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FPS: First Person Shooter

I had one important book on 3Dgraphics that I had gotten when I was maybe 18 from a...

I had one important book on 3D
graphics that I had gotten when I was maybe 18 from a university bookstore

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I had one important book on 3D graphics that I had gotten when I was
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maybe 18 from a university bookstore.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:23
Uploaded
Apr 16, 2025
Genres
documentary, action
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CreatorVC

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Movie Summary

A documentary about first-person shooter video games.
John Carmack wrote a rotating cube demo - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:09
John Carmack wrote a rotating cube demo
There were a lot of, like, to be, to make that cube rotate. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:06
There were a lot of, like, to be, to make that cube rotate.
The trick was figuring out, 'What's the first thing that we can do that has a fun factor to it - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:24
The trick was figuring out, 'What's the first thin...
But, when we did Hovertank One, you could kind of move on any pixel. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:06
But, when we did Hovertank One, you could kind of move on an...
It's the first game I'd ever seen where you could actually just - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:07
It's the first game I'd ever seen where you could ...
The simple Dungeons and Ultima ones were just colored - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:18
The simple Dungeons and Ultima ones were just colored
You know, there are large characters. You say it's very low detail - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:10
You know, there are large characters. You say it's very...
So, I made up a silly story about you rescuing people in this maze - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:11
So, I made up a silly story about you rescuing people in thi...
It was a very new experience, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:08
It was a very new experience,
He was up all the time like, if he was awake, he was - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:07
He was up all the time like, if he was awake, he was
Things were still glitchy, and things were not quite working - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:08
Things were still glitchy, and things were not quite working
One important thing to understand, I think, about John Carmack, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:14
One important thing to understand, I think, about John Carma...
It was our first 3D game, and - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:08
It was our first 3D game, and
Romero had talked to a friend of his, Paul Neurath at Looking Glass. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:06
Romero had talked to a friend of his, Paul Neurath at Lookin...
He said, 'We're working on a really cool game, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:13
He said, 'We're working on a really cool game,
'Can you do that?' He said, 'Yeah, I can do that.' - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:10
'Can you do that?' He said, 'Yeah, I can do t...
You know, I honestly still hadn't worked out some of the issues with perspective texture mapping. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:06
You know, I honestly still hadn't worked out some of th...
That was obviously the next thing that I wanted to do with Catacombs 3D. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:06
That was obviously the next thing that I wanted to do with C...
So, they were still making Ultima Underworld for a whole year while we did nothing about texture mapping. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:07
So, they were still making Ultima Underworld for a whole yea...
And then, we made Catacomb 3D - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:17
And then, we made Catacomb 3D