Creative Coding

Generative Landscapes

Real-time generative landscapes built with WebGL and noise algorithms. The system constructs terrain, vegetation, and atmospheric effects procedurally, allowing viewers to explore infinite synthetic environments through their browser.

In-engine screenshot of the terrain system — elevation mapped from layered Perlin and Worley noise.

System design. The landscape is entirely procedural: no hand-placed objects, no pre-baked textures. A multi-octave noise stack generates elevation, moisture, and temperature maps at runtime. Vegetation distribution follows ecological rules — conifers at high elevation, deciduous in valleys, sparse coverage on arid slopes.

Interaction. Viewers navigate with WASD + mouse, or let the autonomous camera tour the terrain. A day/night cycle runs in 8-minute loops, with atmospheric scattering shifting from golden hour to deep blue twilight. The entire stack runs at 60fps on consumer GPUs.

Year

2024