Jared Huckaby · Host, Community

Well, I suppose some variation. We do procedurally generated space stations, but, I mean, like I said, look at the variation that you see within space stations. That limited amount of variation is fine for space stations, but you wouldn't want that in a bunch of ships. I don't know, it's an interesting question. I don't think we would, though. We have a wealth of incredibly talented artists, and while we have those people here, I think it behooves everybody to use them rather than to start having a bunch of procedural generation stuff. Some games use procedural generation as the end goal. They get to that point, and then they're there, and that's it. We use it as a tool, almost as a starting point. Everything that's procedurally generated, whether it's our planets or it's our stations, we use it to get us started, and then artists from the environment team or whatever go through and then curate on top of that. Make sure you blend the biomes and stuff like that. We use it as a tool, not as an engine.