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Using procedural generation to create the 10,000 landscapes in The Sentinel

Posted by gingerbeardman
Tags: bbc, reverse engineering, development.game, procedural generation, landscapes, the sentinel, history, 1980s, developers.video game, puzzle, firebird, author.geoff crammond, source.bbcelite
https://thesentinel.bbcelite.com/deep_dives/generating_the_landscape.html

3 comments

  1. Englerdy
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    Not an area I know a lot about, but 10/10 for visuals and animations. Pretty informative just from those.

    Not an area I know a lot about, but 10/10 for visuals and animations. Pretty informative just from those.

    3 votes
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    balooga
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    This is really cool. I wasn’t familiar with The Sentinel but I’ve been learning about procgen and it’s always interesting to see how it’s been used by others.

    This is really cool. I wasn’t familiar with The Sentinel but I’ve been learning about procgen and it’s always interesting to see how it’s been used by others.

    2 votes
    1. gingerbeardman
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      I've used proc gen in one form or another in many of my games, but this does something new to me. Always happy to learn new stuff!

      I've used proc gen in one form or another in many of my games, but this does something new to me. Always happy to learn new stuff!

      1 vote