Does Borderlands Procedurally Generate Enemies?
Fri, 06/05/2009 - 10:58
Gearbox is using procedural generation to create hundreds of thousands of guns in Borderlands and tons of other items. A Shacknews E3 impressions article implies that Gearbox might be using the process to create tons of enemies as well.
"You guys have heard the shit about our guns," said [Gearbox's Mike Neumann], referring to the ridiculous permutations that produce Borderlands' weapons--over a half-million at one count, and now far higher. "What most people don't know is our other content is generated like that."
Neumann described spiders that can spawn as leapers which latch onto a player's face, while another variant has the spiders curling up and rolling like a ball in its attack. There won't be a half-million spider species, of course, but the team is aiming for some pretty wild combinations.
It's not absolutely clear if Neumann is saying the spiders are procedurally generated, but this article certainly makes it sound like that. If they are, a pat on the back to Gearbox.
The more you play a game, the more likely you are to get bored with it. Part of the reason is staleness, after dozens of hours you begin to see the same things over and over again. Procedural generation of enemies would help keep the game fresh.
Fri, 06/05/2009 - 11:33
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Welcome to the site tacosocat
Welcome to the site tacosocat.
Fri, 06/05/2009 - 12:13
#3
Thanks. :D
Thanks. :D
Fri, 06/05/2009 - 12:16
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Are they going to have it so
Are they going to have it so when you kill an enemy/creature, it disappears soon after, or will it be there for a while?
Sat, 06/06/2009 - 18:41
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=D!
It would be sweet if the corpses remained like Oblivion. I'd make a giant monster corpse mountain. <3
Sat, 06/06/2009 - 21:33
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Spiders..? NO!! richard simmons
I hate spiders and they are too overused in video games. Come on gearbox be original.... you are on a distant part of Newhaven territory the fog is setteling in visibility is zero when suddenly the ground begins to shake and rumble slowly at first but then faster and heavier and soon it is creating an audible sound just from the ground shaking. In the distance you can see movement it looks like a mountain is arising out of the dust, but soon before your eyes you find a lvl 1,000 Fire Breathing, Sonic the Hedgehog Spitting, Mario and Luigi Overall Wearing, RICHARD SIMMONS!!! duh duh duuuuuh...
RICHARD SIMMONS: Hi there!!!!
MAN #1: Oh My God everybody run from his afro ray...
MAN #2: wait look... on the horizon its the power ranger mega zord (points in oppisote direction of richard)
BLUE RANGER: oh god its to powerful (sparks, explosion, and acrobatic death backwords Followedby the rest of the rangers)
NARARRATOR: all hope seems lost for the town of newhaven if only our four protectors weren't out fighting that stupid jumping rolling spider, we might have had a chance
DEEP SEXY MAN VOICE: so here ends the tale of the once peacefull town known as newhaven laid to waste by the pure evil of a little white aerobics instructor in afro and booty shorts combination but where our story ends another begins. the story of the destruction of humanity deemed unworthy to survive (fallout 3 quote for the win)
DISCLAMER:
Man i had fun writing that no offense ment to gearbox or borderlands
heck of a lot of offense to time wasted watching power rangers as a kid
All caps are puposeful
Sat, 06/06/2009 - 23:43
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@JWB
Ya know JWB, I played through Fallout 3 several times to cee the different endings and at no point did I ever hear the Narrator at the end (Which is Ron Perlman [Hellboy] for those who didnt know), and at no point did he ever refer to an all white aerobics instructor with booty shorts and an afro......maybe thats a hidden ending..........it would be cool though to re-skin the character model of Liberty Prime to your depiction of Richard Simmons.
Sun, 06/07/2009 - 15:25
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Well not every game is as creative as me... jk
i was talking about the "...humanity deemed unworthy to survive." or something to that affect. but down to buisness
if there are sirens/ magicy people (like lilith) in the world of pandora will we have to fight enemies who have some kind of weird mojo power? i mean it does say proceduraly generated enemies so that could beany type of fighting creature using any kind of attack... including my richard simmons idea.
Disclamer:
I am 99% unserious about everything i say
The other 1% is reserved for things i write.
^That means i talk alot... yea... most of the time just rambling on...
I mean no offense to anyone.
Mon, 06/08/2009 - 02:21
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Finally someone as joking and
Finally someone as joking and overly sacrastic like myself.
Mon, 06/08/2009 - 15:04
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aint it great
the world wouldbe a whole lot better if everyone was overly joking and sarcastic...
u.s. military shows up in china after destroying the whole chinese navy and ransacking towns and the best excuse they can come up with is JK LOL...
yea, maybe the world would be better with only a few more overly sarcastic and joking people
Disclaimer
I am not racist towards the chinese, sorry if i offended anyone.
Sorry for being off topic
That would make the game last a good bit longer. :)
I got peas on my head.