Brennan Rusnell | 9 Aug 2011 05:39
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Re: 2D Side Terrain generation

I'd recommend using Ridged Multifractals:



This is a great book on the topic:

Hope this helps.
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Brennan Rusnell

On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Joel B <onephatcat <at> earthlink.net> wrote:
Hello, I'm looking for algorithms for generating 2d terrain from a side view, like the old Defender game from the 80's, except with mountains grass, rocks, lakes etc instead of just lines.

Here is an example of what I have done in Photoshop:

http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/8125/examplelp.png

Anyone on this list have some suggestions? It doesn't have to be real time, although that would be interesting too.

 - Joel
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