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procedural generation can produce infinite variety but it cannot produce infinite novelty.
by UltraSane 1y ago
procedural generation can produce infinite variety but it cannot produce infinite novelty.
- TeMPOraL 1y agoRight. However, we don't need infinite variety, or even much variety at all, if that variety makes sense, if it fits the game world and experience in some way. Pure randomness is boring and easy to dismiss wholesale once you realize there's no meaning behind it.