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utunnels

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Is it possible to generate a dwarf portrait...
« on: November 13, 2014, 11:31:26 pm »

I always think it's interesting to view the decription of a random dwarf and wonder how he/she actually looks, like "incredibly skinny", "long sideburns", "clean-shaven head", "brown skin", "round brass eyes"....

I wonder how hard can it be to develop something like this.
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Re: Is it possible to generate a dwarf portrait...
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2014, 11:56:10 pm »

It sounds like a fun project, however my programming skills are not at that level. It seems like it would be easy enough to create a sort of "dress-up-doll" program that takes the character definitions as variables and creates portraits. It would undoubtedly take a good amount of work, especially in the art department. I've seen programs like that before so I'm sure it can be done.
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Re: Is it possible to generate a dwarf portrait...
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2014, 11:59:02 pm »

I'd volunteer, if it were 2D. Of course, my contribution is worthless without coders.

Hey, let's make this a thing.
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