#GameDev #GameIdea #GardeningGame #ReverseOf4X #Voronoi #Crystals #ProceduralContent #ProceduralContentGeneration #PCG

I wrote up one of my old game ideas.

A few years back I found the concept of "gardening games" by @maxkreminski.

https://mkremins.github.io/blog/gardening-games/

The point is not literal "gardening" but rather a deeper way to interact/relate to procedural content, pretty much by inverting the idea of a 4X game. Instead of arriving at a beautiful, believable, "wild" landscape and exploiting it to bits, the player works with the environment system to enhance it.

E.g. the same way a gardener works with/within nature: collecting seeds, growing seedlings, moving self-set plants, removing weeds, composting waste, pruning, improving soil.

It's a beautiful idea that captures something I hunger for in games, but rarely find...

...so this is my attempt to implement the idea in a design: https://emnf-ideas.ianbadcoe.uk/growth-673uxwn7v0-f7tsv293ns75

This particular take is literally gardening, which is not required, but works as a jumping off point.

divergent boundaries sketch for today's creative coding group at the RC.

I started with the thought of an ocean floor splitting - a divergent boundary.

https://codepen.io/fractalkitty/full/QwWOwmZ

#recurseCenter #p5js #d3js #voronoi

back into #blender today doing some environment and material prototyping for a new animation. mostly played around with recreating #diffraction, #holographic and #voronoi patterns. here are a few test renders that felt exciting 👀✨

#3D #digitalart #blender3d

https://www.shadertoy.com/view/ldl3W8

Classic, from 2013, by https://iquilezles.org .

#shadertoy #voronoi #generative