Name Generator

A module that creates names for different entities using a Markov chain model. It is based on David Legare's NameGenerator, which is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. The code has been adopted to the use in Terasology.

The original idea was published by Oh, The Huge Manatee!. This website also contains an excellent explanation of the functionality of the algorithm.

Usage Guide

Let's start with an example:

TownNameProvider townNameProv = new TownNameProvider(12345);
String name = townNameProv.generateName();

Simple as that. You can also explicitly select a theme:

TownNameProvider townNameProv = TownNameProvider(123455, TownAssetTheme.FANTASY);

You can also tweak the generated names:

TownAffinityVector aff = TownAffinityVector.create().prefix(0.5);
String name = townNameProv.generateName(aff);

Half of the generated names will have a prefix such as "Market", "Old" or "Nether". Going one step further, you can even combine different name affinities:

TownAffinityVector.create().prefix(0.33).postfix(0.33);

This will give you 1/3 prefixed names, 1/3 postfixed names and 1/3 without.

Nether Kirchen, Dunharsden, Southophall, Green Hophall, Old Guildhey, Halgh Barrens

Similarly, you can create creature names:

CreatureNameProvider p = new CreatureNameProvider(123, CreatureAssetTheme.ELVEN);
CreatureAffinityVector a = CreatureAffinityVector.create().maleOnly().nobility(0.5);
String name = p.generateName(a);

This gives:

Gweradrae Nagalan the Wise, Suss Camth, Vel Our, Estalandra Ilve, Laethalandrieldralae Whiiliazym the Noble

License

This module is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.