April 29th Build V2.8

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Terrain Generation

This version introduces new life to the island generation. It improves my architecture for supporting more varied and interesting terrain.

Clusters

There are four types of cluster

• Biome
  • Features floating islands of various materials randomly placed in one of three approaches
• Rare
  • Hand-crafted islands with a theme or purpose in mind. In later versions, they will be far less common than normal biomes.
• Boss
  • Will contain a powerful difficult enemy the player must overcome.
  • Denoted by a large red ‘warning’ zone around the cluster.
  • [Currently, no bosses are implemented.]
• Landmark
  • Generated next to a normal biome cluster at an uncommon frequency.
  • Serve as visual anchors and to build visual interest.
  • [Currently there are only graybox landmarks.]

Island Generation

There are now three approaches for creating islands within a biome cluster.

• Poisson Disk Sampling
  • The standard approach in previous versions.
• Grid
  • A grid of islands with varying subdivisions & misalignment.
  • Creates simple horizontal battle areas.
• Layered Poisson
  • Begins with standard Poisson approach and places duplicate islands above generated ones.
  • Increases vertical interest.

Cluster Inheritance

Clusters of islands now inherit attributes from their neighbors on generation.

• Danger Level
  • Based on neighbors, influences how many encounters are within the cluster.
  • Higher danger level results in darker random materials.
• Island Materials
  • Will not inherit materials from neighbors with harsh danger level differences.

UPCOMING DEVELOPMENT

• Terrain Generation Improvements
  • Non-Graybox landmarks
  • Bridges?
  • Return of tilted platform?
  • More island generation approaches
• Pathfinding bug fixes
• Loot system revision
• Bosses?

Thank you for reading and playing!