Video Game Name Generator

There’s apparently some new videogames that you can’t play yet being announced at a conference I’m not at, so what better time to talk about a random videogame name generator?

There’s actually quite a few name generators out there:

https://videogamena.me/
https://github.com/nullpuppy/vgng
https://github.com/nubs/random-name-generator

…and no doubt others.

This particular one has been used for game jams in the past, so some of these games actually exist now. Which is one practical use for generators like this: as a constraint to anchor a project around, boosting creativity.

A name generator like this is a good project to get started with text generation: there’s a structure to the names of games. It’s an approachable start to text generation to find some snowclones to riff off of, and the parody nature gives any combinations that are recognizable but off a purpose.