Saltsman: The pros and cons of procedural generation in Overland

While iterating procedural generation for Overland, Saltsman has found a few handy pieces of advice for developers looking to implement such a system.

“There are a few things that we get from procedural generation: more emergence and unpredictability, more unique situations that players feel like they ‘own’ in some way.

Saltsman gave his procedural generation system a ruleset to help keep it interesting for players.