In this session recorded at Unreal Fest Orlando 2025, Principal World Designer Yves Poureau seeks to answer the question “is procedural level generation providing value to players?”
The talk defines the specific contexts where the answer can be "Yes," examining three key applications: scaling of content production, enabling replayability, and supporting user-generated content.
The session goes on to provide a six-step workflow guiding you from prototyping to fine-tuning, with practical tips to leverage this technology in your projects.
Through the lens of Unreal Engine's Procedural Content Generation Framework (PCG), the session demonstrates how this approach enables complex 3D procedural generation for any production, from micro-detail placement to macro-level structure.
The workflow requires no programming background, making it immediately actionable whether you're a creative director evaluating PCG's potential, a level designer adapting your workflow, a programmer building tools, or any game developer exploring procedural generation.
Learn more about using the Procedural Content Generation framework in Unreal Engine here: dev.epicgames.com/documentationunreal-engine/procedural-content-generation-overview
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