Chasm
A Metroidvania with procedurally generated worlds.
Where Chasm comes up1 episode or test
- World is generated
- No handcrafted map
- Loved for handcrafted map
- Depends on handcrafted maps
"The two genres may end up just being incompatible"
From Game Maker's Toolkit
What was said about Chasm
Chasm's procedural worlds clash with the handcrafted maps Metroidvanias depend on. Chasm is a Metroidvania with procedurally generated worlds. Because the world is generated, it loses the handcrafted map that the genre is loved for.
Game Maker's Toolkit uses it as a warning about blending genres: check that each system supports the fantasy the other builds. Otherwise "the two genres may end up just being incompatible".
How To Combine Video Game Genres
Its procedural worlds clash with the handcrafted maps that Metroidvanias are loved for.
Chasm's procedural worlds clash with the handcrafted maps Metroidvanias depend on. Chasm is a Metroidvania with procedurally generated worlds. Because the world is generated, it loses the handcrafted map that the genre is loved for.
Game Maker's Toolkit uses it as a warning about blending genres: check that each system supports the fantasy the other builds. Otherwise "the two genres may end up just being incompatible".
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