Realistic terrain in 130 linesAs programmers, we love to build things, and what could be more exciting than building a world? Minecraft, Terragen, Skyrim, and every flight simulator ever all use some sort of fractal terrain generation. Today we'll explore the beautifully simple diamond-square algorithm so you, too can play God. [Demo] [Source] Programmers tend to be lazy (I speak from experience), and one nice side effect of l
