Prompt to Planet, generate procedural 3D planets from text
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HN · launched Feb 14, 2026 · 12 upvotes (top 40%) · 0 views
Niche: ai 3d and animation generators · 120 launches, 8 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Content generation
- Prosumer
- AI-native
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes This is a generative wrapper application that calls an LLM to generate procedural shader parameters or 3D meshes rendered via Three.js in the browser.
Discussion
12 comments analyzed.
Concerns raised: Output doesn't match prompts/instructions, Model quality issues with GPT-5 Mini, Focus/keystroke handling bug in text box, App feels superficial, lacks real value, Preset generation is slow
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 445 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #182 of 446 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 106 days after the earliest competitor.
- Suman Kumar Phuyal · ph · 2026-09-20 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- Cartopolis, interactive globe-sized 3D world · hn · 2026-09-27 · 19 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- procedural-pixel-creatures · github · 2026-10-01 · 160 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- 3d-world-simulator · github · 2026-11-02 · 238 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- Generating Pixel Art Sprites · hn · 2026-08-13 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- We built a tool that generates 3D objects with editable, separate parts · hn · 2026-05-08 · 10 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- WorldStream · github · 2026-10-06 · 18 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- exolune · github · 2026-10-31 · 39 upvotes · similarity 0.46
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