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Procedural Co-op maps?
Was talking with a friend and thought hey!, this would be fun.
but is if it's possible is the true question.

because if it is possible then that gives you the opportunity to play more as atlas and p-body on randomly made maps aside from regular workshop maps
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Rooke 39 17 Aug, 2024 @ 10:06am 
I don't play Co-op maps, but I used to be a professional programmer.
Something like that would be possible, but not at all probable due to the complexity of the interactions between the players and them with the environment & testing elements.

The amount of time it would take to make something like that work 90% of the time would be cost prohibitive. It's highly unlikely any game studio would attempt it. They would have to charge an excessive price for the game to re-coup their costs, let alone make a profit.

You're better off playing community made Co-op maps, as they're doing all the work for free.
Last edited by Rooke; 17 Aug, 2024 @ 10:08am
Greenstranger500 17 Aug, 2024 @ 12:16pm 
that is true, and also that wasn't meant to be disrespect towards the modders at all
Greenstranger500 17 Aug, 2024 @ 12:17pm 
it was more or less about me and a friend worrying about running out of maps to play
Rooke 39 17 Aug, 2024 @ 1:07pm 
I wasn't implying any disrespect towards modders at all. I understood where you were coming from and what you and your friend were hoping for. I was only trying to explain why a procedurally generated coop map was not practical.

As for running out of maps to play, there are over 156,000 coop maps. Even if you only play the best of the 5 and 4 star maps, that's still quite a few 1000. Since at least 2 new coop maps get made every week, by the time you get thru all the old ones, and some of the oldest ones are the best, you'll have all the new ones to play.

And who knows, maybe by then you and your friend will be making your own coop maps, and become masters at it. After all, practice makes perfect, and after playing all those maps you should have every move known in your arsenal of map maneuvers.

Good luck with it all.
Last edited by Rooke; 17 Aug, 2024 @ 1:13pm
Greenstranger500 17 Aug, 2024 @ 2:18pm 
ah alright thank you, and I understand you wasn't implying that I was attempting to disrespect others, I just had to make myself clear as I wouldn't want someone else to come by and potentially misunderstand my statements
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