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tutorial
Apr 14, 20263 min read

Procedural Generation vs Hand-Crafted Levels: Finding the Right Balance

When should you use procedural generation and when should you hand-craft your levels? A practical framework for combining both approaches to build better game worlds with less effort.

Game DesignProcedural GenerationLevel Design
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tutorial
Mar 28, 20268 min read

Building Believable Biomes: A Deep Dive into Rule-Based Environment Scatter

Why random scatter looks fake and how rule-based placement systems create environments that feel natural — the game design theory and practical implementation behind believable biomes.

Unreal EngineProcedural Generation
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tutorial
Mar 21, 20267 min read

UE5.7 Nanite Foliage + Procedural Placement: Performance Guide for Open Worlds

Nanite Foliage is finally production-ready in UE5.7. Here's how to combine it with procedural scatter systems to build dense, high-performance open worlds without tanking your frame rate.

Unreal EngineNanite
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devlog
Mar 10, 20263 min read

How We Populated a 16 km² Open World in an Afternoon with UE5

A behind-the-scenes look at how we used rule-based procedural scatter to fill a massive open world with forests, rocks, and foliage — in just a few hours.

Unreal EngineOpen World
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devlog
Mar 5, 20266 min read

Procedural Placement Tool v2: What's New

A deep dive into the new features in Procedural Placement Tool v2, including biome zones, density painting, and performance improvements.

Unreal EngineProcedural Generation
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