I Tried Creating a Game Using Real-World Geographic Data

Описание: 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!

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Source code and game download:
GitHub: https://github.com/SebLague/Geographi...
Play: https://sebastian.itch.io/geographica...

Credits:
https://www.naturalearthdata.com/
https://www.gebco.net/data_and_produc...
https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/collect...
Music: https://github.com/SebLague/Misc-Proj...

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)