Procedural Mesh Generation Tutorial

Learn how to procedurally generate meshes in Unity 5.6 and above. We start with simple shapes and work our way up to complex, fractal landscapes. - I made a tutorial on Udemy on procedural mesh generation!

It's in C#, and is aimed at people who already know how to code.

Things you'll learn:

• Generate complex meshes from code.
• Program two and three dimensional shapes.
• Program 2D terrain and 3D fractal landscapes.
• Use your knowledge of meshes to calculate UVs, add vertex colours, and calculate normals and tangents.

I'll be adding a new section on infinite terrain in the next few weeks.

I would love some feedback on the course - please send me a message or leave one below if you have any. To that end, here are some free coupons:
https://www.udemy.com/coding-in-unity-procedural-mesh-generation/?couponCode=UNITYBOARDSFREE

And for anyone who'd like to buy it, I'd still appreciate any feedback you have! Here are some £10/$10 coupons:
https://www.udemy.com/coding-in-unity-procedural-mesh-generation/?couponCode=UNITYBOARDS1

I hope you find the tutorials useful.
Jenny

 

Hi Jenny,

I've watched rather than worked through the tutorials. I liked the progression (though tangents are a necessary leap) and presentation.

Audio wise I thought the music intro was a bit loud compared to your voice.

I did wonder why you choose to use the index variable and

Code (csharp):

1. for (int i=0; i<numGeometricTriangles; i++)

rather than

Code (csharp):

1. for (int i=0; i<numTriangles; i+=3)

it seemed like an unnecessary complication to me.

Apart from those minor notes, I think anyone following your course is going to get a good grounding on the techniques for generating game ready meshes.

I hope you find my feedback useful
Domino

 

Thank you Domino, that's really useful feedback. Do you think the audio is worth me changing now, or further into the future when I update the course?

 

Maybe get a second opinion on that. I do a bit of audio mixing so I might be over sensitive to it. I did reach to turn down the volume on the first intro, but it settled into your voice at more like my normal listening level before I got there. I knew what to expect with the others so it was an incovenience more than anything. In a cubicle or headphones it'd probably have bothered me more.

 

Looks awesome, will give this a run through when I find some time =)

 

Not much difference, but in practice I've found the first way easier to use - always thinking of each triangle as 1 triangle, and only add the times 3 at the moment it's needed. I've taken to using "addTri(v1, v2, v3, ref triIndex);" to pull out all those messy +1's +2's and +=3's.

 

Hi Jenny,

How much math is required to understand this course?

 

Hello,

There is quite a lot of maths needed, but I try to explain everything as I go. If you're interested, you can get the course, have a look, then refund it if there's too much - Udemy lets you refund the course within 30 days of buying it. You can also ask me questions alongside each video if something doesn't make sense - I'm always happy to help!

Jenny

 

Thanks. I bought it and will give it a try.