Pixel topographic map generator

The code was born during an improvised hackathon as a result of a friendly dispute about procedural generation and terrain maps. The application purpose is to generate pixel-art terrain maps of a given size using parameterized simplex noise for terrain altitudes and a predefined set of rules for terrain types and colors.

Work is still in progress.

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Screenshots

Main window with UI hints

Maps exported to image file

Tech Stack

Go with Ebitengine and zero third-party dependencies.

Build Locally

Make sure you have the Go installed

go version

Clone the repo

  git clone https://github.com/oleg-vasiliev/mapgen.git

Go to the project directory

  cd mapgen

Download and verify dependencies

  go mod download
  go mod verify

Compile and start the app

  go run ./cmd/mapgen

Or just build the binary

  go build -o=./bin/ ./cmd/mapgen

Usage and cli-arguments

TODO

Roadmap

Configuration seed should include all various noise settings.
Display in UI current terrain levels.
Implement different color themes.
Add visual indication for world exporting process.
Add to map randomly placed objects: trees, animals, buildings, etc.
Implement inertial viewport scrolling.

Feedback

If you have any feedback please contact me by email.

License

GNU GPLv3

oleg-vasiliev/mapgen