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Dev tools · June 10, 2026

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Turn your name into a tree in an infinite procedural shanshui landscape

Hi HN! I made this after collecting hundreds of "name → tree" submissions at ITP. Live: https://landscape.bairui.dev/ Source: https://github.com/pearmini/infinite-landscape Plant a tree: https://tree.bairui.dev/ Pan and zoom an infinite procedural landscape. Each name is converted to ASCII codes, which grow into a unique tree (breadth-first branching; repeated digits become mathematical roses). Mountains use midpoint displacement + Perlin noise, with SVG radial gradients in the blue/green/gold palette from Wang Ximeng's "A Thousand…

In plain words

This tool converts names into unique trees within an infinite procedural landscape inspired by traditional Chinese painting. Users enter a name, which is translated into ASCII codes that determine how a tree branches, with repeated digits creating mathematical rose patterns. The landscape features procedurally generated mountains using midpoint displacement and Perlin noise, styled with classical blue, green, and gold gradients. Each planted tree is signed with a digital stamp and can be discovered by panning through the infinite terrain.

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In the maker’s words, at launch

Hi HN! I made this after collecting hundreds of "name → tree" submissions at ITP. Live: https://landscape.bairui.dev/ Source: https://github.com/pearmini/infinite-landscape Plant a tree: https://tree.bairui.dev/ Pan and zoom an infinite procedural landscape. Each name is converted to ASCII codes, which grow into a unique tree (breadth-first branching; repeated digits become mathematical roses). Mountains use midpoint displacement + Perlin noise, with SVG radial gradients in the blue/green/gold palette from Wang Ximeng's "A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains." Inspired by Lingdong Huang's {Shan, Shui}* (https://github.com/LingDong-/shan-shui-inf). Every tree is someone's name, signed with an APack stamp (https://apack.bairui.dev/). Try planting your name, then pan along the ridgeline to find it. "My trees" lets you jump back to ones you planted. Happy to answer questions about the terrain algo, name→tree encoding, or the Riso print we tiled at ITP Winter Show!

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