I would not recommend this to game developers who already have foundational knowledge. It feels as if PCG were an open-source technology with official documentation, and this course is merely reading the overview of it. I took the course expecting specific use cases for procedural generation, and while it is well-organized, the lack of examples made it hard to truly grasp. I think it would have been better if it included things like which tools are good to use or troubleshooting know-how.

hiimkwak

PCG (Procedural Content Generation) is a design approach that automatically generates game content based on rules and conditions. It is utilized for various content such as maps, items, events, and quests, and is currently widely used throughout the game industry to improve development efficiency and gameplay variety. PCG is no longer limited to specific genres or technical teams; it has become one of the fundamental concepts that game designers must understand.

PCG is often misunderstood as merely a mathematical or programming technique, but in reality, the most important aspect is the planning-stage choices and design that determine "what kind of experience to create repeatedly."

This course is an introductory lecture focused on understanding and utilizing PCG from a designer's perspective. Rather than teaching how to write code, it gradually explains why PCG is necessary, what problems it solves, and how it is used in game design, centered on principles and case studies.

machinetutor

Introduction to PCG (Procedural Content Generation) for Game Designers: The Principles and Applications of PCG That Designers Should Know

게임기획

게임개발

게임디자인

Content Planning

콘텐츠 기획

입문

초급

중급이상

Game Planning

game-development

system-design

게임개론

game-introduction

절차적 콘텐츠 생성(PCG)의 개념과 기획자의 역할 이해하기

PCG를 구성하는 핵심 원리와 기법들

다양한 PCG 방식과 활용 사례

실무 적용을 위한 PCG 기획과 품질 관리