Randomly Generated Maps

ADSentertainment

So I've been thinking of making a dungeon type game, but I want the levels to be randomized each time by using chunks of pre made "rooms" and making it all one big level. Would such a thing be feasible and practical?

tatiang

Yes, and it sounds complicated.

ADSentertainment

@tatiang said:
Yes, and it sounds complicated.

Ouch. Has anyone accomplished it? Because I haven't seen one on here before

tatiang

Not that I know of but there are some people who have made randomized platformers so that might be a good starting point.

ADSentertainment

@tatiang said:
Not that I know of but there are some people who have made randomized platformers so that might be a good starting point.

Mind giving me the names of them?

tatiang

@ADSentertainment when you quote a post, be sure to skip a line after the quoted text so that it attributes your response to you instead of to the person you quoted (i.e. me). I fixed the post above this one.

If I recalled, I would have posted them. Someone may see this thread and help you out or you could search the forums. Possibly @jamie_c?

ADSentertainment

@tatiang said:
ADSentertainment when you quote a post, be sure to skip a line after the quoted text so that it attributes your response to you instead of to the person you quoted (i.e. me). I fixed the post above this one.

If I recalled, I would have posted them. Someone may see this thread and help you out or you could search the forums. Possibly jamie_c?

Oh my bad about that! I thought it was 2 lines down automatically so I typed it without thinking, I'll also see if I can search them as well

jamie_c

@tatiang, @ADSentertainment, funny you would mention me in this, last week I was looking into this exact idea. All I've really got accomplished so far is doing some research. I've found a couple good articles on generating random rooms/dungeons.

http://gamedevelopment.tutsplus.com/tutorials/create-a-procedurally-generated-dungeon-cave-system--gamedev-10099

http://gamedevelopment.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-use-bsp-trees-to-generate-game-maps--gamedev-12268

But so far that is as far as I've gotten. I need to read through them, digest them and see if/how something like that might be accomplished in Gamesalad.