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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 to the Imperium, though not identical. | 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. | ||
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+ | The code is open source, and available on [[https:// | ||
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- | WorldGen is a world creation tool designed | + | Each world has its own unique surface map, physical characteristics and text description. These are procedurally generated according |
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+ | The current version, code named //Baryonic Blast//, is focused on getting the basics of civilisations completed. So far, some basic civilisation types have been written, for small outposts. | ||
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+ | The aim is create | ||
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+ | ===== Layers of Detail ===== | ||
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+ | ==== Sectors ==== | ||
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+ | At the largest scale, the galaxy is split into Sectors, each of which is 32 parsecs wide and 40 parsecs tall. Sectors are numbered from a central location, spiralling out in a clockwise fashion. The galaxy | ||
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+ | ==== Star Systems ==== | ||
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+ | 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. | ||
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+ | Since the orbits of every star, planet | ||
+ | ==== Planets ==== | ||
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+ | Planets make up the bulk of the data. They are classified according to the [[pcl]], which determines the broad characteristics of the planet. | ||
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