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05-09-2023, 04:36 AM | #1 |
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Daily Hobbit Hole Generator
Daily Hobbit Hole Generator All coding, images, and research by me; it took me about a week. It'll generate a Hobbit Hole (& associated Hobbit name) every day, or you can input a name to get the associated smial: Since Hobbit names are under discussion right now, a bit more detail on the name generator: I've manually divided all known Hobbit surnames (plus a few of my own) up by type. For convenience I've called them Westfarthing (middle class), Northfarthing (common as muck Harfeet), Southfarthing (fancy Fallohides), Eastfarthing (weird Stoors), and Westmarch (Fairbairns and Gardners). Each type generates names in a different way:
It's not perfect - you'll see occasional very silly names - but I think it's pretty good, and the picture is the main point anyway. Oh, and yes: I've checked, and the house of Bilbo Baggins does have an appropriately green door: Not sure where those eaves came from, though... there ain't no eaves at Bag End, and that's a fact. hS
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05-10-2023, 03:55 PM | #2 |
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I've tried to post here a pic but have been unable to. Cute game.I was looking for Esmerelda Took's place.
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05-10-2023, 05:47 PM | #3 |
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This is actually amazing and very impressive. Quite some work - both the linguistic exercise and the visuals, somehow matched to the coding. This is very cool.
I now want to see what absurdities (Sadsadoc ) the code generates by accident. I am convinced that one day we are gonna land on a killer of a name. Also... When playing around with it, I discovered that Bilbo Baggins gets a different image depending on whether or not you capitalize the letters! And if you only capitalize one of the B's, that also generates a different hole!
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05-11-2023, 02:04 AM | #4 | ||
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Today's is quite a nice one, though it may just be that I really like the wisteria look:
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As for worst names... Madmadac and Sadsadas are both pretty high up there for the Stoors. The Fallohide generator is less obviously daft, but "Everbald" is in there, along with the overwrought nonsense of "Ferdidolpho". The Harfeet can do "Fastfast" and "Wisewise", or something like "Bowman". And the general Hobbit names... anything with two consonant clusters tends to look quote daft (Drurgo, Blolbo), and you can of course get a dog (Fido), a bean (Pinto), and a scouring pad (Brillo). But... it's hard to really say Tolkien wouldn't have done that. He did almost have Bingo as his protagonist, after all! hS
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01-25-2024, 01:32 PM | #5 |
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This is cute! I like the variety of doorknockers. The mushroom one made me chuckle.
Y'all are welcome at my door even if you're not on party business, just don't scratch the fresh paint!
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