Aug
19
2012

Unlimited 2D Perlin Caves

An article by mgear

Never-ending Perlin Noise 2D caves. Quick test version, you can move around.. (see also version/image#2 below)

Todo/ideas:
– Movement too fast
– Fog of War?
– Destructable walls? (Problem: How to save them? If you go back to same direction, map is generated on the fly from perlin..how it would know this block was destroyed?)
– Different materials? Sand? Stone?
– Random item spawns?
– Monsters?
– Try Improved Perlin Noise?

Added version 2.0:
– Lights
– Mining laser
– Dirt & Rock layers (rock cannot be destroyed with default laser)
– Block destruction
– MouseWheel camera zoom
– Particles on block destruction

Notes:
– Whaaat?! There is buildin command in Unity, how did I not see it before(?): Mathf.PerlinNoise()

Webplayer:
http://unitycoder.com/upload/demos/UnlimitedPerlinCaves2D/ (v1.0)
http://unitycoder.com/upload/demos/UnlimitedPerlinCaves2D2/ (v2.0)

Download source:
perlincaves.unityPackage (js)

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Image#2

Tags: 2d, caves, chunks, dirt, minecraft, noise, perlin, perlin noise, rock, terrain, unlimited

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10 Comments + Add Comment

mgear 19/08/2012 at 14:17

Added V2.0 webplayer

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Marrt 23/08/2012 at 05:14

Never-ending Perlin Noise 2D caves, i love em!

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zeta 25/08/2012 at 15:46

Cant wait for this to get released 😀

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Spanda 21/09/2012 at 17:40

When will the source be available?

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Matt 06/07/2013 at 16:34

Looks really good, can’t wait for the source.

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po 01/11/2013 at 12:00

When will the source be available?

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Ben 23/02/2014 at 14:35

When will you share the source code?

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Alonso Garrote 05/06/2014 at 05:33

Hi there, when can we see the source code?, its been like 2 years, please?

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- mgear 05/06/2014 at 19:03
  
  thanks for reminding 😮 , source added!
  
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mgear 19/09/2015 at 00:37

Creating Meshes : Cave generation
http://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/modules/advanced/scripting/procedural-cave-generation-pt3?playlist=17117

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