Spaceship Generator

A Blender script to procedurally generate 3D spaceships from a random seed.

Usage

• Install Blender: http://blender.org/download/
• Open a Text Editor view
• Press Alt + O, or go to Text > Open Text Block and open spaceship_generator.py
• Press Alt + P or click Run script

How it works

• Start with a box.
• Build the hull: Extrude the front/rear faces several times, adding random translation/scaling/rotation along the way.
• Add asymmetry to the hull: Pick random faces and extrude them out in a similar manner, reducing in scale each time.
• Add detail to the hull: Categorize each face by its orientation and generate details on it such as engines, antenna, weapon turrets, lights etc.
• Sometimes apply horizontal symmetry.
• Add a Bevel modifier to angularize the shape a bit.
• Apply materials to the final result.
• Take over the universe with your new infinite fleet of spaceships.

Credits

Written for fun as part of the /r/proceduralgeneration June 2016 monthly challenge.

Released under the MIT License.

Authored and maintained by Michael Davies.

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