Show HN: A CSS-Only Terrain Generator

#1

Post by rofko » Tue, Nov 04, 2025, 1:58 PM UTC

Re: Show HN: A CSS-Only Terrain Generator

#2

Post by jimmydin7 » Tue, Nov 04, 2025, 2:53 PM UTC

looks sick! great job :)

#3

Post by mpeg » Tue, Nov 04, 2025, 2:55 PM UTC

Reminds me of Populous!

Very cool

#4

Post by johnh-hn » Tue, Nov 04, 2025, 3:10 PM UTC

mpeg wrote: post #3

Reminds me of Populous! Very cool

I just came here to say the same thing. The raise and lower tools in particular reminded me of it.

#5

Post by RugnirViking » Tue, Nov 04, 2025, 3:18 PM UTC

Really reminds me of openttd, especially the sandy border around the water

Looks really cool and runs great on my phone.

Seems like there's some kind of rendering bug in the corners sometimes causing the walls to intersect the grass

#6

Post by cluckindan » Tue, Nov 04, 2025, 3:19 PM UTC

Nice! Now do collision checks ;)

#7

Post by julius-fx » Tue, Nov 04, 2025, 3:33 PM UTC

This is incredible - looks like SimCity 2000.

#8

Post by forthwall » Tue, Nov 04, 2025, 3:40 PM UTC

Wow this really feels like roller coaster tycoon!!! (I can see lots of people refer to this to their favorite sim game though)

Great work!

#9

Post by rofko » Tue, Nov 04, 2025, 3:42 PM UTC

mpeg wrote: post #3

Reminds me of Populous! Very cool

Thank you! Populous and Transport Tycoon were two big inspirations for sure :)

#10

Post by robertheadley » Tue, Nov 04, 2025, 3:42 PM UTC

This is really cool.