ago

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injeolmi_love 3y ago
What a fun exploration of algorithmic procedural generation with using simple algorithms to produce outstanding effects. It’s inspirational to my own work; how to find straightforward algorithms that are easy to think about but can produce outstanding experiences for users.
curiousObject 3y ago
The rapid prototype of the game, which doesn’t use the realistic map generator, but is playable, is on the same site. It’s a browser game so it does not need a download https://frozenfractal.com/games https://frozenfractal.com/games
- badcppdev 3y ago
  That's a brilliant little game. Trading and exploration. Super simple user interface
jbattle 3y ago
There's an old video game called Seven Cities of Gold wherein you play a european explorer poking about the new world. It has procedurally generated game worlds, and claims to use some plate techtonics. I don't remember if you could actually circumnavigate the world, but it gave a great experience of gradually uncovering an absolutely massive map, packed with things to see. Designed for platforms with SERIOUS technology constraints, the author packed a LOT of game play. Given the historical subject, it also offers up some serious topics for thought / conversation. As always, the Digital Antiquarian has a great article about this game: https://www.filfre.net/2013/08/seven-cities-of-gold/ https://www.filfre.net/2013/08/seven-cities-of-gold/
- harperlee 3y ago
  LOVED that game when I was a small child, even if it went over my head and I had to play together with an older neighbour. It came with 10 other games in a CD when my father purchased our first CD-ROM reader, together with a Soundblaster. The memories! Thanks for the memory lane trip! Edit: apparently mine was the IBM PC remake!
svilen_dobrev 3y ago
don't forget to bury some dinosaur bones :) .. ref. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on a related note.. talking about tectonic shifts.. might be interesting to have few time-points within same "world", and see how "things" - i.e. continents and such - move around. But that might be a different game

74 points by atan2 3y ago

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What a fun exploration of algorithmic procedural generation with using simple algorithms to produce outstanding effects. It’s inspirational to my own work; how to find straightforward algorithms that are easy to think about but can produce outstanding experiences for users.

curiousObject 3y ago

The rapid prototype of the game, which doesn’t use the realistic map generator, but is playable, is on the same site. It’s a browser game so it does not need a download https://frozenfractal.com/games https://frozenfractal.com/games

badcppdev 3y ago
That's a brilliant little game. Trading and exploration. Super simple user interface

jbattle 3y ago

There's an old video game called Seven Cities of Gold wherein you play a european explorer poking about the new world. It has procedurally generated game worlds, and claims to use some plate techtonics. I don't remember if you could actually circumnavigate the world, but it gave a great experience of gradually uncovering an absolutely massive map, packed with things to see. Designed for platforms with SERIOUS technology constraints, the author packed a LOT of game play. Given the historical subject, it also offers up some serious topics for thought / conversation. As always, the Digital Antiquarian has a great article about this game: https://www.filfre.net/2013/08/seven-cities-of-gold/ https://www.filfre.net/2013/08/seven-cities-of-gold/

harperlee 3y ago
LOVED that game when I was a small child, even if it went over my head and I had to play together with an older neighbour. It came with 10 other games in a CD when my father purchased our first CD-ROM reader, together with a Soundblaster. The memories! Thanks for the memory lane trip! Edit: apparently mine was the IBM PC remake!

svilen_dobrev 3y ago

don't forget to bury some dinosaur bones :) .. ref. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on a related note.. talking about tectonic shifts.. might be interesting to have few time-points within same "world", and see how "things" - i.e. continents and such - move around. But that might be a different game