Methods and systems for generating level of detail visual assets in a video game

A computer readable non-transitory medium comprising a plurality of executable programmatic instructions wherein, when said plurality of executable programmatic instructions are executed by a processor in a computing device, a process for generating a plurality of level of detail (LOD) of visual assets of an object model is performed for rendering in a video game, wherein the plurality of LOD visual assets comprises at least a first LOD visual asset and a second LOD visual asset, the plurality of executable programmatic instructions comprising:

• receiving, as input by a LOD management module, data indicative of the first LOD visual asset of the object model and a first switch distance associated with the first LOD visual asset;
• generating, as a first output by the LOD management module, the second LOD visual asset by iteratively reducing a polygon mesh complexity of the first LOD visual asset, wherein a geometric deviation of the second LOD visual asset reaches a predefined threshold value with respect to the first LOD visual asset;
• generating, as second output by the LOD management module, a second switch distance at which the predefined threshold value, when projected on a display of a default resolution, comprises a predefined number of pixels;
• determining when the first switch distance and the second switch distance are too close by determining a difference between the first switch distance and second switch distance and comparing the difference to a second threshold distance value;
• when the determined difference is greater than the second threshold distance value, storing, by the LOD management module, the first output in association with the second output;
• when the determined difference is not greater than the second threshold value, not storing the first output in association with the second output;
• and generating, by the LOD management module, one or more graphical user interfaces for receiving user input to modify one or more of the plurality of LOD visual assets, wherein a portion of the one or more graphical user interfaces prompt for user inputs related to one or more of a plurality of LOD visual asset related attributes.