Matt Karoglou is a freelance writer and musician who has been playing video games for 36 years and writing about them for almost as long. When he's not editorializing about the intricacies and ...

Procedural texture generation and rendering encompass a range of algorithmic techniques designed to synthesise detailed, non-repetitive textures on virtual surfaces. By relying on mathematical models ...

Procedural content generation (PCG) represents an innovative approach to the creation of video game elements through algorithmic processes. This methodology has evolved from early rule‐based systems ...

Why it matters: Managing graphics memory has become one of the most pressing challenges facing the realm of real-time 3D rendering. As visuals become more detailed, the amount of VRAM required for ...

Many games use procedural generation to create a game world algorithmically, starting with Elite way back in 1984. But this isn’t the only way that this kind of dynamic content can be used in games.