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I wrote up one of my old game ideas.
A few years back I found the concept of "gardening games" by @maxkreminski.
https://mkremins.github.io/blog/gardening-games/
The point is not literal "gardening" but rather a deeper way to interact/relate to procedural content, pretty much by inverting the idea of a 4X game. Instead of arriving at a beautiful, believable, "wild" landscape and exploiting it to bits, the player works with the environment system to enhance it.
E.g. the same way a gardener works with/within nature: collecting seeds, growing seedlings, moving self-set plants, removing weeds, composting waste, pruning, improving soil.
It's a beautiful idea that captures something I hunger for in games, but rarely find...
...so this is my attempt to implement the idea in a design: https://emnf-ideas.ianbadcoe.uk/growth-673uxwn7v0-f7tsv293ns75
This particular take is literally gardening, which is not required, but works as a jumping off point.
Scaledeep 
![Step 3: Filling in the Details
We fill in the details of the new level using Binary Space Partitioning.
[Shows a region of the binary space map that needs filling in, and a region of the original map that has been chosen.]](https://media.mathstodon.xyz/media_attachments/files/113/342/258/102/375/552/original/693cc7298a521e69.png "Step 3: Filling in the Details
We fill in the details of the new level using Binary Space Partitioning.
[Shows a region of the binary space map that needs filling in, and a region of the original map that has been chosen.]")
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The Philippine Coast Guard clarified that the ship is a law enforcement vessel and is designed to conduct environmental and humanitarian missions, as well as maritime security operations and patrol missions.[1]
The ship was designed with a bulletproof navigation bridge, and is equipped with fire monitors, night vision capability, a work boat, and radio direction finder capability.[2]")
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