Omnigenesys: A Universal Framework for Procedural Map Generation in Digital Games

• Rodrigo Dubeux Mendes de Oliveira CESAR School
• Erick Simões de Matos CESAR School

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbgames_estendido.2026.25726

Resumo

Introduction: The creation of digital maps and scenarios is one of the most costly processes in game development, becoming a bottleneck especially in genres that rely on replayability and scalability. Procedural Content Generation (PCG) emerges as a promising alternative, yet current tools such as Houdini Engine, Unreal PCG Framework, and Dungeon Architect operate within closed ecosystems and lack standard interoperability between game engines, forcing developers to rebuild procedural content from scratch when migrating platforms. Objective: This paper presents Omnigenesys, a universal and modular framework for procedural map generation, independent of any specific game engine, designed to address the fragmentation and lack of portability in existing PCG tools. Steps: The framework was developed following the Design Science Research (DSR) methodology through iterative cycles of problem identification, requirements definition, artifact construction, and demonstration. The core is implemented in Go, exporting maps as structured JSON consumed by engine-specific adapters, with working integrations delivered for both Unity and Unreal Engine. Expected Results: End-to-end pipelines have been demonstrated in both Unity and Unreal Engine, generating maps deterministically from a seed and assembling them at runtime. Formal evaluation of cross-engine reuse metrics remains as future work.

Palavras-chave: Procedural Content Generation, Game Engine, Interoperability, Framework, Map Generation

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