4 ms·
I enjoyed both Master of Doom and the two Mechner books (for Karateka and PoP). Can anyone suggest similar long-form blogs or books where a single developer tal
by petercooper 10y ago
I enjoyed both Master of Doom and the two Mechner books (for Karateka and PoP). Can anyone suggest similar long-form blogs or books where a single developer talks about a programming journey they took? (Nat Friedman - Ximian - had a great blog 2002-2006ish of this nature, but it has since gone down.)
- johnb 10y agoI can recommend Stay Awhile and Listen by David L. Craddock which tells the story of how the original Diablo was made. It's mostly told in interviews, so while it's not a single developer's story a lot of it is first hand.
- thorin 10y agoYou should definitely check out Bob Pape's book about the spectrum version of Rtype (and Rampage) http://bizzley.imbahost.com/download.html http://bizzley.imbahost.com/download.html
- petercooper 10y agoAbout half way through so far, thanks! :)