The random terrain generator in Minecraft is probably the game's most amazing feature. Its ability to allow your computer to generate breathtaking vistas is almost unmatched in videogames, and it ...

Pop quiz: how many elaborately detailed, scientifically generated topographical maps have you created in the last day or so? Chances are the answer is “none,” unless you’re writing or publishing a ...

RPGMapMaker 2.5, a new version of the tool for drawing maps with polygonal grids, has been released by the France-based MIPSYS. The application has many of the capabilities of a real painting program ...

We’re big fans of OpenSCAD here at Hackaday — it’s free and open source software, runs on pretty much anything, and the idea of describing objects via code seems like a natural fit for producing ...