Question about terrain top-down game generation | GameMaker | Page 1

sweet forge Sep 19, 2022, 4:42 PM

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Aight so, would it be a bad idea if i did this:
1: Generate 1 perlin noise that sepparates water from land.
2: Generated another perlin noise that generates biomes, so then the biomes are overlayed on top of the terrain basically.

I have 0 ideas on how to start a terrain generation with biomes.
I'm relatively new to game maker and none of the tutorials ive watched did what i wanted.

keen cargo Sep 19, 2022, 4:45 PM

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Sounds pretty cool to me 🤷‍♂️ I think it can definitely work. Will it provide the result you're looking for is the real question

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If you think it will then I'd say it is worth trying

sweet forge Sep 19, 2022, 4:46 PM

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Im not sure
i need to first learn how to use perlin noise to place(or draw) different objects on the world

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Cuz the world generation i want doesnt have to be the most complex thing, lemme show a thing i made that shows how i wanted it to look

austere nimbus Sep 19, 2022, 4:48 PM

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Don't think you'll find a GM tutorial that does this.

sweet forge Sep 19, 2022, 4:49 PM

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Here, this is basically what i want.
Probs in a bigger res but ye

sweet forge Sep 19, 2022, 4:49 PM

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austere nimbus Don't think you'll find a GM tutorial that does this.

ye ive searched in a lot of places

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impossible i know its not

austere nimbus Sep 19, 2022, 4:51 PM

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Pretty sure I know a tutorial.

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Let's see if I can find it.

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(Non GM)

sweet forge Sep 19, 2022, 4:51 PM

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And idea i had was like

create a perlin noise image, somehow
then read the pixels
and create the stuff

keen cargo Sep 19, 2022, 4:51 PM

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I have seen people use perlin noise for terrain gen in GM before. It's definitely doable

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Results were pretty good too

sweet forge Sep 19, 2022, 4:52 PM

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i saw a tutorial
but it wasnt quite a tutorial
more like a explanation of how an asset someone made works

austere nimbus Sep 19, 2022, 4:52 PM

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https://www.redblobgames.com/maps/terrain-from-noise

sweet forge Sep 19, 2022, 4:55 PM

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austere nimbus https://www.redblobgames.com/maps/terrain-from-noise

Oo interesting, i can see where this could be helpful with my project
as u said its not game maker but in theory stuff should work the same

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i can scrap stuff like climate and height cuz i dont need those

austere nimbus Sep 19, 2022, 4:56 PM

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Yeah definitely. Concepts carry anywhere.

sweet forge Sep 19, 2022, 4:58 PM

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I'll try understading how do i like, create objects using a perlin noise first
then imma do the rest
thanks this should hopefully help me out.

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Can i leave this forum without the "solved" tag until i get some results?

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so i wont have to make another post

austere nimbus Sep 19, 2022, 5:12 PM

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Definitely.

sweet forge Sep 19, 2022, 5:12 PM

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Okay
thx again

sweet forge Sep 19, 2022, 7:36 PM

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Alright, i have no idea how to get perlin noise working with game maker 😂

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