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====== WorldGen ====== | ====== WorldGen ====== | ||
- | WorldGen is a world creation tool designed to generate a living universe of stars and planets for use in a Science Fiction RPG similar to Traveller. When it was originally written over ten years ago, it was designed to directly read UWP data and simply expand it to include multiple planets per star system. The latest version is currently focused on building systems from scratch, with no concerns as to the UWP. However, the style and flavour will be similar to the Imperium, though not identical. | + | [[https:// |
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+ | WorldGen is a world creation tool designed to generate a living universe of stars and planets for use in a Science Fiction RPG similar to Traveller. When it was originally written over fifteen | ||
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+ | The code is open source, and available on [[https:// | ||
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- | WorldGen is a world creation tool designed to generate a living universe of stars and planets for use in a Science Fiction RPG similar to Traveller. When it was originally written over ten years ago, it was designed to directly read UWP data and simply expand it to include multiple planets per star system. The latest version is currently focused on building systems from scratch, with no concerns as to the UWP. However, the style and flavour will be similar | + | Each world has its own unique surface map, physical characteristics |
- | Specifically, as the example below shows, the amount | + | The current version, code named //Baryonic Blast//, is focused on getting |
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+ | The aim is create a living universe, so it's goal is to track the movement | ||
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==== Star Systems ==== | ==== Star Systems ==== | ||
- | A star system normally consists of one or more stars plus a system of planets. It is possible for a system to consist only of a single rogue planet, or several stars with dozens of planets, moons and asteroid belts. | + | A [[systems|star system]] normally consists of one or more stars plus a system of planets. It is possible for a system to consist only of a single rogue planet, or several stars with dozens of planets, moons and asteroid belts. |
+ | Since the orbits of every star, planet and moon will be known, it is possible to show a map of where everything is in the system for any given time (currently, simple two-body circular orbits are assumed). | ||
==== Planets ==== | ==== Planets ==== | ||
worldgen/index.txt · Last modified: 2024/05/04 17:48 by sam