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It used to be a mecca for talent in gaming. Even activision acquiring it didn’t seem to sqaush that lure. I’ve watched numerous talks from their engineers, and

It used to be a mecca for talent in gaming. Even activision acquiring it didn’t seem to sqaush that lure. I’ve watched numerous talks from their engineers, and the things they came up with to deal with the sheer difficulty of the problem space is utterly fascinating. I can’t imagine the best and brightest still wanting to work there, parent companies never understand what made the place special, else they’d replicate it themselves. MS is going to be further nails in the coffin

Arrath 3y ago
I'd be curious to see some of these talks, which ones do you think were most interesting?
- boneitis 3y ago
  Moreso text formats, but I highly recommend the entirety of Patrick Wyatt's (major developer on Diablo, StarCraft, Warcraft, Guild Wars) `Code of Honor` blog, where he has written war stories of developing Blizzard's earlier hit games. (It's been a while since he last posted there.) One of the more popular posts: https://www.codeofhonor.com/blog/the-starcraft-path-finding-hack https://www.codeofhonor.com/blog/the-starcraft-path-finding-... Also, it is easy to draw parallels between David Craddock's `Stay Awhile and Listen` book and Masters of Doom. I tried to quickly whip up the Amazon link, but I'm seeing multiple versions and listings... apparently multivolume? When I first encountered it, it was a single book.
  - boneitis 3y ago
    And, past discussions here: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=codeofhonor.com https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=codeofhonor.com
- milesvp 3y ago
  I really liked their talk about network prediction and server side simulation. Also talked about their entity modeling system https://youtu.be/zrIY0eIyqmI https://youtu.be/zrIY0eIyqmI
LargeTomato 3y ago
The gaming industry is an unmitigated disaster, an embarrassment, and a stain on software engineering. You have your pick! Sexually harass your colleagues into committing suicide (Blizzard) or get farted on by the CEO (Riot).

Arrath 3y ago

I'd be curious to see some of these talks, which ones do you think were most interesting?

boneitis 3y ago
Moreso text formats, but I highly recommend the entirety of Patrick Wyatt's (major developer on Diablo, StarCraft, Warcraft, Guild Wars) `Code of Honor` blog, where he has written war stories of developing Blizzard's earlier hit games. (It's been a while since he last posted there.) One of the more popular posts: https://www.codeofhonor.com/blog/the-starcraft-path-finding-hack https://www.codeofhonor.com/blog/the-starcraft-path-finding-... Also, it is easy to draw parallels between David Craddock's `Stay Awhile and Listen` book and Masters of Doom. I tried to quickly whip up the Amazon link, but I'm seeing multiple versions and listings... apparently multivolume? When I first encountered it, it was a single book.
- boneitis 3y ago
  And, past discussions here: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=codeofhonor.com https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=codeofhonor.com
milesvp 3y ago
I really liked their talk about network prediction and server side simulation. Also talked about their entity modeling system https://youtu.be/zrIY0eIyqmI https://youtu.be/zrIY0eIyqmI

LargeTomato 3y ago

The gaming industry is an unmitigated disaster, an embarrassment, and a stain on software engineering. You have your pick! Sexually harass your colleagues into committing suicide (Blizzard) or get farted on by the CEO (Riot).