Tag: terrain
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The World Generation of Minecraft
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This is a companion article to the documentary about the world generation of Minecraft, which you can see below. This is a chance to expand on the content, including more information and resources that was not possible to include in the original 45 minutes of the video. Have you ever wondered how many grains of…
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Topographical Maps in Unity: Edge Detection
This tutorial will teach you how to recreate a very popular effect in games: topographical maps. This is a two-part series, which will cover all the necessary aspects—from the Maths to the shader code—to make this possible: In this second part, we will focus on the edge detection algorithm that will be used to draw…
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Topographical Maps in Unity: Terrain Shading
This tutorial will teach you how to recreate a very popular effect in games: topographical maps. This is a two-part series, which will cover all the necessary aspects—from the Maths to the shader code—to make this possible: A link to download the full Unity package is also available at the end of the tutorial.