The random level generation/map instancing problem

[blackdog]

Has anyone here worked on randomly generated levels for FPS games and have suggestions on best practices and design choices to give, material to link?

Was having a brainstorming chat this morning about this.

There are different options I can see straight away on how to tackle the instancing, in particular classic maps with randomly positioned items and AIs, or a step further create map-blocks to be assembled to create the current stage a player would play.

[ShockaPop]

There's some (probably related) stuff here:

 

 

Also, maybe ask Pericolos0 about his FPS game (which is random-generated):

 

Edited April 7, 2015 by SotaPoika

[TheGuma]

Here's an old 1.6 tutorial I found...

http://www.countermap2.com/Tutorials/tutorialf62c.html?id=36

 

It's not exactly procedural generation, but see if you can find it useful.

[blackdog]

The topic didn't get much traction  but I think this is quite fascinating/interesting choice in development.

Anyway, just read about XCOM2 and thought it's an interesting read although non-technical

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2015/06/04/xcom-2s-procedurally-generated-maps-ign-first

it's actually the way I would have approached the map making with the premises I talked about at the beginning; my friend tho has decided to try a classic static geometry for maps, with random placement of AI, items, objectives

[Pampers]

 

[AtsEst]

[blackdog]

Will have a look at that @Pampers, thanks!