Computer Game Development and Design 2020/21 fall

Lab 15 - Procedural Generation

Max Score: 1 point (you only have to submit an image)

The goal of this lab is to create a shader that combines multiple layers of noise to generate heightmap for a terrain. Here are some examples of how your terrain might look like:

Download base files: Attach:ProceduralBaseFile.zip

Task:

• Create a new Unity 3D project, add base files.
• Create materials for Terrain and MapData shaders.
• Add a cube object to the scene with the terrain material and terrain script.
• Add another camera to the scene, rename it "Render Camera".
• Adjust your Render Camera: projection = orthographic, size = 0.5, ClippingPlanes = (5, 10), ViewportRect = (0, 0, 1, 1).
• Add MapRenderer script to the Render Camera.
• Remove Render Camera Audio Listener, GUI Layer, and Flare Layer components.
• Add a quad to your scene such that it fills the Render Camera.
• Parent the quad under the Render Camera.
• Set camera culling masks such that the render camera sees only quad and the main camera sees everything else except the quad.
• Add your map data material to the quad.
• Increase CountX and CountY values in the Terrain script.
• Make sure your game generates bumpy terrain once you hit "run" button.
• Edit your Terrain shader, adding different color values according to the heights.
• Edit your MapData shader turning it into Billow or Ridged noise as shown in the Lecture.

Bonus (up to 1 point): create a more interesting landscape (you can experiment with other mathematical functions as well). You can also add animations and submit a gif instead.

Submission

Submit a picture of your generated terrain.