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EPC2018 | Wave Function Collapse in Bad North | Oskar Stalberg

BUas Games · 176.3K views · 2018-07-11 · 37:41

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Overview

Oskar Stalberg explains how Wave Function Collapse assembles island dioramas from handcrafted tilesets in Bad North. He covers the theory, implementation, tooling, and how he blends art and technology.

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The go-to talk whenever Wave Function Collapse, Townscaper or tile-based procedural generation comes up.

Recommended by 4 HN people across 5 months · HN mentions 2020–2024

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Game programming & enginesComputer graphics & renderingIndie game development
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What people said

btown · 2021-07 · Strong recommendation

The creator Oskar Stålberg has a great overview talk of Wave Function Collapse and how he applied it to his previous game Bad North - it’s absolutely worth a watch! [VIDEO]

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Cognitron · 2023-09 · Recommendation

Oskar Stålberg has some great talks on YouTube about how the systems in Bad North and Townscaper work. [VIDEO] [LINK] [LINK] [LINK]

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symmetricsaurus · 2022-12 · Recommendation

Oskar Stålberg has famously used WFC in Bad North and Townscaper. Here's a nice presentation from him explaining it: [VIDEO]

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