Catlantean 3D: Building a Retro First-Person Shooter with 1990s Constraints
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sklopec
Baker's choice. Dense with flavour, light on filler.
Summary
A developer describes their side-project, Catlantean 3D, a first-person shooter built using early 90s game development techniques and constraints, while using a modern compiler and platform abstraction layer. The project has been in development for over a year and is planned for Steam release next year. The developer imposes self-restrictions to recreate the feel and technical limitations of early 90s game development.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledMy goal was to build a complete, shippable first-person shooter using techniques that were common in the early 90s, while allowing myself the luxury of using a modern compiler and a platform abstraction layer.
If this sounds unreasonable to you, that is because it is.
But I'm doing it anyway
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