Old Version
Explore alien lands with a high-color world generator.
This is a new take on Postcards From the Fringe, which I made a few years ago. https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=28026
Press "z" to visit a new, random planet.
Features:
--High-color flicker dither technology with 4,096 indexed colors/patterns [Warning flashing lights]
--Endless bicubic noise mountains
--Mountain shape variations: islands, hills, spires, etc.
--Alien sunset sky with clouds
--Water with ripples and sky reflection
--Preview render in standard (non flicker) mode
--Anti-aliased image composing with alpha channel
To do:
--Ability to save / share worlds
--Controls to tweak variables
Technical:
This is a voxel landscape engine, actually adapted from Pico Kart but with height added. The system is not very optimized for speed right now... definitely room to make it a lot faster even if not real-time.
Color handling is taken from my Hypercolor Paint cart. The palettes of colors and patterns are loaded from cart memory and generated by another cart that takes ages to run.
-Electric Gryphon
Bug: In Chrome Version 77.0.3865.90 (Official Build) (64-bit) Windows 60 fps update isn't stable/uneven flicker. Can be "fixed" by scrolling down and then back up.
60 fps works fine in standalone pico8 application mode.
neat!
would sharing the random seed by enough to recreate the landscape?
Pretty and then ... oh no no ... that flicker isn't good at least for Firefox. Option to disable it ? Cause the rest of the picture is sweet.
Yep... seems like the flicker is problematic/inconsistent.
I’m gonna put together an options control panel and have it off by default. (That will also make it easier to take screen shots.)
looks great! I think I liked the dithering in the old version better though.
regarding the flickering I did post a html solution in there if you're interested: Secret Pico 8 Colors
Hi UB, wow, you guys did it years before me. Kudos !
https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=66233
Better but still hard on the eyes. :)
Changes:
--Removed flicker effect completely
--Added a more refined, second pass ordered dither
--Added sprite font with upper and lowercase
--Added graphics with translucency--used for "greetings from" as well as to make the corners of the picture look worn
Notes:
There is code in place for a diffusion dither and for random dither as well.
Reload for a new card... still need to put in a user interface...
Option to view postcard without text ? Maybe tap (O) so a picture can be taken, and text returns when (O) tapped again ?
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