a_pleasant_stroll/mapgen.lua

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Lua

--- Procedural generation methods
function init_mapgen()
uid_seed = 2229 -- arbitrarily chosen number
-- block_size = 64
-- biome_size = 128
-- Metadata for different biomes
-- frequencies don't have to add up to 100, but they should by convention
-- tile_frequencies tuples are {frequency, sprite_index}, see index_map.md
biome_data = {
grassland = {
biome_frequency = 75,
tile_frequencies = { {40, 2}, {28, 5}, {28, 6}, {3, 3}, {1, 4} }
},
forest = {
biome_frequency = 20,
tile_frequencies = { {60, 2}, {20, 4}, {5, 3}, {5, 5}, {4, 7}, {5, 6}, {1, 8} }
},
desert = {
biome_frequency = 5,
tile_frequencies = { {80, 9}, {10, 11}, {6, 13}, {3, 12}, {1, 10} },
}
}
-- Why is this hard-coded separately from the biome_data? glad you asked.
-- Lua's pairs() function appears not to guarantee a consistent return order,
-- and we want our world to be deterministically generated,
-- so the biome_metadata array needs to have its entries appear consistently.
biome_list = {"grassland", "forest", "desert"}
-- this is the frequency list for the biomes themselves
biome_metadata = {}
for i=1,#biome_list do
local biome = biome_list[i]
-- add the biome's name N times to the biome metadata 'hat'
for i=1,biome_data[biome]["biome_frequency"] do
add(biome_metadata, biome)
end
build_biome(biome, biome_data[biome])
end
end
-- build the lookup table for a given biome, based on the biome_meta data for
-- that string.
function build_biome(biome_name, data)
local meta_frequencies = data["tile_frequencies"]
local tile_lookup = {}
for i=1,#meta_frequencies do
local tuple = meta_frequencies[i]
for j=1,tuple[1] do
add(tile_lookup, tuple[2])
end
end
data["tile_lookup"] = tile_lookup
end
-- generates a unique identifier for a position
-- uses srand() and rand() to get an unpredictable value (is this too slow?)
-- the two seed values are randomly chosen. Change them and change the world.
function generate_uid(pos_x, pos_y)
srand((pos_x + 2229) * (pos_y + 12295))
return flr(rnd(0xffff))
end
-- given an {x,y} position, calculates the aligned starting position for the
-- biome that position is in.
-- biomes are currently defined to be 128x128
function calculate_biome_pos(pos_x, pos_y)
return flr(pos_x / 128), flr(pos_y / 128)
end
-- determines which biome a given world map position should be,
-- returns the object out of the biome_data table
function get_biome_name(pos_x, pos_y)
local biome_pos_x, biome_pos_y = calculate_biome_pos(pos_x, pos_y)
local uid = generate_uid(biome_pos_x, biome_pos_y)
return biome_metadata[(uid % #biome_metadata) + 1]
end
-- determine what sprite to render for a given position.
-- todo: this needs the ability to have a list of 'changed' tiles to check against.
function get_tile(pos_x, pos_y)
local biome_name = get_biome_name(pos_x, pos_y)
local biome = biome_data[biome_name]
local uid = generate_uid(pos_x, pos_y)
return biome["tile_lookup"][(uid % #biome["tile_lookup"]) + 1]
end
-- generate the map and writes to the map area from 0 - block_size,
-- assuming 'start' as the top-left corner of the map area to generate.
-- writes block_size x block_size tiles
-- after a call to generate_map you should always center the camera/player over the map, i.e.
-- camera at { (block_size / 2) - 8, (block_size / 2) - 8 }
function generate_map(start_x, start_y)
for x=0,63 do
for y=0,63 do
mset(x, y, get_tile(start_x+x, start_y+y))
end
end
end