Project 01 - Random Silhouette Generator

HERE is a link to my Random Silhouette Generator (windows only)

I made it in GameMaker: Studio 

Controls:

spacebar - generate a new silhouette

left shift - increase opacity

left control - decrease opacity

A compilation of silhouettes I generated using my silhouette generator

You can see how the generator has changed/ improved through the silhouettes as I was tweaking the shape placement, number of shapes, opacity etc...

The way the generator works is it creates a random number of shapes (within a range), the shapes then randomly turn into other shapes (for diversity), They then move their point of origin to a random x and y axis within the canvas, they spin around a random number of degrees and deform their height and width by a random variable (within a range) too.

Since the random number generator in game maker always chooses the same numbers, the software results in the same 'random' shapes every play, unless I change an argument or variable slightly between plays. Since then I've also added another variable that increases every step by 1 until it hits 11, at which point it returns to 1 again. This way, the player unknowingly has an influence on the generation of the shapes. Since it's almost impossible to time something to 1/120th of a second, the player should get different shapes every play. 

There is a 1/10 chance of getting the same first shape, but that probability reduces exponentially every shape the player makes and even then, it's not a big problem. 

Here are some more silhouettes

I like these silhouettes much more than the ones I painted in photoshop. They're more original and the way the opacity causes the shapes to darken in the center looks very nice. I haven't ever heard of anyone making a random generator for their silhouettes before.