You're willing to spend a lot a time for a "quick game" for a little device such as PlayDate. I find that very interesting, Very impressing too. But designing custom "monsters" from the beginning isn't an easier way instead of making an algorithm to build pre-generated ones? I understand that it means caring for your own project, but I wonder in what there is a big difference? If there is one yet of course!
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I love to use random generation in my projects where I can to avoid bias when designing something, you end up with a lot of happy accidents or combinations that you never would have thought of. One project I have used generates random soft colour tones and I come up with colour pairings I never would have considered before.