Description

A little experimental game I've been working on recently, where you fly around a tiny version of the world and deliver packages to various cities. Would love to hear any ideas you might have about how this could be taken further! The next episode about this project's development is now available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXD97l7ZT0w The source files for this project are available here: https://github.com/SebLague/Geographical-Adventures. If you'd like to support my work, and get early access to new videos and projects, please consider becoming a Patron of the channel over here: https://www.patreon.com/SebastianLague Earth data from: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/ https://www.gebco.net/data_and_products/gridded_bathymetry_data/ https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/collection/1484/blue-marble?page=2 Music: Faith - Michael FK It Will Come Back - The Stolen Orchestra Icicle Caverns - Cast of Characters On Earth - We Dream of Eden Nightingale - Emorie Heart Caligraphy - Cody Martin Cosmic Waves - Michael FK Living - Borrtex Wonderland - Shimmer Falling Through the Hourglass - Sid Acharya The Art of Loneliness - ANBR Another Time Another Place - Sounds Like Sander Summit - Gray North Parachutes - Michael FK Chapters: 0:00 Intro (feat. Ori) 0:36 In Which a Cube Becomes a Sphere 2:06 Topography and Bathymetry 2:38 Latitude and Longitude Conversions 3:24 A Vertically Exaggerated World 6:10 Flying About the Planet 7:35 Frustum Culling Optimization 8:20 Generating a Normal Map 10:09 A Splash of Colour 10:39 Countries and Cities 12:06 Drawing Borders 13:07 Country Highlights 15:37 Drawing the Oceans 18:01 Some Gigantic Boats 20:05 Cloud Experiments 24:08 Custom Shadow Casting 25:39 Atmosphere Test 26:44 Parachuting Packages 28:00 Let's Play! 31:27 Outro (feat. Ori and Beemo)