alt Hacker NewsThe issue with procedural generation isn’t how to do it, the issue is how to keep it from being boring.
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tejohnso • today at 3:07 PM
Yeah the scope and detail of the universe is great, but it still feels like a well polished demo to me. The interactions with intelligent beings are very repetitive and boring. I can wander around and build things, but I never really feel strongly engaged like I do in a game like Valheim or GTA.
It's the Bowls of Oatmeal problem:
https://emshort.blog/2016/09/21/bowls-of-oatmeal-and-text-ge...