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For those wondering, Carmack founded the now defunct Armadillo Aerospace (as well as being a well known video game developer).
by gpm 5y ago
For those wondering, Carmack founded the now defunct Armadillo Aerospace (as well as being a well known video game developer).
- hamburgerwah 5y ago"game developer"... He created a couple of small time indie titles : DOOM, Quake, with a hobby company called ID software
- sillysaurusx 5y agoActually, Commander Keen could be called an indie title by today's standards. The success put them in a position to make DOOM. At least, I think that's how the history went. I could be wrong.
- psyc 5y agoEveryone always skips Wolfenstein 3D
- datameta 5y agoAh, yes. FPS #0 People tend to seem to start from #1
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoWolf3D wasn't even Carmack's first FPS. Before that there was Catacomb 3-D.
- gpm 5y agoI did say "well known" But seriously, is there a better title to give him for that part of his work?
- titzer 5y agoPioneer? God?
- gpm 5y agoPioneer is a good suggestion, thanks :)
- masswerk 5y agoPioneer – thirty years after Spacewar? Hum… Edit: Pioneering achievements, yes, certainly, but pioneer as in "game development pioneer"…
- BLKNSLVR 5y agoI believe John Romero appropriated the 'God' title, making it unavailable for Carmack, no matter how appropriate.
- jstummbillig 5y agoThink of it as what it might sound like to a Christian if you called Jesus a "well known" religious figure.
- skohan 5y agoAs well as being a carpenter
- psyc 5y agoFather of the First Person Shooter and Patron Saint of Low Latency
- TchoBeer 5y agoYou can say "Creator of Doom and Quake" and/or "Founder of ID software"
- dunefox 5y ago> But seriously, is there a better title to give him for that part of his work? Omnissiah or Machine Spirit.
- matmatmatmat 5y agoThey're very underground, you've probably never heard of them.
- creddit 5y agoAre those not games he developed?
- ctvo 5y agoJohn is one of the great engineering minds of our generation. Don’t forget Oculus.
- neartheplain 5y agoHe was years ahead of the curve [0] on mobile-first VR. By that I don't mean "stick a phone in Google Carboad," but truly self-contained and portable VR built on mobile chipsets. The success of the Quest and Quest 2 is proof of that, especially in the context of years of slow PC-only VR user growth. [0] https://venturebeat.com/2016/10/07/oculus-john-carmack-argues-that-mobile-vr-is-good-enough-to-deliver-a-killer-app/ https://venturebeat.com/2016/10/07/oculus-john-carmack-argue...
- beebeepka 5y agoThanks for sharing these obscure facts with us, man. I guess it does not harm. At the very least you made a lot of people giggle In any case, it's funny he's still using the I'd handle on twitter. Whatever happened to that lawsuit Finally somewhat on topic: I really thought they had a chance when armadillo won that NASA moonlander prize.
- avmich 5y ago> I really thought they had a chance when armadillo won that NASA moonlander prize. Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. I'd really wish John would put fingers to the keyboard and write the history of Armadillo Aerospace. From buying a peroxide engine from Juan Lozano (?) to decision not to continue, even with that grand CNC behemoth as a birthday gift.
- bane 5y agoIIR, Carmack spent a lot of his own money on Armadillo Aerospace and most of the people who worked on it were volunteers. They had many ideas including custom designed rocket engines and self contained composable pieces that could be built into large systems. It was very up Musk's "first principles" alley, but wildly underestimated the capital needed to be successful.
- Thaxll 5y agoWho doesn't know Carmack on HN?
- jstx1 5y agoOther people don't know all the things you do and vice versa. I would bet that less than half of the monthly active users on HN know who John Carmack is.
- gpm 5y agoAnd I'd bet that half of those that do know who John Carmack is don't know he spent awhile building rockets, it's not exactly what he is known for.
- moralestapia 5y agoI concur, I know about Carmack since I started coding games 15 or so years ago, we've even met in person. Yet, somehow, I didn't knew about Armadillo until this thread. Wow.