[gameprogrammer] Re: Randomly generated tile-based background
- From: "MyName" <tg777@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 21:31:45 -0700
Hi Scott,
Your approach is pretty clear. I'm going to do what you suggested. I'm also
thinking why it seems that random tiled background is not popular in arcade
style games. Performance probably is one important reason. If it turns out
to be true, I may come up with my code looking for help. Thank you.
Douglas Chen
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From: "Scott Harper" <lareon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 12:58 AM
Subject: [gameprogrammer] Re: Randomly generated tile-based background
> Hi. I hope I'm not misinterpreting, but it doesn't seem that you'd need
> much of an algorithm. Really, you need to have tiles that CAN mesh
> sides, and then you just (using one of the many random number generators
> out there) select one of them to throw on. If you want to have a few
> options, then you just make a bunch of tiles (say, six categories --
> left type A and B; top A and B; bottom A and B. (this assumes the tiles
> will be added on to the right side of the screen only, of course). Now,
> since you know which tiles are on the right-most edge when you need to
> generate NEW ones, you simply generate new matching tiles from some
> pre-defined lists of which images can tile to which others, based on
> their properties. I.E. the top-right-most tile need only match its left
> type with the previous one's right type, whereas the next one down must
> match both the left to its previous's right and its top to the first
> one's bottom.
>
> It sounds complex, and is probably slightly more than a little work to
> do, but certainly not insurmountable. FWIW, random scrolling sounds
> like a fun idea! Good idea, and good luck with it. I hope my
> explanation helps more than confuses. -- _I_ know what I'm thinking at
> least ^_^.
>
> --Scott
>
> MyName wrote:
>
>>Hello everyone,
>>I'm a newbie, and doing a small side-scrolling aircraft shooting game. I
>>want this game to have a dynamic tile-based background that just likes in
>>a traditional arcade shooting game except it is random generated at run
>>time . So the background will always look different when scrolling. Does
>>anyone know where I can get information about the algorithm for randomly
>>generating a tile-based background? Are there any good tools/utilities out
>>there for designing tiles for this purpose?
>>
>
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