推荐书籍：Procedural Generation in Game Design

简介

Procedural Generation in Game Design 这本工具书出版于 2017 年，从用途上讲，类似 Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding（狗头人创世指南）。Worldbuilding 请来多位作者，帮助桌面角色扮演游戏的主持人创造幻想世界；而 Procedural Generation 是写给电子游戏开发者的，书中许多作者开发过大量采用 PCG 技术的（Procedural Content Generation）Roguelike 游戏：  

• 2: Kenny Backus, Sky Rogue
  
• 3: Liam Welton, Sunless Sea
• 4, 19, 26: Jason Grinblat & Brian Bucklew, Caves of Qud（中文介绍）
• 7: Jim Shepard, Dungeonmans
  
• 9: Joris Dormans, Unexplored（中文介绍）
• 10, 27: Mark R. Johnson, Ultima Ratio Regum
• 11: Danny Day, Desktop Dungeons
• 12: Ben Kane, Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
• 14: Wyatt Cheng, Diablo III
• 20: Harry Tuffs, A House of Many Doors

对于时间有限的读者，我推荐阅读第 4、7、14 章。如果把 PCG 看作让程序自动装配积木，第 4 章（Designing for Modularity）的建议有助于设计积木和装配规则。第 7、14 章包含伪代码。前者（Level Design II Handcrafted Integration）解释了怎样把人工设计的房间加入随机生成的地下城；后者（Procedural Enemy Waves）提供了四种机制，根据游戏内状态逐步生成敌人。

第 3、8、9 章（章节标题见附录）涉及更多生成地城房间的思路。第 18 章（Story and Plot Generation）介绍的语法让程序生成故事，第 19 章（Emergent Narratives and Story Volumes）告诉读者怎样让程序生成的故事包含作者想要表达的情感和想法。第 26 章（Algorithms and Approaches）概述了与 PCG 有关的算法。第 11、12 章把逐步生成技术用于两种不太常见的游戏要素：谜题和逻辑。

最后，我是在 Reddit 分区 /r/roguelikedev 第一次听说了这本书。  

附录：

SECTION I Procedural Generation

• CHAPTER 1 ▪ When and Why to Use Procedural Generation
• CHAPTER 2 ▪ Managing
• CHAPTER 3 ▪ Aesthetics in Procedural Generation
• CHAPTER 4 ▪ Designing for Modularity
• CHAPTER 5 ▪ Ethical Procedural Generation

SECTION II Procedural Content

• CHAPTER 6 ▪ Level Design I Case Study
• CHAPTER 7 ▪ Level Design II Handcrafted Integration
• CHAPTER 8 ▪ Level Design III Architecture and Destruction
• CHAPTER 9 ▪ Cyclic Generation
• CHAPTER 10 ▪ Worlds
• CHAPTER 11 ▪ Puzzles
• CHAPTER 12 ▪ Procedural Logic
• CHAPTER 13 ▪ Artificial Intelligence
• CHAPTER 14 ▪ Procedural Enemy Waves
• CHAPTER 15 ▪ Generative Artwork
• CHAPTER 16 ▪ Generative Art Toys
• CHAPTER 17 ▪ Audio and Composition

SECTION III Procedural Narrative

• CHAPTER 18 ▪ Story and Plot Generation
• CHAPTER 19 ▪ Emergent Narratives and Story Volumes
• CHAPTER 20 ▪ Poetry Generation
• CHAPTER 21 ▪ Characters and Personalities

SECTION IV The Procedural Future

• CHAPTER 22 ▪ Understanding the Generated
• CHAPTER 23 ▪ Content Tools Case Study
• CHAPTER 24 ▪ Automated Game Tuning
• CHAPTER 25 ▪ Generating Rules
• CHAPTER 26 ▪ Algorithms and Approaches
• CHAPTER 27 ▪ Meaning