Space Explorer - Prototype

Small technical study on procedural, spherical meshes constructed with marching cubes for a project with a wider scope. To keep them muscles warm!

The gravity system is heavily inspired in the different interactions with the ground planes in Mario Galaxy. A small demo course is also available in the circumference of the planet. 

I... had a thing for planets as a kid, and I never got to play Mario Galaxy on my own until years later. This is payback. Lol. 

The use of the gravity system was not something I considered at fist, but instead something that I saw on youtube one day after spending the morning trying to fix the old gravity system, which just alligned you geometrically. This opened the doors to caves, since now I had always a right side up, even in a spherical surface.

This gravity field is manipulated based on internal planet profiles. Things like color are also influenced by this. Each planet makes use of a scalable version of the spherical gravity field shape to create bigger walkable planets that share the same orbital feeling. The custom shader that I made for this planet emulates planet namek! I will add the ability to reroll or at least choose the colors of planets in the future. 

Ahem, Anyways...

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CONTROLS:
- Move the mouse around to look. Press the mouse wheel to refocus, and use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out.
- Use the WASD to move, jump with Space
- Mine the planet with left click and generate terrain with right click. Generating terrain is a bit wonky, but works with patience.

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I hope I could say I will do more with this with assurance, but it really is an ambitious project! We'll see what happens.

Developed in May 2025 by Hachi/Vibeware