Impressive ship designs from algorithm

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Pixel_Outlaw
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Impressive ship designs from algorithm

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So I've stumbled across this gem today.

Some very impressive ship designs procedurally made in Blender via a Python script.

They are kind of 90's Sci-Fi but man I'd love to shoot a few down. (Looks to put guns on em too) 8)
https://github.com/a1studmuffin/SpaceshipGenerator/

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That's great! For some reason it reminds me of the technobabble generator, which has found its way into some of my presentations and demos...
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There is also an algorithm for 2D work by Dave Bollinger:
http://davebollinger.org/works/pixelspaceships/

Our own the2bears used it in a game a Riders on the Storm while back.
http://www.the2bears.com/?p=703
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Not to be negative, but I'm not really feeling them.
They're too boxy. I prefer a more aerodynamic look.

That said, It's still really cool that these were autonomysly designed, though.
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