Recently I needed a word generator for another project of mine, so I made one. I figured you might be interested by it, so here it is. It's really a simple thing, don't expect anything big. All it does is randomly setting some variables (such as how much is each letter used or maximum consecutive vowels) and then generates exactly 1000 words.

Here it is: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/54710394/LangGen.rar (v1.01)

All you need to do is to just run the exe file and it will generate "langfile.txt". If you want another set of words (and parameters), just run the exe file again and a new langfile.txt will be generated.


If anyone wants to port it to Linux (Roadkill), the source is included. I have used the cross-compatible SFML 1.6 for the random functions, so you just need to download it or replace the random functions with commands of your choice.

Excellent work. This is the first step towards different languages in the game. This is really cool, but I have a few questions.
Why is "I" a consonant? (probably just a typo, since it's listed under consonant and vowel, but still)
why do I have words longer than 4 letters if the max word length is 4?
could we cut down on short (2 and 3 letter) words?
In case anyone is wondering what this system looks like, but can't or isn't able to download or run it, here's a new file I just made.

Spoiler:

Vowels: A E I Y O U 4 3 4 3 2 1 Max consecutive vowels: 3 Consonants: B C D F G H I J K L M N P Q R S T V W X Z 2 0 1 1 3 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 Max consecutive consonants: 1 Digraphs: aip ui ka ani 1 3 3 2 Digraph chance: 19% Min word length: 4 Max word length: 7 iaiy ague ikaoyaui ruityka tkaaysaipx isiaiwka vybyviaip eawuiry iagkai vkakibe auiiabax posyranii ydyi hiiuisye leiafaui aaokio voxkai ianizyoy ekaperab kyor yzaxyi asal yaipiuil seikasa xeaipiui gaipaanilaniw kotea fiys akaiuikka ziaiguiv beytui aratati axav lygikal yaipxui yiof araauie ipuivav peuie zekuisoi huiiiwi zareuiu aaniik ruzi iyyranig riaaipsyi feveoaipi xahayiui eaipisui hykap ihanit xyza laipzaee kaiixkau okair ianiox aeihal bogay axaii yaipiaw ranioiyxaip beeoanii gyaiphoaip vkaoa iaipaakii ixuidaip aaipyiid ikaevax yziohae oayzka obaiph yzuzkao iwika ibaniasye eeaniiuab yakyzuiy dkako hepa ykar duipysi aekuiu auive baganixa yveyiy ihyaa gibedi iaoaipe biwuie aoyba yfkaiby iuigahaka iievkahui zoeap 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Updated. Fixed I being a consonant and tweaked the values to allow bigger differences between languages.

Digraphs currently count as a single letter and don't respect the 'max consecutive vowels/consonants' rule. That will get fixed later.

I don't really know. I originally made this for my roguelike and had it generate names for all items and characters. We could call it to generate names for AI nations' towns and TOs, and maybe even the player's if he chooses so, bonus points for every nation using a different language.

What rendering library did you use for your roguelike? I wrote an engine not too long ago using SDL. It could load any given character set, much like dwarf fortress.

OpenGL through SFML. SFML is just like SDL with a few extra handy functions, so I just use it instead of SDL. The roguelike has graphical tiles (no ASCII), the tileset is selectable and can be of any size - I use 16x16, 24x24 and 32x32 for testing, but even weird sizes like 69x69 work well. So far, it's more like an infinite-world sandbox editor than an actual roguelike because I got stuck on NPC AI.

This prototype is a very good beginning; but there are several things missing that would constitute a randomly generated dictionary that could be used in a Thrive Procedural Language. For the generation of in-game languages, this website may be useful.

I was trying to write one in ncurses and then I eventually just wrote my own engine for it. It was going to be the coolest post apocalyptic roguelike ever, but I could never really figure out how to organize levels and stairs and such in a non cluttered way.

@GamerXA - I want to keep this simple. Post exactly what features would you want to see and I will try to implement them, but nothing overly complex like automagically making it's own font or similar things. Of course in Thrive, we can use an improved version with those features, but I need to use this basic version for other projects.

@roadkill - Good thing Legendaria has no stairs then I have sacrificed them for an infinite* world using Minecraft style chunk approach, except 2d. Mind posting a link to your engine? I could really use some hint for the AI.

*will be actually on a procedural landmass, limited by seas

Ahh, in a flash of genius I fixed the AI bug. Weeks of increasingly massive changes to the code yielding nothing, and a single line change suddenly makes it work. Hard is the life of a C++ programmer...

Porting the current Thrive source to SFML is easy, just done it on my Windows build. BTW, how does your quadtree work? I made some simple quadtrees for collision detection in the past, but I can only make your crash..

MERCURIAL, Y U NO MAKE SENSE!?

If it's still any use, here's a download link to the SFML ported Thrive: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/54710394/thrive_sfml.rar

Do I need to have my account set as a Thrive's developer to be able to commit? Not that it would matter much as I still haven't figured out TortoiseHg..