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Procedural Level Generation in Games Tutorial: Part 1

A tutorial on procedural level generation using the Drunkard Walk algorithm. By Kim Pedersen.

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Procedural Level Generation in Games Tutorial: Part 1

45 mins

Getting Started
The Beginnings of a New Map
The Drunkard Walk Algorithm
Managing the Tile Grid
Generating the Floor
Converting a Tile Grid into Tiles
Adding Walls
Procedural Collision Handling: Theory
Procedural Collision Handling: Practice
Where to Go from Here?

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Where to Go from Here?

You've earned a basic understanding of how to generate procedural levels in your game. Here is the full source code for the first part of the tutorial.

In the second part of this tutorial, you will extend the map generation code even further by adding rooms. You'll also make map generation more controllable by adding several properties that will influence the process.

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Procedural Level Generation in Games Tutorial: Part 1

Where to Go from Here?

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