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> it created a text-based record of all objects and their movements on the screen, Also known as what every single ID Engine / GoldSource / Source[1] / Unreal
by pikzen 11y ago
> it created a text-based record of all objects and their movements on the screen,
Also known as what every single ID Engine / GoldSource / Source[1] / Unreal Engine / many more engines do for records and replays, except they do it in a binary format. It's not exactly a novel idea.
https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/DEM_Format https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/DEM_Format
- simoncion 11y ago> It's not exactly a novel idea. True. But: 1) It isn't exactly trivial. 2) Someone who didn't play games in the 1990s, and doesn't like RTS games may very well actually have never played a game with demo recording and playback. 3) Hell, I was unaware that either Source or recent versions of Unreal Engine were capable of demo recording, and I've played the shit out of lots of games that use both engines.
- downandout 11y agoIn my case, it was new to me, and I have yet to see this functionality in any mobile game that I have played except for my own.
- simoncion 11y agoI do hope you continue to refine your demo playback techniques and bring this functionality to ever more complex games! I also hope that game devs will push hard to take some time to add demo recording and playback to most of the games they build in the future. :D