(Edit) right here: http://www.wordsaretoys.com/2012/10/10/the-index-of-the-spheres/ ‎

we are currently trying to nudge pavo into doing extra things. like: i want an editor for moving blocks around after they’ve been generated. trying to figure out how to make the blocks larger, even one large block for floor, one for ceiling and one for walls, so we can generate a pavo that can look like an outdoor scene. etc . in other words, trying to build an entire game environment with nothing but reiterations of pavo (in different folders/pages), with maybe some “easy does it” and “gas food and lodging” tossed in for good measure. 😀

i like easy does it “zoning” from one part of the cave to the next. that could be useful. by the way, how did you figure out the matrices for the model meshes? were you using a specific modeling program? cause i think we can import models in and place them in the game world, but we need to know how to make the meshes like you did for panel and ghosts.

star wars galaxies handled it by having a space station you “docked” with and then were given the option to go to the surface, which would then materialize you on the ground of the planet, which was just a big zone, not a rendered globe. there was no “flying down to the surface”.

anyway, thought you might like to see the silly stick figure (2d painted character, in an animated absolutely positioned div, glued to the window) walking in your pavo game. hehe
http://thelivingmoon.com/undomiel/game/homes/

see those images in the bottom right hand corner? i want to make those into image links, but everytime i read up on how to insert links onto canvas, it always sounds like charlie brown’s teacher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss2hULhXf04
i can read up on how to draw images on canvas or how to draw links onto canvas but i can’t find image links on canvas . it’s driving me kabonkers.

Regarding the “big question” about games that take you from space to ground: have you heard of No Man’s Sky? That’s a procedurally generated game that sounds like an attempt to do just what you’re taking about. I don’t think it’s out yet but I’ll certainly be keeping an eye on it.

what makes that important is that many planet textures, even in c++ engines, have no collison and some, just have simple collision. simple collision makes the ground solid, but buildings/walls and ships and other things that should be solid, are not. pavo’s noise + function, renders solid objects, but can also render things like color and light, which is not solid.

and this brings me to the really big question that has been bugging me for awhile now. why are there no games, where you can fly thru space, right down to the surface of a planet/moon, get out of your vehicle and walk around on the surface, enter 3d buildings and so on? it’s so frustrating being a game fanatic, without the ability to program the ideas in my head.