Uploaded September 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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An explanation and comparison of 4 different techniques for generating and rendering a low-poly terrain.

Try the runnable demo:
dropbox.com/sh/k50zuozclu0ifgn/AACpeUp-9XxKkSHhWxNMiwkra?dl=0

Finished code on GitHub:
github.com/TheThinMatrix/LowPolyTerrain

Download the finished code (requires lwjgl.jar and lwjgl_utils.jar):
dropbox.com/sh/51wukf4u075kb4h/AADIE8kkQjHczcS2xN46BhSma?dl=0

Download the starting code (requires lwjgl.jar and lwjgl_utils.jar):
dropbox.com/sh/dtbx5d15pytsa6e/AABliONhIHfsvQve_nGm2JIga?dl=0

Full OpenGL tutorial playlist:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRIWtICgwaX0u7Rf9zkZhLoLuZVfUksDP

Procedural Generation Tutorial:
youtu.be/qChQrNWU9Xw

Geometry Shader Tutorials:
youtu.be/C8FK9Xn1gUM
youtu.be/r2hue52wLF4


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End of video music- Kai Engel, "Waking Stars":
freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Evening_Colors/01_-_Waking_Stars