Ground Collapse

Getting ideas for in-game levels or artistic patterns can sometimes be a burden. Why waste time thinking about how a particular background should look, when you could randomly generate tons of unique versions in seconds, with a simple tool called Group Collapse? What this application does is combine a number of tiles with the sole purpose of creating an infinitely extended map or background. Once loaded, the application will use the introduced assets and generate lengths of random texture without end.

While, generally speaking, there is little reason to actually try such an application, one could very well find a new purpose for it, mostly in the game industry, but also in creating art, abstract art that is. The downside, in this case, is the fact that the application does not have a well-developed interface. It's a bit tricky to operate, especially when it comes to loading or saving created assets. Still, it doesn't require too many skills either.

The fact that this small app was written using Python means that as long as whatever tool or game you're developing is Python-friendly, integrating this program and its capabilities with your own project will be as close as possible to a breeze. Functionality provided by Ground Collapse could especially be useful when creating a platformer that relies on randomly generated levels. This could indeed be an advantage in comparison to other similar products.

Ground Collapse is not really an application for the more demanding of users. It's a basic app offering unique functionality to a small group of individuals, most of them interested in game development, but some interested in plastic arts too. There's little else to do with it other than generating random unique patterns, and as a result it will not appeal to most. To those that it will, in the end, there is plenty to gain and a lot of potential to unleash.