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Simple 2D Perlin Noise in Python

There is lots of different implementations of 2D perlin noise in Python. My question is there a simple implementation of perlin noise in Python that fits in 1 function or 1 class? Or maybe there is easier-to-implement 2D noise that is similar to perlin noise?

Solution

  • Does it need to be integers, or is double floating point precision good enough? Can you use Cython? There is a Cython wrapper for FastNoiseLite here: https://github.com/tizilogic/PyFastNoiseLite . You can convert the integers to doubles, with plenty of precision left over.

    I would also suggest using the OpenSimplex2 or OpenSimplex2S noise option, rather than Perlin. Perlin as a base noise is very grid-aligned looking. Simplex/OpenSimplex2(S) directly address that.