Tom Francis - Generating boring levels for fresh experiences in Heat Signature

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Roguelike Celebration

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Published on November 16, 2023 4:34:24 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vSCncV5hkI

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Heat Signature (2016)

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When making Heat Signature, our procedural spaceship infiltration game, I found that we didn't need to generate interesting levels to generate interesting experiences. I'll run through the very basic way our level generation works and why, then explain how we approached the game design to ensure it could throw out fresh experiences even when the levels themselves were boring.

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