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40: The Physics of Uncertainly with Andrea Roberts (Roundguard)

Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games

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How to Run a Random Generator

There were definitely challenges along the way that like unexpected constraints and things that would come out of running that system. We added a system underneath to put weighting on certain things so that I could wait this, a particular enemy type. And sometimes I would crank the weighting up and I wouldn't feel the impact of that. It was really hard to tell if like, is this just random? You know, why do I only ever see two of this enemy type? Why do I never, you know, things like that?"

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