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Games with good procedural generation? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by Macawesome75@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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Procedural generation is an interesting topic to me, as it forgoes traditional level design in favor of a bunch of formulas, rules, and random elements to make varied replayable gameplay.

One of my favorite procgen games is Dwarf Fortress, and how it creates a fully realized world with lore and history, and then places both fortress and adventures as relatively small stories in said world.

Also Deep rock galactic is great in varying its caves, from normal tunnels to massive caverns that you can only traverse using ziplines and platforms

Any other interesting procgen games?

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[-] simple@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Noita is a great one. Making a randomly generated world this consistent while simulating a million particles and not having it collapse on itself is really cool.

Despite the fact that I don't like No Man's Sky very much, its procedural generation is also pretty impressive. Planets have a lot of variety to them. It's a very pretty game.

[-] Merthin1234@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah I’ll agree with No Man’s Sky here as well. While sandbox type games aren’t my favorite (I do find the expeditions fun though) the amount of procedural generation is really cool.

[-] BrainisfineIthink@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

Dead cells

[-] fatboy93@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Doesn't help the fact that the devs are super supportive of the game!

[-] gerard203@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Dwarf fortress

[-] crowlemo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Tough learning curve but yeah, one of the most impressive procedurally generated games out there.

There's plenty roguelikes/terminal games with procedurally generated content as well. ADOM or nethack are two of the most popular examples.

[-] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

Tough learning curve --> Fun™

[-] PenguinTD@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Returnal is not fully procedural, it's lego like procedural.(rooms types are limited, but the layout is procedural.)

Riftbreaker(RTS-ish with a player controlled mecha) procedural generate the location and missions so the resource type distribution roughly matches how much you "expand" your area of control. (ie the more you expand outward, the more rare resource patches starts to show up.)

Many rougelike/lite use procedural generated levels.

[-] little_hoarse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Really surprised no one has said no man’s sky on here

[-] Chailles@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

In my opinion, I don't think No Man's Sky's procgen is very good. Or at least, it doesn't feel very good to experience. It just all feels so samey, partly because it's kind of "too diverse" and shows all it's got way too quickly.

[-] little_hoarse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

You're not wrong about that. I've only played about 15 hours of the game so far, but finding it to really feel samey most of the time

[-] Chailles@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The ironic thing is that if the game just looked more samey, it'd actually be less of an issue. If all these cool stuff wasn't everywhere, it would feel fresh for much longer.

Like you can tell what parts of the creatures are reused cause you've seen like a hundred species within a few hours.

[-] brsrklf@compuverse.uk 1 points 1 year ago

It really is. I like no man's sky, but most of it starts looking very familiar fast.

Only exception, I still get good surprises with random creatures. Sure, they're all based on the same few structures, but once in awhile I get some perfect combination of funny, dorky and/or cool that I just can't refuse as my new pet.

[-] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Minecraft/Terraria are obvious answers.

[-] ConfusedLlama@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I like Shattered Pixel Dungeon.

[-] Homeschooled316@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Age of Empires 2 skirmish maps are procedurally generated, in contrast to other competitive RTS games of that style. It’s done quite well and makes scouting meaningful for reasons other than rock-paper-scissoring your opponent.

[-] aesopjah@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Remnant was pretty good.

[-] Denali@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is the best game of all time and changes gameplay (via powerups) in random combination that can make a god run or a really shit one. Highly recommend it

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

Which BOI game should I play first?

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