NPC generators
Other (objects, etc.) entity
163
games
31platforms
An object that keeps on spawning NPCs until destroyed.
Notable people involved: Amos 'ToyTree' Roddy, Thomas van den Berg, Gordon Van Dyke, Alexander Shuskov and Rhianna Pratchett
Alternate name: Monster generators
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Some of these may have a spawn limit.
Not to be confused with procedural NPC generation.
Related:
* NPC (re-)spawning - cases where NPCs and monsters (re-)appear regardless of any destroyable object.
* Re-animators
* Hatchers
* Mitotic creatures - when the NPCs themselves serve as "generators" for more of their own kind.
Related:
* NPC (re-)spawning - cases where NPCs and monsters (re-)appear regardless of any destroyable object.
* Re-animators
* Hatchers
* Mitotic creatures - when the NPCs themselves serve as "generators" for more of their own kind.
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The first NPC generators video game was released in 1985.
U.S. Gold, Codemasters, Kalypso Media Digital and Mindscape published most of these games.