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Carmack GDC Keynote Rambles Fascinatingly On Re-Use

Posted by simoniker on from the no-notes-mean-many-tangents dept.

Thanks to GameSpy for its coverage of id co-founder John Carmack's keynote speech at Game Developer's Conference. Ideas discussed include the now-dismissed concept to do a 'Quake 2 remix' - "to rebuild the game using all-new assets and technology", as Carmack pointed out: "...even the idea of just reskinning an old game brings with it the problems that as we have newer graphics technology, media creation demands get worse and worse." Of follow-ups to DOOM 3, Carmack also mentioned that "they were hoping to re-use some of the assets created for DOOM 3 to help speed up development of whatever they do next, but even that would have a tradeoff."

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  1. Re:Two sides to this by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 2, Funny

    You like being immersed in the game, but you're also looking forward to World of Warcraft? So, you're a tauren just returning from a battle with a nearby village and you see on the chat channel "PWNERZ!!!!! KIKIKIKIKIKI!"... do you think you'll still be immersed in a fantasy environment?

    No, I'm not looking forward World of Warcraft. I'm sure the game will be great but, knowing Blizzard fans, the players of it are going to suck all the fun away real quick.

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  2. Assets by elasticwings · · Score: 4, Funny

    Carmack also mentioned that "they were hoping to re-use some of the assets created for DOOM 3 to help speed up development of whatever they do next, but even that would have a tradeoff."

    How about lending some "assets" to 3Drealms to help speed up the development of Duke Nukem Forever. God knows, they're due for another engine switchover.