Sheenu-Project 10-Generative Landscape

sketch

//Sheenu You
//Section E
//sheenuy@andrew.cmu.edu
//Project-10
var tspeed=0.0001
var td=.0005
var signs = [];
function preload(){
	var carcar ="https://i.imgur.com/2n8J78A.png";
	car=loadImage(carcar)

}
function setup() {
    createCanvas(480, 480);
    background(248,177,149);
    for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++){
    signs[i]=makesigns();
	}
}
function draw() {
	 background(248,177,149);
    fill(246,114,128); 
    noStroke();
    beginShape(); 
    //Terrain
    for (var x = 0; x < width; x++) {
        var t = (x * td) + (millis() * tspeed);
        var y = map(noise(t), 0,1, 0, height);
        vertex(x, y); 
        vertex(0,250)
        vertex(480,250)
    }
    endShape();
    rectMode(CORNERS)
    //Ground
    fill(246,114,128); 
    rect(0,250,480,480)
    fill(192,108,132)
    rect(0,270,480,480)
    //Draw Sticks
    updatesigns();
    removesigns();
    addsigns();
    //Draw Ground again
    fill(108,91,123)
    rect(0,290,480,480)
    fill(53,92,125)
    rect(0,320,480,480)
    //Car
    image(car,130,247,210,75)
}
//Sticks
//Make signs move or grow
function updatesigns(){
	for (var i=0;i<signs.length;i++){
		signs[i].move();
		signs[i].display();
	}
}
//Remove signs when they come to the end
function removesigns(){
var signstokeep =[];
	for (var i=0;i<signs.length;i++){
		if(signs[i].x+signs[i].breadth>0){
			signstokeep.push(signs[i]);
		}
	}
	signs=signstokeep;
}
//Generate the signs
function addsigns(){
	var newsignchance=.1;
	if(random(0,1)<newsignchance){
		signs.push(makesigns(width));
	}
}
//Make signs move
function signsmove(){
	this.x-=15
}
//Draw one sign
function signdisplay(){
	var floorHeight = 20;
    var bHeight = this.nFloors * floorHeight; 
    fill(255); 
    push();
    translate(this.x, height - 40);
    fill(108,91,123)
    rect(0, -bHeight-200, 7, bHeight);
    stroke(200); 
    pop();
}
//Generate signs at a certain location
function makesigns(birthLocationX) {
    var sgn={x: birthLocationX,
                breadth: 50,
                speed: -1.0,
                nFloors: round(random(2,8)),
                move: signsmove,
                display: signdisplay}
    return sgn;
}

I sometimes think about the times when me and my family go on vacation for a road trip and take a drive on the road. I would always be the one looking through the side window; observing all the cars, the signs, the billboards, and the nature around us. I always found the background around us fascinating and ephemeral moments that zoom past my sight of vision within seconds. This is why I chose to make this a car driving by mountains and sticks on a road. I used a color palette to distinguish depth in the background and also color objects such as mountains, sticks, walls, and the car itself. I used the building generation template and the mountain generation template as a reference.

Preliminary drawing made on MS Paint

Author: Sheenu You

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