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It's really great how he pushed so hard to open source the previous generation of each game when releasing a new one. It's hard to tell how much that pushed the

It's really great how he pushed so hard to open source the previous generation of each game when releasing a new one. It's hard to tell how much that pushed the industry forward, but I'm sure a lot of people became better C programmers as a result. The "smell in VR" kits in this interview were interesting. I hadn't realized so much progress had been made on that front (or that it would take so much to make it as convincing as visual input).

pizza234 7y ago
> but I'm sure a lot of people became better C programmers as a result. A lot of people also became professional [level] designers because of his works - Doom was innotivative, among the many things, in the fact that it was designed from the ground up for extension (modding).
- jasonwatkinspdx 7y ago
  Yup. I worked on a few doomed game projects in the late 90's. The quake tools were where a lot of people started learning. Unreal was a huge step as well, as the editor had a lot better ux. I shifted out of doing level design work, but some of the people I worked with ended up on the Medal of Honor team.
- badocr 7y ago
  Indeed, and Valve hired a bunch of people from the Doom/Quake modding scene for Half-Life 1.
  - pfranz 7y ago
    Valve's engine was also based off and licensed from Quake's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoldSrc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoldSrc
coldtea 7y ago
>The "smell in VR" kits in this interview were interesting. I hadn't realized so much progress had been made on that front (or that it would take so much to make it as convincing as visual input) Well, we had smell-o-vision for a loooong time... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smell-O-Vision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smell-O-Vision
- tudorw 7y ago
  Apparently your sense of smell has a short pathway to your brain, so an olfactory UI could be a good thing, how about a burning smell when your server's hitting max load :)

pizza234 7y ago

> but I'm sure a lot of people became better C programmers as a result. A lot of people also became professional [level] designers because of his works - Doom was innotivative, among the many things, in the fact that it was designed from the ground up for extension (modding).

jasonwatkinspdx 7y ago
Yup. I worked on a few doomed game projects in the late 90's. The quake tools were where a lot of people started learning. Unreal was a huge step as well, as the editor had a lot better ux. I shifted out of doing level design work, but some of the people I worked with ended up on the Medal of Honor team.
badocr 7y ago
Indeed, and Valve hired a bunch of people from the Doom/Quake modding scene for Half-Life 1.
- pfranz 7y ago
  Valve's engine was also based off and licensed from Quake's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoldSrc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoldSrc

coldtea 7y ago

>The "smell in VR" kits in this interview were interesting. I hadn't realized so much progress had been made on that front (or that it would take so much to make it as convincing as visual input) Well, we had smell-o-vision for a loooong time... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smell-O-Vision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smell-O-Vision

tudorw 7y ago
Apparently your sense of smell has a short pathway to your brain, so an olfactory UI could be a good thing, how about a burning smell when your server's hitting max load :)