Game Designer
GENITOR MUNDUS
Based off a project I initially started to teach myself how to code half a decade ago, Genitor Mundus grew from a simple Map Generator for Dungeons & Dragons games to experimenting with Hexagonal grids, pathfinding algorithms and tectonic simulations.
TECTONIC SIMULATION
The simulation creates multiple tectonic plates at varying elevations. They move in a random direction until they hit a wall, and bounce off.
If two plates overlap by a set threshold, they fuse together, before again splitting into multiple plates, effecting the elevation of the individual tiles. When the simulation is finished, a fast erosion is applied to the coasts.
Regretfully, the experiment was a bust, as the heavy reliance on randomisation leads to a lot of uninteresting maps. While I could expose more variables for the user to fine-tune and have greater control, the result would essentially be the same as using 2D noise to drive elevation - which is also a lot faster.
Luckily the underlying systems still function with a noise based solution, and I plan to implement procedural mesh generation to represent a final landscape to the user.
CUSTOM EDITOR
In order to be able to drive the many variables behind map generation, I created a custom Editor, affecting variables and running different aspects of the program.
The user can also manually paint the map with different colours and elevations, with varying brush sizes.
PLANNING
Future plans are to integrate a resource system, based on a tiles elevation, moisture, temperature and water retention levels.
This could be the driving force behind a procedural city simulation, influencing factors such as government type, military scale and economic strength.
