Lynda - Unity 5 2D: Generate Procedural Terrain

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Learn how to procedurally generate infinite 2D terrain—including biomes with Perlin noise, cities, and even interior structures—with Unity 5. Dan Violet Sagmiller shows how to generate terrain in real time, blend different terrain types, animate complex surfaces such as water, and use serialization techniques to load and save content quickly.

Introduction

Welcome

Using the exercise files

1. Infinite Tiles

Getting an image on the screen

Tiling the images

Randomizing tiles

Working with Perlin noise

Moving the map

Redrawing the map

2. Better Looking Terrain

Techniques for seamless tiles

Simplifying management with layered terrain

Animating water

Adding a character to walk around

Identifying blocked pieces

Aligning blocked pieces

Preventing walking on blocked pieces

3. Biomes

Generating markers

Understanding variant edges

Understanding variant tiles

4. City Layout

Generating city data

Creating a single-building city

Working with multiple buildings in a city

Creating a large block of buildings

Designing city areas

Adding roads

Preventing walking on buildings

5. Inside Buildings

More info on buildings

Marking a building enterable

Changing scenes on building enter

Storing city information

Generating the building interior

Adding the player

Creating a multiroom interior

Removing wasted tiles

Player starts on floor

Adding walls

Preventing walking on walls

Aligning the walls with blocking

Adding a door

Returning to terrain

Step outside from a building

6. Saving and Loading

Editing map

Understanding caching

Caching buildings

Serializing the cache

Testing the serialization

Conclusion

Next steps