onewheelgeek, 1 month ago to retrogaming

OMG. My sister is actually the coolest! #retrogaming #commanderkeen

lurkjay, 3 months ago to books

Masters of Doom by David Kushner (2003)

Text instead of screenshots: https://cohost.org/lurkjay/post/4846601-masters-of-doom-by-d

#reading #nonfiction #books #history #computers #games #VideoGames #CommanderKeen #doom #quake #idSoftware #JohnCarmack #JohnRomero #bookstodon

Carmack was refining his engine, getting the smooth scrolling down to the point where Keen could move as fluidly left or right as he could up or down. Romero, meanwhile, was working the editor, the program that allows the developers to put together the graphics of the game—characters, rooms, monsters. It was essentially a game designer’s construction kit. Carmack and Romero were in sync. Not everyone else gelled quite as well. Lane was now officially kicked out of the Keen development. Despite Romero’s fondness for him as a friend, he felt that Lane’s energy was lacking. Adrian was having problems of his own. Though he was recruited later to help them work on Keen, Adrian hated the project. It was too… cutesy. Tom had a target audience in mind: “kids,” he said, “or those who have kidlike mentalities like we do.” Adrian hated kiddie stuff. Even more, he hated cutesy. Worst of all was cutesy kiddie. And now here he was having to sit all night drawing pizza slices, soda pop, and candy. Tom came up with a little character called a Yorp with a big fat green body and one periscopelike eye over his head. Even the monsters were cute. In most games, when a character died, it would simply disappear, vanish. But Tom had other notions. He was eager to incorporate some “larger philosophical ideas,” as he said. He loosely based characters on ideas he’d read in Freud’s Civilization and Its Discontents; a guard was made to represent an id.
He wanted to teach kids that when people or even aliens die, they
Carmack had been building a large D&D campaign for the guys, and on Saturday nights they’d gather around a table and play into the early morning hours. With Carmack as Dungeon Master, the game took on depth and complexity. It was quickly becoming the longest and deepest D&D game he’d ever created. And there were no signs of it letting up. Other times, they’d cruise the lake on the boat. Jay quickly became the designated driver; his impeccable focus gave him the ability to drive not only fast but steady. A couple times they let Romero drive, but he was having too much fun, steering the boat precipitously off course. Jay also fell comfortably into the role of manager or, in a sense, frat house president. While the guys worked, he would grill up ribs on the barbecue or restock the sodas. They were under the gun and needed all the help they could get. They didn’t need any help getting motivated, however. Carmack, in particular, seemed almost inhumanly immune to distraction. One time, Jay tested Carmack’s resolve by popping a porno video into the VCR and cranking it to full volume. Romero and the others immediately heard the “oohs” and “aahs,” and turned around cracking up. Carmack, though, stayed glued to his monitor. Only after a minute or so did he acknowledge the increasingly active groans. His sole response was “Mmm.” Then he returned to the work at hand.

GamingWolf, 4 months ago to retrogaming

Commander Keen 1

Kid genius stumbles into outer space adventures.

While most children are partying at a friend's house after curfew, this guy just takes a trip to Mars because he can.

Then he finds that aliens not of Mars itself messed with his spaceship and you gotta find the parts!

Created after a failed offer by Id to port Super Mario Bros 3 to the PC.

Play Episode 1. It is shareware after all.

https://questlog.app/games/commander-keen-in-invasion-of-the-vorticons-marooned-on-mars

#DOSGaming #RetroGaming #CommanderKeen

benbloodworth, 6 months ago to Steamdeck

I gotta say, finally beating Commander Keen Pt. 1 has made my #SteamDeck purchase worth the cost.

Keen came bundled with my parents’ 1989 computer, and I played it all the time when I was around 5-6 years old.

I never beat it and thought it was the hardest game ever made. Finishing it felt like resolving unfinished business.

#CommanderKeen #IdSoftware #Gaming #msDOS #Gaming

Screenshot of Commander Keen showing mailing and toll-free number info to order the sequel games.

krinkle, 7 months ago to retrogaming

How did Commander Keen do adaptive tiling, back in the 1980s? Explanation by Fabien Sanglard @fabinou:

https://fabiensanglard.net/ega/

Source code: https://github.com/keendreams/keen

#commanderkeen #RetroGaming

foone, 7 months ago to random

Now that Microsoft owns Activision, what's your shitpost choice for a game from their library that you'd like to see them open source?
My first guess is H.E.R.O. but I'm sure there's something else in that huge library

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Activision_video_games

yomimono, 9 months ago to crossstitch

Pretty pleased with this #CommanderKeen #crossStitch so far. I think it’ll end up being a jacket sleeve patch, and I can wear that jacket on Packer game days and point at the helmet if people hassle me over my lack of kit

Schdadia, 9 months ago to gaming German

Ich hab den Wunschbrunnen und den Dopefisch gefunden ✌️

#Quake #CommanderKeen #PS5Share #ShareYourGames #Gaming #Zocken #Daddeln

OverlordTomala, 1 year ago to gaming

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

#Gaming #PCGaming #Retro #RetroGames #RetroGaming #DOSBox #CommanderKeen #DOSGaming #DOSGames #ShareYourGames #MastodonGaming #SteamDeck #Steam