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The Early Days of id Software

GDC Festival of Gaming · talk · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

John Romero's 2016 GDC Europe talk recounts the early days of id Software and the programming principles behind Doom and Quake, including fast iteration and keeping the game bootable.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Strongly recommended as an inspiring hour on how id worked, often linked in programming-practice threads.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “the rest of the talk is very inspiring - so listen to the hour-long video”

    Inspiring hour-long talk on how id worked.

    hyperpallium, 2017-02 · Strong recommendation · in “Id Software Programming Principles”

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Topics: john romero, id software, doom, programming principles, gdc

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