Hey I made this
well, it's something I've been working on a little while. This is the exclusive bay12 edition
Software to create your own 3D planets. Screenshots are shown below.
(BTW the intro screen options really aren't linked to anything in the current version, just hit enter for each one)
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110902 where you can fly around a 'galaxy' of 300+ stars, visit planets, etc. This disables the create a 'home' planet feature, at least for now. The previous version
110827 allows you to create and view (for screenshots) a custom planet. It's pretty out-of-date though.
110902 adds collide with planets & stars(non-fatal though, lol), better enemies with movement using the 3D system of the player
110901b adds customization for gamepad in the ini file "default.txt"
110901a adds support for joystick/gamepad control + a fully 3D camera
110901 adds "default.txt" a mod file with syntax inspired by Dwarf Fortress's raws. This will be expanded on in the future, to allow custom content. Right now it's more for graphical tweaking and allows you to set several variables used in generating planets and the solar systems. if you're getting really high frame rates you can try and tweak the graphic detail upwards.
110831 adds texture bump-mapping, and some experimental "borg" things which have Neural Network AI which mutates & evolves over time (stores state between runs of the program). I'll make these scriptable / programmable later on.
110829 added in variable Level of Detail as you fly around, so that all stars, planets etc should be rendered nicely when you are close up. There is wrap-around of the galaxy area, so you never hit the edge of the system. There might be some detail popping visible now and then, but this has not been tweaked yet.
From Latest Version:
From 110827 Version: Planet URIST (default planet)