Procedural planet - Chunked LOD

A procedurally generated planet with dynamic level-of-detail, written entirely in GDScript for Godot 4.x. Designed as a learning resource for the Godot community.

No C++, no GDExtensions, no plugins. Just open the project and hit Play.

What's inside:

• Quadtree-based chunked LOD (split/merge based on camera distance)
• Cube-to-sphere projection
• Terrain generated in a GLSL vertex shader (5 noise octaves)
• Elevation-based coloring (ocean → sand → grass → rock → snow)
• Atmospheric scattering (Rayleigh + Mie)
• Frustum + horizon culling
• Origin shifting for large-scale precision
• Chunk pooling and mesh reuse

The README on Github provides a comprehensive implementation walkthrough covering all techniques used. Read it, fork it, learn from it.

💻 Source code: github.com/cuberact/godot-cuberact-planet-chunked-lod
🌐 More from Cuberact: cuberact.org