# Recursive City

**URL:** <https://blenderartists.org/t/recursive-city/1521617>\
**Category:** Animations\
**Tags:** geometry-nodes\
**Created:** [March 21, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/recursive-city/1521617 "2024-03-21T16:32:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![higgsas](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/higgsas/32/782144_2.png) [@higgsas](https://blenderartists.org/u/higgsas)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/recursive-city/1521617/1 "2024-03-21T16:32:47Z")

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https://player.vimeo.com/video/925798717?h=dd6f1be0ca&autoplay=1&loop=1

[Vertigo Night City](https://vimeo.com/925798717) from [higgsas](https://vimeo.com/higgsas) on [Vimeo](https://vimeo.com).

https://player.vimeo.com/video/925802289?h=c57ab67f15&autoplay=1&loop=1

[Vertigo City](https://vimeo.com/925802289) from [higgsas](https://vimeo.com/higgsas) on [Vimeo](https://vimeo.com).

 ![darkcity](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/4/7/5/475ce5aef49a3acf1284ae5356cf29ee9e26d92f.jpeg)  
 ![cityvert](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/2/5/4/254801bd13b70912db792b6442e2fbcfc3165760.jpeg)

Initially I wanted to created realistic city, but after some tests I realized it would take way too much time and my hardware wouldn’t be able to handle so much geometry.  
So I opted create just a simple shapes of the building.  
At the end don’t think it was worth the effort, its just all looks like a cubes anyway 😃

 ![city2](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/a/0/1/a01d6de9d00291ba7d7deb551fb2d28598e47e68.png)

[https://twitter.com/i/status/1680259038053912578](https://twitter.com/i/status/1680259038053912578)

 ![city1](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/c/8/9/c89c61306fe8e0762f2c54c7ccb672c698f02639.png)

Some procedural generated buildings blocks

 ![city4](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/5/1/5/515966725536282ad0715925d547f5c31d393f28.png)  
 ![city3](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/e/8/c/e8ca48148a9163366298ef08cbe39497667d1a35.png)

Premade buildings

 ![city5](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/5/c/c/5cc534661d971a3b8d6d837581763c3ca9b3371c.png)

Premade “special” buildings

 ![city6](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/e/8/a/e8ad7f33e8b4bf92daf4ee2a179bc33125f417c7.png)

Buildings instanced on the animated recursive subdivision

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**Author:** ![DNorman](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/dnorman/32/24845_2.png) [@DNorman](https://blenderartists.org/u/DNorman)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/recursive-city/1521617/2 "2024-03-21T16:37:04Z")

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“Excuse me how do I get to Recursive Square?”

“Go down the road turn left…… no right…… walk backwards… turnaround…not that way!”

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**Author:** ![shannonz](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/shannonz/32/1246593_2.png) [@shannonz](https://blenderartists.org/u/shannonz)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 8:45am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/recursive-city/1521617/3 "2024-03-22T08:45:00Z")

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“Don’t forget to scale yourself by 0.5 as you take each left turn, otherwise you’ll end up crushing the sub-neighborhood like a you-shaped Godzilla.” 😂🧑‍🦲 🚶‍♂️

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**Author:** ![shannonz](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/shannonz/32/1246593_2.png) [@shannonz](https://blenderartists.org/u/shannonz)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 8:46am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/recursive-city/1521617/4 "2024-03-22T08:46:02Z")

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This is very cool! Thank you for the detailed breakdown. 😃

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**Author:** ![revereche](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/revereche/32/1080567_2.png) [@revereche](https://blenderartists.org/u/revereche)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 9:36am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/recursive-city/1521617/5 "2024-03-22T09:36:39Z")

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Very cool!! Honestly, with texturing for windows I think this would work perfectly well for a stylized flyby shot.

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**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2024, 7:52am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/recursive-city/1521617/6 "2024-03-24T07:52:42Z")

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