OpenSimplex2 VS LearnOpenGL

Wow you have been playing with noise for a while :) . It amazes me all the different noises that exist now.. Perlin, Simplex, OpenSimplex, OpenSimplex2S, OpenSimplex2F, Worley... If you are curious about OpenSimplex https://github.com/KdotJPG/OpenSimplex2

Probably true, although a neat repo for open simplex is https://github.com/KdotJPG/OpenSimplex2

This may not answer what you're actually looking for - but a few years ago I found a library for coherent noise in Java, which at least meets my needs. I use bits and pieces of the Open Simplex Noise implementation from that library. It's unlicense/CC0, so easily copy-paste-able straight in to one's own project. https://github.com/KdotJPG/OpenSimplex2/

So I was looking for a noise function, and I found this repo from the author of the OpenSimplex algorithm. And in the GLSL implementation, which is the one I'm gonna use, since I want to generate terrain with compute shaders, the function%20%7B) looks like this:

If you want to feel safer from that, you might opt to use one of these instead. Use the ImproveXY endpoint to get a Z that repeats after 500.5626833874055. Go up one directory and into the glsl directory if you need GLSL versions instead .

Fair. I definitely agree Simplex has some characteristics that don't work great in some places. Especially when you threshold near zero of a single octave. Have you tried OpenSimplex2S? It's made to be less "bubbly" than standard simplex. In own repo, In FastNoiseLite, [Shader preview (3D noise)[https://www.shadertoy.com/view/ttdGR8]. Both the 2D function and 2D slices of the 3D function might be worth looking into if you haven't yet.

Here's a link to the original implementation: github.com/KdotJPG/OpenSimplex2/blob/master/glsl/OpenSimplex2.glsl

Also recommended: LearnOpenGL [1] and Vulkan Guide [2]

[1]: https://learnopengl.com/

I want to begin game development as a hobby, but I'm unsure where to start. I did follow through https://learnopengl.com/ a few years ago, and while it was a very interesting experience, I imagine I would need to use an existing engine to be productive.

Do you recommend any books and tutorials aimed at experienced programmers with 0 knowledge of game development/design?

- Game development - Unity3D project based learning in C#: https://learn.unity.com/ - Graphics - There was another user on r/GraphicsProgramming the other day (who teaches Computer Graphics at his university) that linked their lecture series for the entry year of their course here: https://tamats.com/learn/realtime-graphics/ - Project based learning: https://github.com/ssloy/tinyrenderer/wiki - Rendering API tutorials: https://vulkan-tutorial.com/, https://learnopengl.com/

If u want to make 3D game, you'll probably want to learn some 3D shader graphic stuff. OpenGL is a good start. https://learnopengl.com

LearnOpenGl.com

Possibly a smidge outdated.

Goes from blank window to rendering 3d meshes with advanced lighting techniques (HDR, SSAO and more).

Heped me understand shader pipeline, so I recommend it.

https://learnopengl.com

and then https://learnopengl.com/

I'm reading the guest article about frustum culling on learnopengl.com and there's a video demonstrating how it works and for debug purposes they have a bunch of spheres turning red or green which I assume means they're being culled or not so my question is if I wanted to do this do I have to make a mesh for whatever bounding volume shape or is there a specific method for something like this?