I'm a pretty poor artist (actually I'm appalling). Is there any software that can generate a simple image for hills ie you just key in the dimensions, perhaps say what type of hills/mountains, darkness, shading etc. This is an example that was produced for me before by an artist but I feel guilty keep going back to the poor guy.
My aim with the new game is to have it based on Mars (so it would need to be more red). It needs to be a longer image as well as the player can scroll from side to side. I also would like to create a couple of layers of hills so I can create some artificial depth to the view. I can use paint dot net but I'm pretty clueless with what effect to use. I guess there isn't a dedicated tool to do this but I thought I'd ask anyway.
Mike
PS if anyone wants to write one then it would be an interesting project
You might want options for splitting the image into sections and options to set the resolution etc.