1,500 Slot Machines Walk into a Bar: Adventures in Quantity Over Quality

Why it was recommended

They procedurally generated 1,500+ different iterations on top of the same Unity-based slots shovelware using noun/adjective pairs.

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What it covers

In this 2019 GDC talk, Alex Schwartz and Ziba Scott explain how they flooded the app stores with over 1,500 auto-generated slot machine games to find the lowest bar for. It is for a general viewer who does not plan to take a prerequisite first.

Video details

Channel

GDC Festival of Gaming

Length

1 hr 0 min

Year

2019

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