I started reading this one immediately after Masters of Doom, which covers very similar topics - but apparently with a little more drama sprinkled in. Now, I'll admit - this is John Romero's account of events, who was kind of called out in Masters of Doom as losing focus. John admits this kind of - but gives a more realistic view of the entire situation and admits his faults.
I wrote a blog post!
It's about John Romero, gamedev in the 90s, & the rules of its team when making their games.
Annoted with my own experience, illustrated with fake CRT sreenshots, it's a 15 min read, accessible on own #handmade#blog
Finally I unboxed my copy of Doom Guy, John Romero's book.
It is hardcover, beautiful firey colors, some might say, hell-ish. xD
Looking forward to read it. Fonts are a little bit small, but I think then the book would have 50+ more pages. I don't mind reading, I am just getting older I guess.
Schon 2019 hat #JohnRomero sich im c't-Interview über die Faszination gefreut, mit der #Doom heute noch gespielt wird. Das Gespräch mit dem ehemaligen id-Gamedesigner und Schöpfer von Wolfenstein 3D und Doom hat heise online jetzt zum 30. Jubiläum von Doom noch einmal veröffentlicht.
Nowadays he is making Doom levels for Sigil II, which will come out this year for the 30th anniversary of Doom. His wife helps him with the chat, and the whole thing has a good vibe.
I had a fun time with playing SIGIL. Very much in Hell. It's amazing that there were no custom textures used, only DOOM ones. Plenty of well placed traps, and I have some bad news for Romero's wife: your husband is in love with Lost Souls... Or maybe he is one. :-)
I am uploading the full unedited stream right now.
If y'all haven't read John Romero's #autobiographyDOOM Guy: Life in First Person, you are in for a treat.
While the chapter on the development of #DOOM at Id Software is quite long, the book covers Romero's entire life. It is a fascinating story. He talks about his Mexican and indigenous heritage as well as childhood trauma. He is quite frank about his own mistakes and failures as much as his successes. It's ~400 pages, 17 hours on Audible (narrated by himself).
#JohnRomero's #DoomGuy was a pretty entertaining read even though much of the story has already been told in #MastersOfDoom. After finishing it I went ahead and played through the original #Doom. 30y on it's still tons of fun and provides loads of goosebump moments :-)
The FPS documentary team sent over a screener... and holy shit this is gold. They have early gameplay footage from doom and so many other games. I have no idea how they got their hands on this stuff. It's so good to hear the dev talk while actually seeing this vintage footage. They gave me an affiliate link... but I still want to buy the big box version lol. Highly recommended. https://fpsdoc.com/products/first-person-shooter-the-definitive-fps-documentary?sca_ref=4160433.tYzpRmkG3N