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RIP to the end of an era. Was IdTech used outside of Id? Or was it just a Doom series thing as of recently?
by Catloafdev 3mo ago
RIP to the end of an era.
Was IdTech used outside of Id? Or was it just a Doom series thing as of recently?
- koteelok 3mo agoWolfenstein series and recent Indiana Jones game were made in IdTech.
- HeavyStorm 3mo agoWow, TIL Indiana was made with IdTech
- Hikikomori 3mo agoNot sure if I'd call that outside Id as its all Zenimax.
- pier25 3mo agoDidn't love the gameplay but the Indiana Jones game looks absolutely phenomenal.
- lysace 3mo agoThis explains the connection: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MachineGames#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MachineGames#History I wonder what's happening to MachineGames...
- ge96 3mo agoWolfenstein is great lore and art
- lynndotpy 3mo agoAbsolutely, the first versions until idTech 5 were open source and a number of important engines, like Source, derive from it. Wikipedia actually has a family tree that's broader than I remembered: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Quake_-_family_tree_2.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Quake_-_... The CoD series, Source games (Half Life, Portal, Left 4 Dead), Titanfall, etc.
- Catloafdev 3mo ago[dead]
- vintermann 3mo agoVery interesting tree. Today I learned that the engine we used in college classes, ACKNEX, actually wasn't an idtech derivative. I could have sworn.
- nottorp 3mo ago> the first versions until idTech 5 were open source and a number of important engines, like Source, derive from it Huh? They were made open source when they were obsolete, Valve did license ID IP for the first Half Life but they paid for it. And that evolved indeed in Source.
- markus_zhang 3mo agoMachine games and Arkane studio use IDtech.
- WithinReason 3mo agoIt's also missing games, like American McGee's Alice.
- wtfHN26 3mo agoThanks for the share ... never knew so many great games were built on idTech and engines derived from it. Source being based idTech is a pleasant surprise.
- kristianp 3mo ago
- reactordev 3mo agoIdTech 3-6 was used extensively by most FPS shooters back in the day.
- garciansmith 3mo agoSkin Deep by Blendo games, which came out in 2025, used Id Tech 4 (despite its age). Super fun game with a ton of personality!
- simoncion 3mo agoI both completed and enjoyed Skin Deep, but liked Blendo's previous game "Quadrilateral Cowboy" a fair bit more. They're not the same sort of game, but both are quite stylish and both use id Tech 4.
- pavon 3mo agoThe relationship was different. When Id licensed an engine, they threw the code over the fence, and games that used it often heavily modified the engine for their purpose. In contrast Epic put a ton of effort into making the UT engine a polished development tool for creating games.
- jccalhoun 3mo agoearly idtech engines were used in lots of games. Since Bethesda bought them they stopped licensing the engine to outside companies. However, Bethesda games could and did still use idtech.
- extraduder_ire 3mo agoEvery single Call of Duty disc since at least CoD 3 has had "This product contains software technology licensed from Id Software ("Id Technology"). Id Technology © 1999-20* Id Software, Inc." printed on it.