{"author_name":"VideoDog","cat":"LD #34","comments":[],"epoch":1450254480,"likes":4,"metadata":{"p_key":"9655","p_author":"VideoDog","p_authorkey":"58117","p_urlkey":"44877","p_title":"Don\u2019t Stop Drilling \u2013 Level Generation","p_cat":"LD #34","p_event":"LD34","p_time":"1450254480","p_likes":"4","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"58117","us_name":"VideoDog","us_username":"videodog","event_start":"1449792000","event_key":"31","event_name":"LD34"},"text":"

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Rick from VideoDog here.<\/p>\n

So it turns out when you put more than 12 hours into a game, the results are much better!<\/p>\n

Don’t Stop Drilling<\/a> is a huge improvement over our last game<\/a>, and I really think we all learned a lot! I feel\u00a0I speak for all the other VideoDogs when I say that we can’t wait for the next Ludum Dare! Now to give everyone something hopefully interesting to read, I’ll talk a little about our level generation in Unity.<\/p>\n

\"DSDSS1\"<\/a>

“Please remember to drill at all times, lest you meet an unfortunate demise.”<\/p><\/div>\n

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In Don’t Stop Drilling the generation of the board is determined based on various scripts we call “generators”. Original, I know. Now each generator is given a weighting to determine how often it \"BTSLV2\"is allowed to generate a layer.<\/p>\n

The RandomGenerator has the highest weighting, so I’ll focus on that\u00a0specifically.<\/p>\n

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\"BTSRNDM\"As you can see here the “Weight” category has a value of .81. This means that RandomGenerator should generate about 81 out of 100 layers. But what will our friend the RandomGenerator place in a layer it generates? Well that is what sub weightings are for! Every item listed under the “Weightings” category contributes to the layer that RandomGenerator creates. So in this example 5 out of every 100 blocks generated should be Copper.<\/p>\n

I know most of you programmers out there must be thinking that this is nothing too crazy, but as a Artist\/Designer, this is pretty damn cool! I spent way too much time tweaking each level trying to get the balance right, and could probably spend a lot more. But alas, Ludum Dare is only 72 hours and every project must come to an end.<\/p>\n

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Thanks for reading! I hope you found this short write up interesting!<\/p>\n

@VideoDogDev<\/p>\n

@Variant_3 – Rick (Art\/Design)<\/p>\n

@pmlamotte – Paul (Programming\/Design)<\/p>\n

@carnyth – Devin (Music\/Art\/Design)<\/p>\n

Special thanks to Brett and Mike who gave great feedback during development!<\/p>\n

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