Read through the Super-Mario analysis, but refer to the all-caps table down below as you're reading. (HERO, NEO, BAD, DRAKE) They're basically analyzing "trope

Read through the Super-Mario analysis, but refer to the all-caps table down below as you're reading. (HERO, NEO, BAD, DRAKE) They're basically analyzing "tropes" (common storytelling patterns), and doing something similar to advanced procedural dungeon/level generation: https://www.boristhebrave.com/2021/04/10/dungeon-generation-in-unexplored/#Cyclic_Dungeon_Generation https://www.boristhebrave.com/2021/04/10/dungeon-generation-... ...at least this appears to be a first cut at defining a vocabulary for the storytelling aspect of the problem. They refer also to other "Key + Door == Progress" aspects of procedural content generation (ie: make a zone, place a [locked] door to another zone, place a key within the original zone and then recurse). All told, a very interesting area to explore.