From critical hits to random encounters, and from loot boxes to procedural generation, video games are stuffed to bursting with randomness. In this episode, I look at the way randomness is used in games – and why some forms are more contentious than others.
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Sources
Uncapped Look-Ahead and the Information Horizon | Keith Burgun
A Study in Transparency: How Board Games Matter | GDC Vault
GameTek Classic 183 – Input Output Randomness | Ludology
Why revealing all is the secret of Slay The Spire’s success | Rock Paper Shotgun
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Random Generator | Tetris Wiki
Level Feeling | Spelunky Wiki
Plan Disruption | Etan Hoeppner
Fire Emblem True Hit | Serenes Forest
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Many faces of Procedural Generation: Determinism | Gamsutra
Why Our Brains Do Not Intuitively Grasp Probabilities | Scientific American
How classic games make smart use of random number generation | Gamasutra
Games shown in this episode (in order of appearance)
Cuphead (2017)
Enter the Gungeon (2016)
Octopath Traveler (2018)
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (2017)
Griftlands (In Early Access)
Dicey Dungeons (2019)
Hearthstone (2014)
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (2014)
Darkest Dungeon (2016)
Dead Cells (2018)
SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech (2019)
Into the Breach (2018)
Spelunky (2012)
Armello (2015)
Minecraft (2011)
Chasm (2018)
Downwell (2015)
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)
No Man’s Sky (2016)
Celeste (2018)
Fortnite (2017)
Mario Kart 8 (2014)
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (2014)
Tekken 7 (2015)
Super Mario Party (2018)
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (2019)
Borderlands 3 (2019)
Call of Duty: WWII (2017)
Valkyria Chronicles 4 (2018)
Civilization V (2010)
Wargroove (2019)
Plants vs. Zombies (2009)
XCOM: Enemy Within (2013)
Chess Ultra (2017)
Mark of the Ninja (2012)
StarCraft II (2010)
Slay the Spire (2019)
Apex Legends (2019)
Civilization IV (2005)
XCOM 2 (2016)
Overwatch (2016)
FTL: Faster Than Light (2012)
Card of Darkness (2019)
Diablo III (2012)
Tetris 99 (2019)
Puyo Puyo Tetris (2017)
Phoenix Point (2019)
Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019)
Tharsis (2016)
Music used in this episode
Cuphead soundtrack – Kristofer Maddigan (
Tharsis soundtrack – Half Age EP by Weval (
Other credits
RNGesus original artwork by Dinsdale
Super Mario Party – Luigi wins by doing absolutely nothing | Nintendo Unity
Fire Emblem: Three Houses – New Game Plus Maddening Walkthrough Part 43! | MrSOAP999
Deadpool 2 © 20th Century Fox
Pandemic Card Art © Z-Man Games
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You want information… here: the two types of randomness discuss by the video are input and output randomness
RNG in "X-COM: Enemy Unknown":
99% chance to hit = 3 consecutive misses. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ (aka "completely screwed")
What’s the game shown after No Mans Sky?
The example was of FTL vs Into The Breach was hilarious, since FTL was vastly more successful (and in my opinion) a far, far better game.
C R I T I C A L H I T
critical hits in tf2 🙁
4:49 ZOMBIES, NOT MONSTERS
I think a good example of output randomness is tabletop gaming yes it’s different but the fact is that rolling dice to attack a monster in dnd is the same as trying to attack an alien in xcom
4:55 What is this game called ?
Imagine if celeste's levels were random, I'd die.
WoW BFA patch 8.3 is basically the Xzibit of randomness. They put in rng inside of your rng so you can rng while you rng. Anyone who has played it knows what I'm talking about. Its really a prime example of how to implement randomness in a bad way.
3:15 why I don't like BR games
Don't even forget how RNG is sometimes a very big fun factor, in for example Hearthstone, where sometimes players intentionally build and play RNG decks just for shits and giggles.
*Just noticed the 'Demonitization' icon over RNGesus's hand"
I…feel like we got flipped off
TF2 has random crits lmao
Coronavirus: exists
TV news man: 11:23
Two types of randomness begins at 6:07 🙂
It would be nice to have time stamps on a 20 min vid like you do for your longer ones. Cheers!
Only example of input randomness that is frustrating is the circle in games like pubg where if the zone forces you to run across an open field is pretty annoying
the only good output randomness is dungeons and dragons
My friends invited me luck not a civ 5 game and I have 2k hours so yer when they found me on my island they were suprised. I have no fun I'm that game I hate it seems much because I can't have fun it it's just about winning. And that's no fun
As someone whose first ever Terraria run was graced by a pre hardmode Drax, I can confidently say I thought Terraria was much easier than it actually was for a long time. RNJesus has never given me such luck since.
Dont forget the "random chance that actually isnt random"
2:27 JUST LOOK AT THE TRANSITION :OOO
Whos watching this to help with their 2020 GMTK game jam
Here for the jam
2:00 I have some objections!
Minecraft worlds aren't infinite, they are very very large.
You can see that for yourself by typing in the following command:
/tp @p ~200000000 100 ~200000000
You will see the edge of the world. If not, repeat the command, eventually you will be there.
The two kinds of randomness:
Good randomness: When all outcomes are desirable, but there's a variety
Bad randomness: When you randomly get either a "good" result or a "bad" result