Simulation Principles from Dwarf Fortress

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781482254808/chapters/10.1201/b18373-47

World generation begins with a randomized fractal elevation map, then temperature, rainfall, drainage, vegetation, and salinity layers, then land classification. Principles: do not overplan, break down the system, do not overcomplicate, base models on real-world analogs.

Dwarf Fortress, Procedural terrain