Procedural Generation in a 3D Camel Jousting Game

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Procedural Generation in a 3D Camel Jousting
Game Justin Warfield- Period 5 TJHSST Computer
Systems Lab 2006-2007
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Goals

• Procedural Generation Techniques
• Referential transparency
• Local randomization/realism
• Game skill adjustment
• Procedural Applications
• Terrain/Textures
• Procedural Modeling (enemies, obstacles, etc)?
• Others (items, weapons, etc)?

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Scope

• Context Camel Crusaders
• Camel jousting game
• Basic hack and slash environment
• Extend
• 3-D
• Low resolution

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Background

• Common techniques for procedurally generated
  terrain and textures
• Spore procedural modeling and animation

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Procedural Terrain

• Local Realism
• Random 3D midpoint displacement
• Global Referential Transparency
• Algebraic algorithms

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Procedural Modeling

• Enemies
• Built of ellipses
• X, y, z radii determine statistics
• X, y, and z are a function of t, a spiral from
  origin?

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Other Implementations

• Background Textures (Sky, Ground)?
• Game difficulty
• Obstacles
• Items
• Sound?

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What's Done?

• PG Aspects
• Basic terrain generation shell
• Game Aspects
• 3D Environment
• Rotate view with mouse
• Move in the x, y directions with keyboard

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What's Next?

• PG Aspects
• 3d Midpoint Displacement
• Basic enemy generation shell
• Game Aspects
• Physics
• Depth detection
• Enemy interaction