Little Procedural Pixel Worlds
Games
procedural world generator
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
10 positive, 19 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 6 critical, out of 35 comments about the project. Thread score +0.19.
Design: 5 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 5 againstIdea: 4 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Charming retro look reminiscent of Dwarf Fortress, Ultima and ZZT
From 4 comments
Now I regret “being productive” on my day off instead of playing Dwarf Fortress. This looks lovely, well done!
rpastuszak on HNReally cool stuff. I kept refreshing and it took me back to the days of all those ZZT games but this evokes much more geography. Crazy what you can do with ASCII characters and…
Yhippa on HNLove it. Ultima III !
jpeg_hero on HNAgreed. Came to say it looks like Dwarf Fortress.
seanw444 on HN
Relaxing and fun to generate new worlds
From 2 comments
I found this at a time when I was feeling rather blue. It was fun to come up with stories for each of the maps that I generated. Kept my mind off of things. Thank you.
lethologica on HNLove it, procedural world generation is a ton of fun
TrustPatches on HN
Objections
Does not work on some Safari versions
From 2 comments
borked on safari
TheRealNGenius on HN[Error] SyntaxError: Unexpected token '='. Expected an opening '(' before a method's parameter list. (anonymous function) (little-worlds:94) This is what I get on my laptop.…
TheRealNGenius on HN
Generated worlds are too watery
From 1 comment
Nice, but every world is a swamp for me. So much water :)
notum on HN
Requests
Dynamic or living elements like weather, creatures or people
From 2 comments
Nice one, I like the coloring, it'd be nice if it was dynamic or things could live on it, maybe next step? I have a few random for fun projects lying around: map gen and…
Aperocky on HNIs it open source? I want to add clouds and birds and weather and time! [edit] Also I'm getting a lot of "out of bounds" errors when I resize my window.[/edit]
all2 on HN
Downloadable wallpaper image
From 1 comment
It would be nice to give an option to download an image of this page in required dimensions. I would really love to have these as my wallpaper.
sboomer on HN
Fix out-of-bounds errors on window resize
From 2 comments
Is it open source? I want to add clouds and birds and weather and time! [edit] Also I'm getting a lot of "out of bounds" errors when I resize my window.[/edit]
all2 on HNRegarding the out of bounds. Indeed. I should fix that- middle of the work day / week now though!
jasonjmcghee on HN
Questions
Is the code open source and licensed?
From 2 comments
Is it open source? I want to add clouds and birds and weather and time! [edit] Also I'm getting a lot of "out of bounds" errors when I resize my window.[/edit]
all2 on HNIf possible could you include a license? I don't like touching code without one, as sharing modifications and/or derivatives is a potential copyright violation.
meetups323 on HN
How the noise thresholds were chosen
From 1 comment
Love this! Are you using Simplex noise maps for altitude, temperature, and humidity? What's the process like?
bovermyer on HN
Alternatives named
Dwarf Fortress
From 2 comments
Nice work! Are you familiar with the procedurally generated worlds in Dwarf Fortress (they have some similarity to your project)?
bradford on HNAs others have already said, I’m getting some Dwarf Fortress vibes from this.
flobosg on HN
Earth View Chrome extension
From 1 comment
Very cool! I love the colour scheme. Refreshing the page for more worlds reminded me - at some point someone recommended this[1] Chrome extension to me and it's been neat to have…
staindk on HN