README updated 2022-05-21
This is a Research, Discovery, and Testing environment for procedural graphics - one of the core technologies used in Corpusim.
We've worked on squamous epithelial tissues (flaky, flat, barrier layers) and bone tissue trabeculae (interior, lace-like "spongy bone").
This project is written in Godot 3.4 and the voxel-tools plugin.
W A S D : Forward, Left, Backward, Right (Strafe)
Space Shift : Up, Down
Mouse : Look / Rotate
Mouse Wheel : Shrink (Zoom)
Mouse Buttons : Add / Remove Tissue (Voxels)
F11 : Fullscreen toggle
Toggle the VR Mode check box in the PlayerProbe Scene
VR Headset will replace mouse for Look / Rotate
We're learning how to procedurally construct the requisite anatomical shapes using SDF-based voxels.
Procedural textures are then applied using triplanar mapping and a fragment shader.
We are also using vertex shaders to animate the debris floating around - the dead, sloughed epithelial tissue.
We are making extensive use of the Voxel Tools plugin, written by Zylann.
This requires installing Godot from source, as Zylann describes here.
If you want to contribute to the graphics work, I highly recommend reading the documentation.