Hex World Creator/ Hex of Life

by Raymond Pederson

Description

A world builder (written in C++ / GLUT / OpenGL) involving textures, reading in DDS files, interpreting mouse clicks, multiple lighting effects, with user ability to save/load files, and the use of Hexagons of course.

In addition, a small simulation called the "Hex of Life" can be ran which user timer functionality, multiple lighting effects, and use of my HexData/HexArray Structure.

Features (World Creator)

• Putting in custom textures of the DDS format. (the DDS file must have premade mip maps!!!)
• Put/remove textures into hexagon locations using mouse clicks (drag mouse to put in multiples of same texture)
• Mouse clicks converted into hexagons positions; even when the camera moves
• Move the camera multiple directions at once (buffered camera movement)
• Light effect over each hexagon (directional in world builder/ point light in Hex of Life)
• Save and Load files using .txt files
• Build HexData and HexArray structure to be used in creating games

Features (Hex of Life)

• Shows a simulation used with hexagon creator
• Shows Conway's Game of Life with hexagons
• Alpha: lighting effect which dims and then brightens between each phase
• Can load in different maps to see the simulation happen differently

Pictures of Hexagon Creator:

Hello World (for hexagon creator)!

Beginnings of Settlers of Catan map (tundra = desert).

A spiral.

Three islands.

Pictures of Hex of Life:

Beginning Map.

After 1 movement.

After a few moves/

Sources

• Hex Games - Excellent source of hex based algorithms (making them and making bouding boxes for hexes)
• Open GL tutorial- Textures - Superb resource on how to read in DDS files/ understanding UV coordinates (algorithm I used almost identical to the example given- so credit of DDS loader give to the creato of this website)
• Polygon Outlines - Used as a minor reference in making the hex outlines.
• How to make DDS - How I made DDS files.
• Buffer movement - Main ideal of how to do buffered movements.
• Hex of Life - Used as a reference to basic algorithm of "Hex of Life" simulation (yet I altered it slightly).

Download

Warning: code is not at all guaranteed to be clean, makes only work for linux machines.
Source