State of procedural enviroment creation

[no_way]

Old thread, but i cross googled some stuff and found this:
Tigsource recently ran an indie Procedural Game Contest
Results here and a nice short review here. Some neat ideas in there, should probably try out a few of these games.

 

[Squilliam]

Im not sure, but the tessellator on the Xbox 360 sounds like it could be right up this alley. Am I right?

 

[ERP]

The problem with procedural content is that it doesn't always match the game play needs. You can't easily build traditional gameplay structures which often involve confining the player in one area without control over the overall structure.

I suspect we're heading towards something more of a hybrid where levels and gameplay are authored in broad strokes and the details are generated.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

Which is of course old news for an old technique used successfully in previous generations

 

[liolio]

Here an article based on a presentation done by Dominic Guay (Far Cry 2 technical director) in regard to procedurally generated content:
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21165

(may also explain how FC2 fits in 4/5GB).