Vertex Meadow

MAKE A WORLD (Firefox or Chrome recommended)

About

Vertex Meadow is a tool that renders 2D images as explorable 3D terrain. With it you can create detailed and unusual 3D environments to explore using a 2D paint-program-like interface and your webcam.

The tool runs in a browser using webgl and you can export your creations and upload them to third party hosting services such as itch.io or gamejolt.

You can also chain together multiple levels by creating triggers in your level that cause the player's browser to jump to a URL of your choice.

↓↓↓Scroll down for important usage tips↓↓↓

Examples

Mildly Coloured Polka Zone by BlueBerrySoft	Castles by Ian MacLarty	Deck 9 by Ian MacLarty	war remains by nuuup
City of Gold by Ian MacLarty	Iceberg by Ian MacLarty	Crystal Caves by Ian MacLarty	Death Grips presents Smirnoff the Licensed Cave Game Russian Vodka Prank GONE WRONG Pranks gone wild 2016 OFFICIAL PrankstersXDTV Game by nuuup
Valley of Desolation by Sally MacLarty	Forest by Hisashimaru	Tripod by Ben Porter	On Getting Lost by nuuup
spectrum by @mchaza	Tundra by @Fengxii	purple maze by Sally MacLarty	beneath a stained sky by @foodshipnine
Home Improvement Megastore by Ian MacLarty	Fruit Flavoured Happy Place by Ian MacLarty	hell cavern by vivaizix	crevices by vivaizix
Eyes by Ian

Tips

• Press E to toggle edit mode
• Some views change colour and some change height
• Some views affect the ground and some affect the sky
• Some views affect terrain and some affect detailing
• Alpha = Height
• While in edit mode hold H and move your mouse left and right to change brush height
• Hold Z, X, Y or R and move your mouse along the x axis to change brush size and rotation
• Press T to reset brush size and rotation
• Hold N or M and move your mouse along the x axis to change the curve of the brush
• Hold shift and move your mouse to pan
• Use your mouse wheel to zoom, or use the 0 and 9 keys
• Press L to place a link while in explore mode (i.e. not edit mode)
• If you walk off the edge of the map, press J to go back to the start position
• If the app looses mouse capture, press E to exit edit mode (so you don't accidentally draw) and then click to regain capture
• The blend modes are:
  • +: additive (increases height, makes colours brighter)
  • -: subtractive (subtracts height, makes colours darker)
  • a: alpha blending (good for colour views)
  • =: no blending (good for setting exact height)
  • *: multiplicative (use to reduce height while preserving shape)
• Set the flow to zero if you want to stamp once with each click
• You can create custom brushes by pressing C. This will replace the current brush with whatever is under the cursor.

Exporting

Toggle edit mode (E) and then click EXPORT. After a short wait a zip file should download. You can then upload this zip to a hosting site such as itch.io or your own webserver. Note that the export needs to be accessed from a webserver to work. Opening the index.html file locally will not work in all browsers due to security restrictions.

Source code

If you have feedback, find a bug or make something nice, please let me know by email: ian -at- ianmaclarty.com or via twitter: @ianmaclarty.

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