Game Engine White Papers: Commander Keen Released After 35 Years
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After more than 35 years since the original game's release, the author has published "The Game Engine White Papers: Commander Keen," a book documenting the game engine behind the classic 1990 title. Available in both a paid paper version on Amazon and a free high-resolution PDF, the book took over three years to complete. The author describes the process as immensely rewarding and nostalgic, and has also made the book's source code available on GitHub.
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Hacker NewsGame Engine White Papers: Commander Keen Released After 35 Yearsforgottenbytes.netKey quotes
· 3 pulledFinally, The Game Engine White Papers: Commander Keen is here, more than 35 years after the original game was released in December 1990.
It took me over three years to complete the book, and the entire experience was immensely rewarding.
It felt like returning to my early teenage years, debuggi
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