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<\/p>\nHow do you create theses insect\/plant like critters<\/p>\n
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from these basic shapes?<\/p>\n
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That was the question I posed myself for the Ludum Dare 24 compo. The theme was evolution and I wanted to create some little critters which could change there appearance smoothly.<\/p>\n
The basic shapes you see above can be easily described using polar coordinates<\/a>.<\/p>\n Polar coordinates express a 2D curve in the form r(t). For each angle t the function r(t) gives the radius at this angle. Here are the definitions of the simple shapes above:<\/p>\n Now how do we get the complex shapes? Easy: they are formed buy just using a linear combination<\/a> of the simple shapes.<\/p>\n For example we use the two simple shape functions r_star(t) and r_cardioid(t) and form the linear combination r(t) = a*r_star(t) + b*r_cardioid(t). Using a and b equal to 0.5 yields the third shape you can see above.<\/p>\n You can use my critter generator to create your own critters<\/a>.<\/p>\n Also, play and rate<\/a> my compo entry!<\/p>\n Tags: compo<\/a>, post-mortem<\/a>, postmortem<\/a>, techniques<\/a>, unity3d<\/a><\/p> \n