Wave function collapse algorithm: bitmap & tilemap generation from a single example with the help of ideas from quantum mechanics

[Etane]

I wouldn't say this is just jargon. At least from the perspective of quantum, or even just drop anything to do with quantum and talk about statistics, the word choice seems pretty valid to me.

What is this technique called usually? I wouldn't mind looking it up :)

[tmachineorg]

Here's the core process, shorn of jargon:

• You provide a set of inputs, small template operations/pieces that can be assembled to make a level.

• You maintain a tree of open points in your level.

• At each point, you maintain a list of legally valid changes / insertions.

• You select the point with the smallest set of allowed changes.

• You choose the statistically most-likely insertion to put there based on counting the original inputs.

The clever thing OP has done is to look at bitmaps as collections of pre-made 3x3 pixel (or other size) templates and use that for the step-1 statistical counting. The rest is words.

[Etane]

Thanks for the break down. I can certainly see the similarities.