more-design.txt

NOTES ON REGIONAL MAP GENERATION:
Part 1: Outer structures
-Create the outer structures that can't be passed through (walls, steep slopes, etc.)
-Ensure that there is a path from the first area all the way to the last area
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-Refine regions until there is a path from beginning to end
PART 2: Rooms
-create a graph of the rooms
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-Ensure the layout of the rooms allows a path from and to each (no walls at the entrances/exits (ie. start '(30 50) end '(40 50) for entrance/exit))