Carmack release open source Wolfenstein for iPhone

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Post by pistoriusp » Tue, Mar 24, 2009, 9:05 PM UTC

Carmack release open source Wolfenstein for iPhone
joystiq.com

Re: Carmack release open source Wolfenstein for iPhone

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Post by luigi » Tue, Mar 24, 2009, 9:37 PM UTC

For those of us with non-jailbroken iPhones, it's not yet up on the App Store:

http://www.idsoftware.com/wolfenstein3dclassic/

Hopefully soon...

Re: Carmack release open source Wolfenstein for iPhone

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Mar 24, 2009, 9:44 PM UTC

luigi wrote: post #2

For those of us with non-jailbroken iPhones, it's not yet up on the App Store: http://www.idsoftware.com/wolfenstein3dclassic/ Hopefully soon...

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Re: Carmack release open source Wolfenstein for iPhone

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Post by rms » Tue, Mar 24, 2009, 10:08 PM UTC

Development notes: http://www.idsoftware.com/wolfenstein3dclassic/wolfdevelopme...

Re: Carmack release open source Wolfenstein for iPhone

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Post by FictiveEvan » Tue, Mar 24, 2009, 10:45 PM UTC

Pretty cool stuff - I remember playing this game non-stop back in the early 90's.

I think he's wrong about tearing open app bundles though - you can just unzip them.

Re: Carmack release open source Wolfenstein for iPhone

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Post by jodrellblank » Tue, Mar 24, 2009, 11:09 PM UTC

I'm going back to Rage for a while, but I do expect Classic Doom to come fairly soon for the iPhone.

For those of us with jailbroken iPhones, Classic Doom has been available for it for a while.

http://code.google.com/p/iphonedoom/

Re: Carmack release open source Wolfenstein for iPhone

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Post by Erf » Tue, Mar 24, 2009, 11:52 PM UTC

rms wrote: post #4

Development notes: http://www.idsoftware.com/wolfenstein3dclassic/wolfdevelopme...

Thanks. A great read. I find it most valuable as a glimpse into the mind and approach of a 10x (or more) developer.

Re: Carmack release open source Wolfenstein for iPhone

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Post by jodrellblank » Tue, Mar 24, 2009, 11:55 PM UTC

The man is amazingly unbothered by things, and he writes really interesting notes, too.

I started to get a sinking feeling. I searched around in the level for a view that would confirm my suspicion, and when I found a clear enough view of some angled geometry I saw the tell-tale mid-polygon affine swim in the texture as I rotated. They were using the software rasterizer on the iPhone. [..] The developers came back and said it [rewriting it for OpenGL] would take two months and exceed their budget.

[..] I told them to just send the project to me and I would do it myself. [..] my off the cuff estimate of "Two days!" was optimistic, but I did get it done in four

:D

Re: Carmack release open source Wolfenstein for iPhone

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Post by tumult » Wed, Mar 25, 2009, 1:04 AM UTC

rms wrote: post #4

Development notes: http://www.idsoftware.com/wolfenstein3dclassic/wolfdevelopme...

Thanks for that link, it was fantastic. It remained mostly non-technical and yet was still a great nerd read. I always thought Carmack wrote fun stuff (and not just in code.)

Re: Carmack release open source Wolfenstein for iPhone

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Post by palish » Wed, Mar 25, 2009, 1:25 AM UTC

jodrellblank wrote: post #8

The man is amazingly unbothered by things, and he writes really interesting notes, too. I started to get a sinking feeling. I searched around in the level for a view that would confirm my suspicion, and when I found a clear enough view of some angled geometry I saw the tell-tale mid-polygon affine swim in the texture as I rotated. They were using the software rasterizer on the iPhone. [..] The developers came back an…

To be fair, it's probably 10x harder to repurpose someone else's code than to repurpose your own. So it probably would've taken anywhere from 40-60 days for someone else to do it. Plus, Carmack's code isn't exactly clear. :)