Procedural tree mesh generator plugin for Blender

Treball final de Grau en Disseny i Desenvolupament de Videojocs. Codi: VJ1241. Curs acadèmic: 2020/2021The goal of this End-of-Degree project has been to create a useful tool that works on a procedural way in order to create unique vegetation tree models that adapts to the needs of each user. In the last decade, procedural and modular generation techniques have seen their use increased notably in the video game industry. These techniques allow the creation of different instances of almost every element that compose a game in an automatic way, making it possible to achieve single unique gameplay experiences for the users with less time spent by developers. Blender creation suite has been used for the development of the project. This work has two main parts: the procedural generation system of the optimized tree models and an integration of user input through an user interface added in Blender. On one side, the generation of the trees has been divided into four parts: generation of the roots, trunk, branches and leaves. On the other side, would be the interaction of the distinct user inputs parameters within the procedural scripted behavior allowing the user to control the final output. Finally, a fully working tree model generator plugin with a random behaviour driven by user inputs with the indicated characteristics in the Project Design Document has been acquired (see Chapter 2)