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Herbert Wolverson - Procedural Map Generation Techniques

Roguelike Celebration · 153.2K views · 2020-10-15 · 27:29

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Herbert Wolverson's Roguelike Celebration 2020 talk surveying procedural map generation techniques, including integration of hand-crafted prefabs and vaults.

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HN recommends it as a fun, informative survey of easy-to-implement dungeon generation methods from the author of the Rust roguelike tutorial.

Recommended by 4 HN people across 4 months · HN mentions 2021–2022

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kruffin · 2022-01 · Strong recommendation

My favorite from that collection on map generation is by Herbert Wolverson: [VIDEO] He goes over 5 or 6 different techniques that are easy to implement.

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arandomhuman · 2022-10 · Recommendation

I recently saw a really fun and informative talk on procedural generation from their YouTube channel by a well known developer in the community [VIDEO] . There's tons of interesting talks there if (traditional) roguelikes or their development really pique your interest.

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chungus · 2022-07 · Recommendation

This is what I used to learn Rust, in tandem with The Book. I would read a chapter of The Book, then do a chapter of Herbert's Roguelike Tutorial. Very well written and fun material, that guides you deep into a tricky space with very little previous knowledge required. The maintainer is also very responsive to questions and pull requests. And has done an interesting talk[0] on procedural map generation at the annual 'Roguelike Celebration' conference[1] which is happening in October. (and for which the Call For Papers is still open) [0] [VIDEO] [1] [LINK]

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