A revolutionary game Doom is the 20th anniversary and what programmer talks about the development confidential?

ByZheng Kai

In 1993,Id SoftwareCompany called "Doom"We developed a game named" Game ", which we released in shareware for PC-DOS. In the meantime I grabbed the heart of gamers and recorded a hit that sold 2 million books by August 1996 . It is said at presentFPSMany FPS games were created reflecting the popularity of Doom which is a genre game called Genre, but as the term FPS did not exist at that time, the coined word "Doom clone" was created. Although Doom is not the origin of FPS, it is recognized among gamers as a work that pushed FPS to a major genre one piece.

In 2013, Doom is the former CEO of id Software as Doom celebrates its 20th birthdayJohn · D · CarmackMr. John Romero and Dave Taylor, former programmers, talked about the state of the company at the time and development confidential stories in an interview, making it interesting for old-fashioned gamers.

Interview: Former id Software programmer Dave Taylor chats on Doom's 20th anniversary - Neowin
http://www.neowin.net/news/interview-former-id-software-programmer-dave-taylor-chats-on-dooms-20th-anniversary

Memories Of Doom, By John Romero & John Carmack
http://kotaku.com/memories-of-doom-by-john-romero-john-carmack-1480437464

In the interview, Mr. Carmack and Romero first asked questions about the memories that remained in the impression of Doom development. The most memorable thing about Mr. Carmack is that it happened over the day after releasing a few PCs and running Doom's multiplayer mode test from the day after release. At the time, Mr. Carmack was doing a lot of troublesome work to modify the bug while playing Doom on a separate PC, but in my mind I felt something close to believe that "this game is definitely wonderful" It was.

ByOfficial GDC

Mr. Carmack who finished the test,IPXI thought that the communication protocol was optimal for playing Doom's multiplayer mode and I was using IPX until the Doom release. However, the next day after the launch of Doom, the caller with anger that the network administrator "Network is going to be broken thanks to Doom" will come to Mr. Carmack. Mr. Carmack said, "Although we corrected it in a timely manner, it was after the original Doom was distributed, so troubling many network administrators, but it is a good memory now." I will.

"A developer of a game that has control of code and data should know anything about that game," former programmer Romero said when he played Doom at the initial test stage, he can set up a monster It is a shocking feeling that I think that it is thought that sound, the sound effect that the door opens completely different level from other things, it is given as memories of Doom development.

ByDanie van der Merwe

Like Romero, Mr. Taylor, former programmer of id Software, is talking precious about id Square at the time of Doom development.

Mr. Taylor asked about the atmosphere of id Software at the beginning of Doom development "Mr. Taylor said," The atmosphere of the company was an impression that young and immature young people are still gathered and working hard, It was my first full-scale job, so I was excited and thought of becoming a big challenge at the same time. " From the time the Doom was developed, all of the members believed that he was working on the work believing that 'Doom is definitely a wonderful work'.

ByMatt Schilder

After the Doom had a huge success, employees 'salaries were stronger in companies that had considerable leeway in terms of finance, while employees' self-assertiveness became strong, and as a result, only one founding member of id Square remains at present It is said that it is not. However, Mr. Taylor told "I was very fortunate to be involved in the development of Doom," when asked for opinions on the prospects of the PC gaming industry, "The shocking work like Doom will be in the near future I will definitely appear ", I was hoping that the future of PC games will become brighter.

It is Doom's latest workDoom 4Production was announced by id Software in 2008, but as of December 12, 2013, details such as release date have not been decided yet.