kave comments on One-shot strategy games?

[kave]

There are separate random number generators for most things in Slay the Spire.

Specifically, this piece of code is executed at the start of a run:

public static void generateSeeds() {
    logger.info(“Generating seeds: ” + Settings.seed);
    monsterRng = new Random(Settings.seed);
    eventRng = new Random(Settings.seed);
    merchantRng = new Random(Settings.seed);
    cardRng = new Random(Settings.seed);
    treasureRng = new Random(Settings.seed);
    relicRng = new Random(Settings.seed);
    potionRng = new Random(Settings.seed);
    //​ The following rngs are actually re-initialized each floor:
    monsterHpRng = new Random(Settings.seed);
    aiRng = new Random(Settings.seed);
    shuffleRng = new Random(Settings.seed);
    cardRandomRng = new Random(Settings.seed);
    miscRng = new Random(Settings.seed);
}

From https://​​forgottenarbiter.github.io/​​Correlated-Randomness/​​ (which does point out there is some unfortunate correlated randomness, though I think there are mods that fix that)

[Dweomite]

Wow. I’m kind of shocked that the programmer understands PRNGs well enough to come up with this strategy for controlling different parts of the game separately and yet thinks that initializing a bunch of PRNGs to exactly the same seed is a good idea.

Nice find, though. Thanks for the info!

(I note the page you linked is dated ~4 years ago; it seems possible this has changed since then.)