It still needs to be gently guided into something more coherent. You can check out the Spelunky short book by Derek Yu where he goes into detail about how he tweaked the procedural generation to make it more engaging for players, give zones a unique gameplay identity etc.

u/zial · 9 points r/Games

Kindle version if anyone is interested.

u/NickoTyn · 2 points r/gamemaker

I don't know how Animal Crossing is working, but from your description the way Spelunky Classic (which was made in GMS1.4) might be something that could help you.

Here is a good article with examples.

Derek Yu (Spelunky's designer and developer) has also written a wonderful book about how he designed and programmed the game

u/ChosenCharacter · 2 points r/gamedesign

Read Spelunky by Derek Yu. Also play Spelunky by Derek Yu. Uh, do the second one first ofc.

u/regniwekim · 2 points r/gamemaker

Derek Yu wrote a book about the creation of Spelunky.

https://www.amazon.com/Spelunky-Boss-Fight-Books-Book-ebook/dp/B01CYVHYSS

Related categories:

Reddit mentions of Spelunky (Boss Fight Books Book 11)

idea-bulb Interested in what Redditors like? Check out our Shuffle feature

Found 5 comments on Spelunky (Boss Fight Books Book 11):

Interested in what Redditors like? Check out our Shuffle feature