{"id":1212108,"date":"2023-12-14T10:47:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T15:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1212108"},"modified":"2023-12-14T10:47:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T15:47:50","slug":"dooms-creators-reminisce-about-as-close-to-a-perfect-game-as-anything-we-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1212108","title":{"rendered":"Doom\u2019s creators reminisce about \u201cas close to a perfect game as anything we made\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The archived hour-long chat is a must-watch for any long-time Doom<\/em> fan. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

While Doom<\/em> can sometimes feel like an overnight smash success, the seminal first-person shooter was far from the first game created by id co-founders John Carmack and John Romero. Now, in a rare joint interview<\/a> that was livestreamed during last weekend’s 30th-anniversary celebration<\/a>, the pair waxed philosophical about how Doom<\/em> struck a perfect balance between technology and simplicity that they hadn’t been able to capture previously and have struggled to recapture since.<\/p>\n

Carmack said that Doom<\/em>-precursor Wolfenstein 3D<\/em>, for instance, “was done under these extreme, extraordinary design constraints” because of the technology available at the time. “There just wasn’t that much we could do.”<\/p>\n

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Wolfenstein 3D<\/em>‘s grid-based mapping led to a lot of boring rectangular rooms connected by long corridors. (credit: Steam<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

One of the biggest constraints in Wolfenstein 3D<\/em> was a grid-based mapping system that forced walls to be at 90-degree angles, leading to a lot of large, rectangular rooms connected by long corridors. “Making the levels for the original Wolfenstein<\/em> had to be the most boring level design job ever because it was so simple,” Romero said. “Even [2D platformer Commander Keen<\/em>] was more rewarding to make levels for.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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