Starship: The Next Generation

A procedural starship generator

Try it out: https://rocket-boots.github.io/starship-the-next-generation/

Use it in your project:

• Command line: npm install --save github:rocket-boots/starship-the-next-generation
• In your JavaScript:
  • const ship = generator.generate({ seed: 1234567 });
  • const shipText = ship.getText();

To Do

Phase 1 (Done!)

• Basic Parts types: wall, floor
• Generate rectangle
• UI for button
• Pseudo-random prng
• Generate random central rectangle as "body"
• Generate random mirrored rectangles
• Display in textbox
• Generation seed

Phase 2

• Straight hallway connections
• Some asymmetry
• Diagonal hallway connections
• Doors and door-placement algorithm
• TNG fonts for demo page
• Square fonts for textbox Doesn't work
• Better page styling

Phase 3

• Engine
• Battery
• Reactor parts
• Antenna
• Part categories
• Ship stats

Phase 4

• UI for params
• Param-based rules
  • Speed
  • Resources
  • Style/Flair
  • Safety
• More Generation rules: ?
• Compactness

Phase 5

• Output as JSON
• Display as canvas
• Toggle display types
• Add star field bg
• Display as svg?
• Documentation

Contributing

Just submit pull requests, issues, etc.

The code is free & open-source (MIT).