A great video of a procedural city generator. Seen at serial consign, via DesignNotes.
The cities in the video above, with a bit more art direction, look like they could be right out of a Spiderman game, or Mirror’s Edge. Procedural content, especially in terms of environment design, is an iffy area, but those topographies [...]
Archives for the Month of July, 2008
CityEngine
Friday, 25 July 2008
Austin looks like a real urban environment from up here
Thursday, 24 July 2008
Austin looks like a real urban environment from up here, originally uploaded by rmattson.
In other news, 2008-07-20
Sunday, 20 July 2008
Wanted: vacuous characters, farcical plot and ridiculous character abilities (spec.effects wet dream): just what an action movie should be. #
In other news, 2008-07-18
Friday, 18 July 2008
Ate at the airport Chilis. Not good. #
@jeffdanger Already feeling it. Send pepto bismol. #
@evanembedded Is that you all the way in the back of the plane? #
In other news, 2008-07-17
Thursday, 17 July 2008
On my way to visit Monica. LA traffic isn’t too heavy but cab is a traffic ninja anyway. #
@charliekeen Har! It was close, actually. Worse coming back in traffic this morning. But well worth it. I sound like a Mastercard shill. #
In other news, 2008-07-16
Wednesday, 16 July 2008
@Harvey1966 Be very glad. #
If any of you folks are in LA, come by hotel figueroa to check out Mushroom Men. #
In other news, 2008-07-11
Friday, 11 July 2008
@jonjones Pretty near any bar around with beers on tap. Just ask for “Mac and Jacks” and you’ll get the right one. And sound like a local! #
@ddifede I want me a drum machine, too. Plz 2 get one that I can play with. #
Mushroom Men trailer on GameTrailers
Friday, 11 July 2008
To my surprise, a trailer for Mushroom Men was put up on GameTrailers today. How exciting!
In other news, 2008-07-10
Thursday, 10 July 2008
Apparently not running for a week really killed my ability to handle exercise. #
Ate lunch on the capitol lawn with a coworker, accosted by grackles looking for handouts. http://is.gd/Qo7 #
“But Robinson’s Requiem was like playing a tax audit or a hangover or Hellgate London; it was miserable.” Ouch. http://is.gd/QDX #
@jonjones Drink a pint or two [...]