Changelog

This document lists new content, changes, and fixes in each release.

PCG Secrets 1.1.0

Released on 2021/08/12

This release brings a new tutorial series dedicated to cellular automata.

Cellular automata is a powerful tool to generate organic shapes, caves or otherwise.

New in this release:

  • Cellular automata tutorial series with 11 new lessons.
  • Experimental downloadable EPUB ebook. You can find it listed in the course downloads and use it with a device like Kindle or any ebook app on a mobile device.

Fixes:

  • Added missing instruction to set the gravity to zero in 03.creating-rooms.

PCG Secrets 1.0.1

Released on 2021/04/03

  • Added explanations to clarify how we draw rivers and why in 06.river-generator.
  • Removed outdated EARLY-ACCESS.md from downloadable builds.

PCG Secrets 1.0.0

Released on 2021/01/13

This release brings the infinite procedural world series. In it, you’ll learn to use white and blue noise, as well as layered generation and storing persistent changes in infinite worlds.

This completes the planned series for the 1.0 release and marks the end of early access. We’ll keep providing support for the course, and we intend to keep improving it in the future.

Other changes:

  • Added an index.html file to the downloadable version of the course.
  • Added a start project with the files to follow the series.

PCG Secrets 0.3.0

Released on 2020/09/01

The third content update adds:

  1. The physics-based dungeon generator, using Minimum Spanning Trees.
  2. A procedural weapons system inspired by games like Enter the Gungeon.

PCG Secrets 0.2.0

Released on 2020/08/05

This content update brings a new, advanced-level tutorial series: the shader-based world map generator.

PCG Secrets 0.1.1

Released on 2020/07/28

This minor release brings tweaks and small updates to the basic dungeon series, to make it more consistent with the rest of the course.

PCG Secrets 0.1.0: Early Access release 1

Released on 2020/07/27

This is the release of the course, with the following topics:

  1. Random Walker game level generator.
  2. Basic dungeon generator.