Random Thought on Random Levels
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I recently rewrote the random level generation code for my current game project, Hell Invades Mars. In addition to the levels being generated much faster, they now feel a lot more random. In my last Flash game project, I had to write a separate application to do level design. While designing a level editor was fun, it was also a good bit of extra work. Thinking about the differences in the development experiences between my current and previous project, I remembered this blog post by Adam “Atomic” Saltsman.
Long story short: a little bit of randomness in your games can be a good thing for the developer (less work) and the player (more variety and replayability).
