This thesis explores the possibility of combining a noise-based terrain generator with a multi-agent system-based citygenerator for use in overworld map generation for games.The resulting artifact is a generator capable of creating awide variety of landscapes and populating them with citiesthat take advantage of available space and resources. Thegenerated noise is used as a height map which is colorizedto form the basis of the terrain. City agents traverse the space, looking for an optimal place to settle within their view. Once they find their final position, each city creates a number of building agents based on the nearby resources. The city agents take each other and the terrain into account when deciding where the buildings shall be placed. Then, road agents connectfirst the houses, then the cities together. Lastly, points ofinterests such as dungeons, bandit camps and wizard towers are placed, their final positions determined in a similar fashion to the city agents. The analysis of the results indicate that the generator is capable of producing novel terrain, and cities that adapt somewhat well to their surroundings, but offer little variety in existing features from map to map. In addition, more control is necessary to implement the artifact into adevelopment workflow. Respondents rated the maps produced by the generator lower than a map from an existing game ,converted into a similar format, and on a similar level as another map, also from an existing game.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mau-69412 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Simonsson, Axel, Ekblad, Joakim |
| Publisher | Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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