id Software Part 2: The Third Dimension

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All Your History - id Software Part 2: The Third Dimension (S03E08)

From 3D gaming to first-person shooters, many of modern gaming's biggest sellers have their roots in the legendary id Software. But id was never a mammoth corporation with tons of capital, but rather, a couple of dudes with no money and no reputation. In this second episode of our retrospective, watch and see how the guys behind the friendly Commander Keen shocked the world with the bloody, and bloody brilliant, Wolfenstein 3D.

This video will show you:

HOW TO move to Madison, Wisconsin
HOW TO put blood and gore into what was thought of as a "kids' medium"
HOW TO dominate the industry by inventing the FPS

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[vivalasaunders]

This guy forces me to watch the next episode with his cliffhanges

[pufixas]

@Dpika1849

Yes, I would

I use C++ as my programming language,

Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 express as my IDE

And Blitz3D as my graphics API, I will upgrade to allegro or SDL soon :)

If you have any other questions feel free to ask, I will answer as soon as I can :)

[Deizelcore]

@TheIndoCommentor

Yeah, it was an inspiration for Bethesda.

[okee9]

@Gameshunter3012 It's basically down to what your objective is, if it's to write small games and sell them yourself then i'd use Blitz or GLB if you want to write the next quake engine or want a job in the games industry then use c++

[okee9]

@Gameshunter3012 You could also go halfway and use a language like BlitzMax or GLBasic (Free for windows Development) They're not drag and drop like gamemaker but the language is easy to learn and your compiled program will run faster. They both compile to Windows, Linux and Mac but GLBasic also compiles to IOS, Android, GP2X and HP Touchpad.

[DurexDurpaneu2]

I remember playing wolfenstain on a black and grey screen on my laptop when I was 9... Meeeeeeeeemories!

[lozoft9]

The whole swastika thing was bullshit. Under german law, works of art and religious symbols depicting the swastika are allowed. but of course video games aren't art! haha not even close! so as a result Carmack and Associates could be arrested if they ever visited germany.

[Gameshunter3012]

@pufixas Indeed youtube tends to be shitty.Thx for the reply.I guess I have to learn C++ after all...lol

[pufixas]

@Gameshunter3012

OK, so the thing is why people use C++ instead of game maker is because C++ is more powerful and you can make games not only for PC, but for MAC, Linux, and many more platforms. If you will use game maker you probably will be making only for PC.

But if game maker is not powerful that doesn't mean that you can't make good games with it.

So my answer is yes, you could make successful material with GM.

I would've posted longer answer but youtube comments can't let me do that :(

[Gameshunter3012]

@pufixas since you seem experienced,could great games that might be success material be created with the basic coding language of a program like game maker?Because that's the only one I know to use and just moved to learning C++

[Gameshunter3012]

@dimwalker but the idea wasn't stolen from them.All of them were hired in the creation of Portal and may have worked in Portal 2.They practically got triple of what they would get if their game ever had become a success...