Plenty of games try to offer endless entertainment, but procedurally generated games are the only ones that succeed.

The GIFs were built using procedural modeling tools in game development software Unity. Procedural modeling automatically generates 3-D models and textures from a set of algorithms.

This tech is essentially a procedural generation plugin for the Unreal and Unity game engines which allows developers to interactively and visually create "detailed and expansive" 3D worlds.

Here's how tool known as "procedural generation" is creating infinite worlds and multi-million-selling hits like 'No Man's Sky.' ...

Procedural generation is sold as a way to "write a recipe" for environments and the paths players may take through them.