Magnus Opus has been working on a very cool new project. He has created a Weapon Generator that randomly creates different weapons. This would be a great addition to any FPS game in addition to just being plain good old fashioned fun to play with.
I’m working on a procedural weapon generator like the one Gearbox used for Borderlands. Basically, I modeled weapon parts and stored them in a dictionary along with what effects they have on the weapon’s stats. Then the generator assembles a unique weapon made up of random parts. For now, the only parts I made are 2 lower receivers, 2 upper receivers, 2 stocks, 2 rear sights, 2 barrel shrouds, 3 front sights, and 4 flash hiders. There’s only 1 grip, 1 magazine, and 1 barrel. However, even with these few parts, there’s 384 possible weapons. And I’m planning on much more than that.
