🐉 Dungeon Engine v1.1

Procedural Dungeon Design, Exploration & Fabrication System

by Wickerson Studios

From graph theory to fog-of-war.

From Rhino to the tabletop.

From algorithm to play.

🔥 WHAT IS DUNGEON ENGINE v1.1?

Dungeon Engine v1.1 is a complete procedural dungeon operating system built in Grasshopper for Rhino 3D, designed to generate, explore, export, and physically fabricate dungeons using classic D&D logic and computational design rigor.

This is not a random generator.

This is a stateful, multi-step system that models:

• space
• risk
• reward
• time
• perception
• memory

…as geometry.

🧠 WHAT’S NEW IN v1.1

🔊 Noise-Driven Fog-of-War (NEW)

Dungeon Engine v1.1 introduces ephemeral visibility bursts:

• Traps, combat, doors, and boss activity generate noise fields
• Noise causes temporary reveals of nearby rooms and corridors
• These reveals do not persist in exploration memory
• Fog closes again once noise fades

This produces classic dungeon tension:

“You hear something… for a moment, shapes move beyond the corridor bend.”

No omniscience.

No spoilers.

Just pressure.

📦 SYSTEM CONTENTS (STEP_01–12)

Dungeon Engine v1.1 includes 12 fully-wired Grasshopper C# nodes, each self-contained, compile-safe, and documented.

🧱 Spatial Generation

1. STEP_01 — Forking Dungeon Graph
2. STEP_02 — 3D Corridor Geometry
3. STEP_03 — Rooms at Junctions (Fork-Aware)

🚪 Control & Constraint

1. STEP_04 — Doors & Chokepoints
2. STEP_05 — Traps that Exploit Forks

🐉 Ecology & Reward

1. STEP_06 — Monster Territories & Patrols
2. STEP_07 — Treasure, Risk & Reward Curves
3. STEP_08 — Boss Lairs & Set-Piece Rooms

⏱️ Time, Perception & Play

1. STEP_09 — Wandering Monsters & Noise Propagation
2. STEP_10 — Map Export (2D DM / 3D Player)
3. STEP_11 — Modular Tabletop Terrain (STL / CNC / Print)
4. STEP_12 — Fog-of-War (Persistent + Noise Bursts)

🎲 WHY THIS IS DIFFERENT

Dungeon Engine v1.1 encodes tabletop design principles directly into geometry:

• Forks increase danger
• Depth increases reward
• Noise attracts attention
• Memory persists
• Visibility is limited
• Boss rooms are earned

This is Gary-era dungeon logic, translated into parametric systems.

🛠️ TECHNICAL DETAILS

• Platform: Rhino 7+ / Grasshopper
• Language: RhinoCommon C#
• No plugins required
• All scripts are single-component safe
• No external dependencies
• Works with sliders, toggles, and baked geometry

🧩 OUTPUT CAPABILITIES

Dungeon Engine v1.1 produces:

• 🗺️ 2D DM maps (DXF / PDF / SVG)
• 🧱 3D player maps
• 🧩 Modular tabletop tiles
• 🖨️ STL-ready fabrication geometry
• 🎭 Fog-of-war masks (digital + physical)
• 📍 Annotated dungeon logic layers

🧠 WHO THIS IS FOR

• Tabletop RPG designers & GMs
• Computational designers & architects
• Rhino / Grasshopper power users
• Digital fabrication studios
• Educators teaching systems thinking
• Anyone interested in procedural narrative space

📁 WHAT YOU RECEIVE

• ✔ STEP_01–12 Grasshopper C# scripts
• ✔ v1.1 Noise-Visibility integration
• ✔ Default CFG presets (playable out-of-the-box)
• ✔ Example Grasshopper definition
• ✔ README + wiring diagrams
• ✔ License for personal & educational use

🧭 ROADMAP (POST-v1.1)

Planned future expansions:

• Dungeon Engine v1.2
• Door-blocked sound propagation
• Listening checks
• False noise / echoes
• Dungeon Engine v1.3
• Procedural room key text (DMG-style prose)
• Narrative tagging
• Dungeon Engine v2.0
• Campaign-scale dungeon stitching
• Rival factions & multi-party simulation

🏷️ PRODUCT POSITIONING (Wickerson Studios)

Dungeon Engine v1.1

A serious procedural system for serious play.

This is not a novelty generator.

It is a design framework.

💬 SUGGESTED PRODUCT DESCRIPTION (SHORT)

Dungeon Engine v1.1 is a full procedural dungeon system for Rhino & Grasshopper that models space, danger, reward, time, and perception as geometry. Featuring noise-driven fog-of-war, modular tabletop output, and classic D&D logic, it bridges algorithmic design and physical play.

🔗 BRANDING NOTE

This product fits cleanly into the Wickerson Studios ecosystem alongside:

• Computational Architecture
• Generative Systems
• Algorithmic Pedagogy
• Digital Fabrication Toolkits