That looks surprisingly interesting.
Not that I would have wanted to pay $900 for it back then, though.
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Rebecca Heineman (ex-Interplay) and the AMAZING story of the 3DO DOOM port
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That looks surprisingly interesting.
Not that I would have wanted to pay $900 for it back then, though.
TsunamiOfSwagger
Member
He looks like he is in a prison uniform in a cell.
MrCunningham
Member
A lot of great comments from the bonus video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBg6L4H7WdE&list=PL972B3C7EC2267394&index=5
It actually blows my mind how far things have come since 2010. She was talking about how she wished there was a way to fund development for Wasteland 2 and Bard's Tale IV... and then two years later Kickstarter happened. Crowdfunding really has been a game changer for the industry as a whole.
And her comments on Half-Life 3... "they could save a few million dollars (on cutscenes) and invest it into Half-Life 2 Episode 3 which could be released in 2017.. we hope...".
Well... it's 2016 now...
And it was a shame about her port of Half-Life 1 on Mac. Not like it matters now, because there is a port of HL1 for Mac. But, the bureaucracy around the game sales was just a terrible thing to hear. For them if HL1 on Mac sold 50k in sales (The Mac was on its death bead in '97-98), it was a good thing, but for Sierra 50k sales looked bad. I could only imagine this corporate mentality hurting a lot of small studios back then. It really did lead the game industry into the direction of "AAA" game development and left so many smaller studios to die in its wake.
Enjoyed the whole article.
RE: Doom 3DO
It is truly an awful port, no doubt about it, but when you compare to other 3DO games it doesn't seem THAT insanely bad. I mean, stuff like Killing Time (which was loved at the time) actually runs at a LOWER frame-rate than Doom 3DO. It's very VERY choppy (hitting like 3-4fps at points). So, I can see how it got approved and pushed through since it wasn't really out of place for the platform.
RE: Doom 3DO
It is truly an awful port, no doubt about it, but when you compare to other 3DO games it doesn't seem THAT insanely bad. I mean, stuff like Killing Time (which was loved at the time) actually runs at a LOWER frame-rate than Doom 3DO. It's very VERY choppy (hitting like 3-4fps at points). So, I can see how it got approved and pushed through since it wasn't really out of place for the platform.
Jack The Nipper
Banned
Really cool that a girl was doing all those work in an industry that had so many issues with women in games lately. Very cool that she was doing all this and people were going for her to do these jobs.
Wouldn't a port job at this time usually have a team of atleast 5 to 8? Wonder why she got out of the industry
Wouldn't a port job at this time usually have a team of atleast 5 to 8? Wonder why she got out of the industry
Hello? This is Hailun!
Member
Hey, I know Rebecca! She's so cool. That 3DO Doom story is indeed fascinating. She mentions my game (Four Sided Fantasy) in this interview. I'm humbled and honored, I'm still processing it. She's been in the game industry for so long and worked on so many rad games, it makes me incredibly humbled to have her even acknowledge my game.
Just to give you an idea of how cool and generous she is:
I ran a Kickstarter for my game that I mentioned above. 3 days before the end of the Kickstarter, we still weren't funded and were a fairly long ways off, but we were showing the game at a small convention. Who was showing next to us? Rebecca, and her wife Jenell. That's where I met them for the first time.
Now, I'm pretty socially awkward sometimes, so I didn't really talk to them much. I just kinda kept to myself. But they took interest in my game, and asked me a bit about it, how I'm an indie game developer, and they said it looked really good. I talked to them a bit and learned that they had been in the industry for probably longer than I have been alive (and also learned that you should never assume someone hasn't been in the industry for a long time just because you don't recognize them). I was insanely impressed and thought that was super cool.
Now, we got down to the night before the last day of the Kickstarter, and it's still cutting it pretty close. Me and my friends were thinking we weren't going to make the goal.
The next day, I start seeing the game blow up on twitter. Tim Schafer tweets about us. Tom Hall (worked on the original Doom) backs us. Brenda Romero backs us. Rebecca backs us. I'm in awe, just in complete shock, trying to figure out how they heard about the game. We are funded with only a few hours left to go.
Shortly after the Kickstarter ends, Rebecca messages me something along the lines of "Hey, congratulations on getting funded! I thought the game looked really cool so I told my friends Tim Schafer and Brenda Romero about it."
I'm so, so, thankful for that. Like, this will be my first shipped commercial game (I'm now nearing the end of development), I've only shipped student games before, and so to have a veteran in the industry promote my game, someone who's just starting out, that's so cool.
(If you're reading this, Rebecca, I hope you're OK with me sharing that story)
Haha, nice.
Which game?
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Right in the opening post...
Well...
she transitioned in 2003 so I'm assuming she was passing as a male back then...
JumpJeff84
Member
Great read
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
I actually had a version converted to FLAC, then made for WAD files to play on the PC version back in the day. Wonder if I still have it on a drive somewhere packed away.
More Fun To Compute
Member
That kinect optimism though.
MrCunningham
Member
To be honest, Kinect was a great piece of hardware from a technology standpoint and it did hold a lot of potential. She pointed out all of the neat things that modders were doing with it on their PC's. It made for a great motion capture device for amature CG animators. I could see why she was excited for the technology behind it. But unfortunately, the business side of Microsoft really helped limit its appeal and usefulness.
Bah dum tis.
Oh man, I would love an excuse to run through it again. How did that work exactly? Did you just repack the original wads with the new soundtrack? I've never made my own wad
spookyfish
Member
Yup. PS1 and DOOM 64 are the best soundtracks, hands down.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
You would just use the tools to add the mp3 or ogg file to the music WADs. It has been years since I messed with it.
Here is a link for them though fro ZDoom, you can experiment if you feel up to it.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/3dfbm5n3k18s7t6/3DO.pk3
SkylineRKR
Member
Great read.
Doom 3DO was awful, but Doom Saturn was awful as well. Like holy shit.
Doom 3DO was awful, but Doom Saturn was awful as well. Like holy shit.
cyberheater
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Very enjoyable read. I love stuff like this. Thanks OP.
cyberheater
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I really do need to replay my N64 Doom again. I've still got the original hardware and it's always a blast.
petran79
Banned
Biologically speaking, she was a man up to 2003
CrashPrime
Member
How do you make $100k + $250k being a "member of a church".
My grandparents are members of their church and don't get paid anything. In fact, they get swindled out of $50 a week in "offerings".
Did he run the church? Also, Doom isn't very non-secular.
My grandparents are members of their church and don't get paid anything. In fact, they get swindled out of $50 a week in "offerings".
Did he run the church? Also, Doom isn't very non-secular.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
He raised the money.
You got a smooth tongue, get people behind your idea, they trust more openly in that type on environment... and you can end up with this...
I find the irony that a church guy, got people behind the idea for DOOM (Hell), lol.
petran79
Banned
Reading John's Apocalypse is way more terrifying than Doom
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Don't know about the N64 one but I agree the PS1 soundtrack was the best. That eerie ambient score fit the atmosphere better than the cheesy midi "metal".
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Posting so I can find this later on my computer. Excited to check this out.
omnislayer
Member
I disagree, metal is always better.
No, just no. Replacing Doom 1/2 amazing soundtrack with the Eerie ambient score doesn't fit the game at all. Doom 64? Yes because it's leaning more on the horror side than the classic games (especially with the new graphics)
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
PS1 versions had new graphics too. It was more horror-oriented and it worked great.
the fuck
doom is fast paced and high energy and the soundtrack reflects that. the lethargic console soundtracks are no good.
colored lighting is true horror (sorry i couldn't find any decent pictures of 'club doom')
doom is a game with PAR TIMES. it is a game meant to be played on ultra-violence with caps lock stuck forever in the 'on' position, and you're running sideways all the time because it's still not fast enough, surgically cutting down crowds of cartoon monsters to the rhythm of thumping metal covers.
just because you -can- play it easy and slow doesn't mean that's what was intended
Silphonica
Banned
im having a hard time reading the article on the website, anyone got a full transcript?
(just physically incapable of reading the article without the words blurring a lot)
(just physically incapable of reading the article without the words blurring a lot)
You and me both!
I was a massive fan of the 3DS, had some fantastic games from EA. Great read, thanks OP.
dreamcastmaster
Banned
Thought that might be the case. I'd not heard of her before.
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
Wow. As an inie dev that wasca fantastic read.
This is so cool, Rebecca seems like such a fantastic person that makes me look the industry with better eyes. The parts of it I know from firts hand, lets say that they are not so beaitiful and people can be horrible.
Hey, I know Rebecca! She's so cool. That 3DO Doom story is indeed fascinating. She mentions my game (Four Sided Fantasy) in this interview. I'm humbled and honored, I'm still processing it. She's been in the game industry for so long and worked on so many rad games, it makes me incredibly humbled to have her even acknowledge my game.
Just to give you an idea of how cool and generous she is:
I ran a Kickstarter for my game that I mentioned above. 3 days before the end of the Kickstarter, we still weren't funded and were a fairly long ways off, but we were showing the game at a small convention. Who was showing next to us? Rebecca, and her wife Jenell. That's where I met them for the first time.
Now, I'm pretty socially awkward sometimes, so I didn't really talk to them much. I just kinda kept to myself. But they took interest in my game, and asked me a bit about it, how I'm an indie game developer, and they said it looked really good. I talked to them a bit and learned that they had been in the industry for probably longer than I have been alive (and also learned that you should never assume someone hasn't been in the industry for a long time just because you don't recognize them). I was insanely impressed and thought that was super cool.
Now, we got down to the night before the last day of the Kickstarter, and it's still cutting it pretty close. Me and my friends were thinking we weren't going to make the goal.
The next day, I start seeing the game blow up on twitter. Tim Schafer tweets about us. Tom Hall (worked on the original Doom) backs us. Brenda Romero backs us. Rebecca backs us. I'm in awe, just in complete shock, trying to figure out how they heard about the game. We are funded with only a few hours left to go.
Shortly after the Kickstarter ends, Rebecca messages me something along the lines of "Hey, congratulations on getting funded! I thought the game looked really cool so I told my friends Tim Schafer and Brenda Romero about it."
I'm so, so, thankful for that. Like, this will be my first shipped commercial game (I'm now nearing the end of development), I've only shipped student games before, and so to have a veteran in the industry promote my game, someone who's just starting out, that's so cool.
(If you're reading this, Rebecca, I hope you're OK with me sharing that story
Haha, nice.
This is so cool, Rebecca seems like such a fantastic person that makes me look the industry with better eyes. The parts of it I know from firts hand, lets say that they are not so beaitiful and people can be horrible.