Edgar is a procedural 2D level generator. It combines a graph-based approach with handmade room templates to give game designers complete control over generated levels.
Edgar is a procedural 2D level generator. It combines a graph-based approach with handmade room templates to give game designers complete control over generated levels.
Graph-based approach
You decide exactly how many rooms you want in a level and how they should be connected, and the generator produces levels that follow exactly that structure. Do you want a boss room at the end of each level? Or a shop room halfway through the level? Everything is possible with the graph-based approach.
Handmade room templates
The appearance of individual rooms is controlled with so-called room templates. These are pre-authored building blocks from which the algorithm chooses when generating a level. They are created with Unity tilemaps, but they can also contain additional game objects such as lights, enemies or chests with loot. You can also assign different room templates to different types of rooms. For example, a spawn room should probably look different than a boss room.
