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There was this obscure indy game called Half-Life, maybe you've heard of it. iD's engines were famously known in the industry as tech demos first, first-party

There was this obscure indy game called Half-Life, maybe you've heard of it. iD's engines were famously known in the industry as tech demos first, first-party game platforms second. I'm not sure how the revenue picture ended up looking, though. They obviously made a lot of money from their 'tech demos.'

raverbashing 4mo ago
> There was this obscure indy game called Half-Life, Yes and Wikipedia claims it was a "heavily modified" version of the engine And while I get the tech demo angle, doesn't mean that Quake had to be one of those