Spherical Voxel Planet Demo

[ZedaZ]

It was really cool hearing you explain the process *and* show what different tweaks did :0

[ArtObserverGameDev]

Awesome!!! Making problem into a cool dreamcory backroomsy feature

[godlessyuri]

Yeah, since mapping a flat plane onto a sphere is impossible, something like this might be the best you can do.

[AivoPaas]

"It's basically seamless" while there's a clear seam on the screen.

[jonathanschenck]

The 8 Non euclidean corner points of a cublic spereroid planet is grate for making houses with less materials.
Not to mention combining it with the Minecraft's non-euclidean geometry builds of the immersive portals mod.
So you can have a three-sided room or a five-sided room if you want hyperbolic rooms.😅

[jamieLtaker]

This video feels a lot older than one year, but anyway, interesting project

[nnomis]

but if the planet is so many blocks big cant you just let it be a sphere if you are close? u can see the distortion but not really good

[ArtObserverGameDev]

Maby that folding in the end can be done gradually

[random]

I keep looking for ideas on how to make a planets in a voxel game but I can't find anything that would function the way i want

[jonathanschenck]

this SoA version??
there's 7 versions.

[raiden]

how about making an icosphere combining the triangles that have been subdivided to create hexagons and pentagons? sure you have like 12 pentagonal voxels, but the vast majority of the voxels will be hexagonal, and hexagonal voxels are quite unique. If you don't want hexagonal voxes, just use your cube sphere method but instead of transitioning between the two, just have it be like that at any scale. Most voxels will be cubix except for the 8 corners that will be triangular and you will get quite a lot of distortion, hexagonal voxels don't prevent this fully but they are less noticble except for on the 12 corners.

[CruelSchmuel]

Very interesting method, have you made any progress yet?

[riten]

Why not just make a cubic solar system? Everything is a cube.

[TrippleXD]

i mean im impressed but as a game its shit