Random walkers and MineCraft

General
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I was watching this video
(3) Procedural World Generation | How does it work? - YouTube

Time Stamp: 15:06

I thought the generation of dirt looks similar to a random walker that jumped to a random position after a random number of moves.

I’ve not long finished the ‘images’ section of the P5.js course and wondered if it was possible to create an image from a sketch?

I was hoping,

  • To use a random walker to generate caves and ores on a canvas,
  • convert the canvas into an image array using createImage() and loadPixels(),
  • colour pick the pixels using get() to be used as a map for a level,
  • and to place tiles(small images) according to the pixel colour of the image array.

I wanted to check my logic, since I’m new to this and not 100% sure if this is how createImage() works.
I looked at get(), but the reference implies this is used for images only.

I’d like to know if I started this project,
is it possible to do in this way,
or will it be a fight against code and its intended purpose?

Is this a project I should be trying to create when still new to code?
or should I wait until I’ve learnt more?

Its just the conversion of a canvas into an array I want to try,
NOT the creation of MineCraft

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Sure, all of the above seems pretty reasonable!

You might also want to check out the createGraphics() function, which gives you a p5.Graphics object that you can draw to. This is a little like an off-screen canvas that you can call using any p5 drawing function. And you can then draw your p5.Graphics to the screen, or save it to a file if you want.