vuvko

The Tumblr post[0] by Kate Compton makes a good example of how to build a generator with meaningful outcomes. You start by writing down good examples you want your generator to have and bad examples you want to avoid. That will both be a kind of filtering test and a structure to build from.

You can create different metrics and numbers to guide the generator, but every number loses meaning once you decouple it from human feedback in games.

[0]: https://galaxykate0.tumblr.com/post/139774965871/so-you-want...

I believe it is similar ot other crafts. You won't be a better engineer by only looking at source code. But it does help when you are analyzing a codebase to learn something applicable to your situation. So, it is not "just reading" I believe, but a subconcious act of analyzing.