The document discusses the evolution of the gaming industry through key milestones and influential games, starting from early titles like Pong and Pac-Man to groundbreaking releases such as Doom and Quake. It highlights the innovations introduced by developers John Romero and John Carmack, including advancements in 3D rendering and multiplayer gaming. The challenges faced by gaming companies in maintaining creativity, professionalism, and passion amidst success are also addressed.

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Masters of Doom:
How two guys created an empire and transformed pop
culture
Aditia Dwiperdana
Clerics
Agate Studio

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Rise of the gaming world
• 1972: Pong
• 1976: Breakout
• 1980: Pac-man

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Indie Game Publishers
Send you new games each month

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Dangerous Dave in Copyright Infringement
• Making the PC do things only console does
• Tile-based game, parallax

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Shareware Model
• Before internet was a thing, there was shareware
• Games on disks, shipped by zip-lock bags
• Platforms
– Apple ][
– PC (DOS)

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Wolfenstein 3D
• Using texture mapping
• Become an underground sensation

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Doom
• Fast pace shooter
• First game ever to use BSP (Binary
Search Partitioning) for 3D
rendering
• Multiplayer using dial-up modem!

11. Gaming Culture, Deathmatch, Mod, Rockstar

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Quake
• Using 3D Character
• Focused on Deathmatch
• Rocket Launcher!

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John Romero: Ion Storm, Daikatana
• Design is Law
• 4 worlds, 24 level
• Companions, dialogues

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John Carmack: Quake 3
• Technology rules
– Long development time
• There are competitors:
– Unreal Tournament by Epic
– Half-life (story based fps) by Valve

15. Challenges
• How to evolve as a company
• How to be professional
• How to deal with expectation & success
• How to keep your drive and passion

16. To be continued...