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Carmack also stated that these open source releases help them in the long run. E.g. they were able to port Wolfenstein 3D and Doom (the old one) to iOS much qui
by phoboslab 15y ago
Carmack also stated that these open source releases help them in the long run. E.g. they were able to port Wolfenstein 3D and Doom (the old one) to iOS much quicker by basing it on modern versions of those engines, created by the community.
- rg3 15y agoYes, and it also helps them keep the games alive. If you have the game data (CD, DVD, Steam, whatever), you can play every id FPS game up to Doom 3 in almost any platform you want, today. And you will probably be able to do it 20 years from now. I think it's fantastic.
- metachris 15y agoYes, this and the ability to build games on an open-source engine gets them a lot of goodwill, building a brand people love.
- Natsu 15y agoYeah, there's a lot of goodwill generated by them, too. I wouldn't be surprised if this also helps them with recruitment. I mean, this helps create more talented game devs by giving them stuff to hack on.