mike cook

I've written a book! Next Level: Making Games That Make Themselves is the story of procedural generation - the tech behind games like Minecraft and Dwarf Fortress. It's about how it works, the games that use it, and the art behind it. Out May 7th: linktr.ee/next_level

@sigmascience Thank you! And sorry I missed some of your tweets, I have been doing lots of posting elsewhere haha.

Happy publication day @mtrc! Discover how generative systems are reshaping the way games are made, how we experience them, and what this reveals about creativity itself. Next Level is out NOW!

Next Level is out in just 3 days - some people already have their preorders, which is scary and cool! I'm doing a few threads this week about some of the stuff I cover in the book, today let me tell you about two very special games. (Pre/order it here: linktr.ee/next_level)

You can still order Next Level! It's in local bookshops, and online in lots of places too. You can also get it on Amazon if you can suffer huge corporations and want to boost us on an arbitrary chart: amazon.co.uk/Next-Level-Mak… Thanks to everyone for their support! 💜🙏

I love both of these games so much, but their creators are also so important, in terms of their contributions to the communities and how they acted as inspirations for so many more people to do research and design around procedural generation. That's what the book is about, too.

I've written a book! Next Level: Making Games That Make Themselves is the story of procedural generation - the tech behind games like Minecraft and Dwarf Fortress. It's about how it works, the games that use it, and the art behind it. Out May 7th: linktr.ee/next_level

@stratospark Not very! I made a few figures but they’re quite clear in the book imo

@mtrc Very cool! Is it diagram/art heavy? Deciding between physical or ebook.

@BigTimeMothy Thanks so much Tim! I hope you like it - I have no idea what people are expecting but I've tried to make it as Me a book as possible haha.

@mtrc This is awesome Mike, I was recently wishing that there was book just like this. Preordered!

I'm eager to talk more about the book - please invite me to your universities, events, podcasts, family dinners so I can talk about the book, about the magic of procedural generation, or about the cursed nature of 'generative' tech!

This is a celebration of a field that stretches back decades, before videogames even. It's my tribute to the best people I know and the beautiful things they've made. If you want to know why procgen matters today - and why it isn't generative AI - this is the book for you.

@pugqueen1616 There isn’t one unfortunately! I mixed together a few patterns myself to make it.

does anyone know the pattern for this!! pleased

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