WGTU #19: The power of procedural generation— with Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor

Let’s discuss how this action-adventure title uses procedural generation for immersion!

⬅️ WGTU #18: Randomness & conditioning — with Diablo III | WGTU #20: Time management — with Stardew Valley ➡️

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Last time, I talked about Diablo and I discussed how randomness is at the core of some video game mechanics, and how it can tap some cognitive biases to increase games replay value. In particular, we saw that drop…