Comment on TIL that Will Wright, while making The Sims, was inspired by Quake

• DdCno1@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Subjectively at least - and this might be rose-tinted glasses influencing my judgment - it feels like it was more common, that certain genres were almost expected to come with an accessible level editor. I think I spent more time with the one from Age of Empires than the actual game.

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  • Admetus@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That level editor was awesome in AoE, especially when errr…the nukeboys came out.

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    • DdCno1@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      All I’m saying is… BIGDADDY.

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  • Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Farcry and farcry 2 were my map editors of choice

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• Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I remember finally getting my hands on the editor for the Build engine after years of making maps in Doom and Heretic and had thought 3D level design was only something super geniuses could do… Until Hammer showed it was just the garbage UI/UX of Build lol

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  • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Oh man I remember how incredible Hammer was.

    I built my college campus! (And never showed anybody because this was during the Columbine era)

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    • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m glad that when I made my high school for Counter-Strike, it was back in 1.6 and not more recently. Heard about a kid who did the same for CSGO and he got expelled and I think he was arrested because they saw it like “terrorist planning” or some bullshit…

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