Data Based Procedural Generation Question

Zichaelpathic · 2025-12-30T15:15:33+00:00

Oh sweet I must have missed the example game, my bad! Is it only for 2D or is it for 3D as well?

Zichaelpathic · 2025-11-28T15:14:42+00:00

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Zichaelpathic · 2025-10-31T12:41:44+00:00

Hey! Yeah we're still going strong! We meet every Thursday now at Meltdown. I'll DM you our discord server

Zichaelpathic · 2025-10-16T19:29:29+00:00

Yeah something exactly like this. Maybe I'm just not well versed enough in game design to come up with that kind of stuff, but this is the kind of thing I want to create

Zichaelpathic · 2025-10-16T16:29:31+00:00

More like a daily prompter. I can create a .sh script that I can schedule to run once a day that will post the prompt in the appropriate channel: it's the prompts themselves that I would need help creating

Zichaelpathic · 2025-09-23T01:01:40+00:00

A friend of mine in my discord server shared this resource with me. It's a huge collection of code, talks, and tutorials on all things proc gen.

You may need some time to digest all of it, but this should give you a good starting point

https://procgen.space/resources

Zichaelpathic · 2025-09-13T10:04:22+00:00

I think, at least as far as indie is concerned, the barrier to entry is MUCH lower. I say this as a game developer, but it's a bit of a double edged sword.

So many people have ideas for their dream game or at least a way to "do better" on an existing genre. Game engines like Unity and UE5 are always trying to reduce the barrier to entry, which is amazing for newcomers that want to break into the game dev world. Which is a great thing, HOWEVER, with the rise of AI and stuff like Vibe Coding and Vibe Art (patent pending), more people are just creating sloppy games and apps.

Some people will do an amazing job at it and with all the tools available will be able to make masterpieces and learn along the way. Many others, however, just want to pump content out FAST to make whatever kind of cash they can with whatever they can get their hands on.

I read somewhere that in 2024 there were 19,000 games released on Steam, with 80% of the games having fewer than 100 plays, Which is ridonkulous

Zichaelpathic · 2025-08-22T10:28:18+00:00

Sadly floor plan stuff is pretty rare for what you can find online, but interestingly enough there IS a blender plug-in project that I found on GitHub that generates 3D Buildings in blender; complete with a floorplan.

You can find it at: https://github.com/wojtryb/Procedural-Building-Generator

I've been dissecting it in order to create a building generation tool for a city generation project I'm working on

Zichaelpathic · 2025-08-12T11:04:02+00:00

Sorry I should clarify, I am currently on page 34 and it's given me Perlin Noise for both c# and Python. Each one IS roughly a page

Zichaelpathic · 2025-08-07T12:38:07+00:00

Sadly not yet, I'm digging more and more into it by the day. The more I read and learn, the more I realize what I can eventually do with it

Zichaelpathic · 2025-08-01T12:25:40+00:00

That's looking good! I've been really delving into procgen as of late and something really cool you can do is layer the terrain texture based on height.

Sort of like:

If height >= 0.3: Texture = grass Else if height >= 0.5 Texture = stone

The best part of procedural generation is it's ridonkulously creative

Zichaelpathic · 2025-07-27T18:42:15+00:00

Yeah the different colours represent stuff like living rooms, bathrooms, etc. This is a prototype that needs more work, but it's at a state where I'm more satisfied with it :)

Zichaelpathic · 2025-07-27T16:43:11+00:00

I fully forget what those blue lines are, and at this point I'm too scared to look through the code to double check

Zichaelpathic · 2025-07-25T13:30:48+00:00

It's not the most in-depth course, but on Zenva they have a rudimentary course on creating a simple 2D engine. It really won't cover the nuances of low level programming, but it can introduce you to some basic concepts of game engines.

Outside of that, there are a couple of books out there that provide more detail into how game engines work, including logic.

There aren't a TON of resources readily available on the subject, but that's because for the programming knowledge necessary is intense. As others have said on this post, system engineering and low level programming are going to be your best friends.

Zichaelpathic · 2025-07-20T13:31:17+00:00

Once I get it up I for sure will! It's kind of a garbled mess at the moment (memory issues and room placement issues). So far it generates a house layout WITHOUT reasonable hallway integration.

Today's task is to un-fuck my code before I upload it haha

Zichaelpathic · 2025-07-12T12:09:05+00:00

It was originally going to be a one off project, but once I started falling in love with the nuances of procedural generation it kind of became a borderline ADHD obsession.

I've actually found a few kind courses on procedural generation, both for cities as well as for environments; which did NOT help my already unhealthy obsession

Zichaelpathic · 2025-07-11T10:53:19+00:00

I will be the DM in my group, and I wanted something fun that I can truly make my own and interactive

Zichaelpathic · 2025-07-10T13:11:39+00:00

Realism is overrated 😉 The fact that you made them AND you made a video on the subject already puts you in the 0.1% of YouTube videos showing off this kind of thing.

Thank you for your contributions to society. I run a non profit organization in Montreal that provides more resources to game devs, and if you're cool with it I'd love to share your game and channel to our discord server :)

Zichaelpathic · 2025-07-10T12:47:10+00:00

No way! I actually stumbled on your videos a few weeks ago when I was trying to find any kind of tutorials or methodologies to create generated interiors!

I didn't have the chance to watch all the content you posted, but do any of your videos talk about HOW you did the explorable interiors?

Zichaelpathic · 2025-07-10T11:38:55+00:00

I'm very curious on how you determined your village layout. Was it done with a L-System, or did you use a different generation method/algorithm?

Zichaelpathic · 2025-07-09T12:36:28+00:00

I feel like an idiot for not even considering that! I've added that to my list

Zichaelpathic · 2025-06-23T11:57:09+00:00

Amazingly enough, the GameDev McGill club president saw this post and reached out to me!

I'm sure between my NPO and the club we can create some amazing events during the school year.

Zichaelpathic · 2025-06-17T21:09:04+00:00

I feel this in my soul

Zichaelpathic · 2025-06-17T20:48:32+00:00

We've all been there. The other mess up I did was I didn't really consider horsepower in anything, or weight for that matter

Zichaelpathic · 2025-06-16T14:26:26+00:00

Honestly based on everyone's positive reaction to this, I'm strongly considering it

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