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DoomRL => Discussion => Topic started by: Trar on June 03, 2013, 13:17

Title: What might the original DOOM developers think of DOOMRL?
Post by: Trar on June 03, 2013, 13:17

Title. This thought popped into my head a while back. You think Romero would like DOOMRL's gameplay? You think Carmack would like the LUA code? I even considered e-mailing them and asking them, but maybe Kornel is more suited to do something like that (or a senior developer/community member with more guts than I. Iunno.)

Title: Re: What might the original DOOM developers think of DOOMRL?
Post by: LuckyDee on June 03, 2013, 14:24

Well, I've at least seen a picture with both Kornel and Romero in it, so either 1) he's very good at photoshop, B) Romero has a body double or 3) they've actually met.

Title: Re: What might the original DOOM developers think of DOOMRL?
Post by: Klear on June 03, 2013, 16:29

Cool! Details? Somebody?

Title: Re: What might the original DOOM developers think of DOOMRL?
Post by: Tavana on June 04, 2013, 08:01

I believe the situation was that Kornel and John were on a panel together, and afterwards someone came up and asked John "Hey, have you heard of DoomRL?"

Title: Re: What might the original DOOM developers think of DOOMRL?
Post by: Kornel Kisielewicz on June 04, 2013, 08:32

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4184221/mechner_kisielewicz_romero.jpg)
Left-to-Right - Jordan Mechner (Prince of Persia), Kornel Kisielewicz (DoomRL), John Romero (Doom)

Title: Re: What might the original DOOM developers think of DOOMRL?
Post by: ParaSait on June 04, 2013, 10:11

Woooooooow what an unbelievably cool pic. That's like, the triforce of awesome right there lol.

Title: Re: What might the original DOOM developers think of DOOMRL?
Post by: Klear on June 04, 2013, 11:05

So, did he know/like DoomRL? I can't imagine he wouldn't.

Title: Re: What might the original DOOM developers think of DOOMRL?
Post by: ZicherCZ on June 04, 2013, 13:11

With Jordan Mechner in the picture as well, can we expect Prince of Persia, the Roguelike? Please? Pretty please with a cherry on top? ;)

(No, I have absolutely no clue, how would that work.)

Title: Re: What might the original DOOM developers think of DOOMRL?
Post by: Trar on June 05, 2013, 07:21

I'd expect a lot of dodging. And sand daggers. (disclaimer i have never played PoP)

And Kornel meeting Romero is awesome. We still don't know what Romero thought of DOOMRL though.

Title: Re: What might the original DOOM developers think of DOOMRL?
Post by: thelaptop on June 05, 2013, 22:41

Quote from: Trar on June 05, 2013, 07:21

We still don't know what Romero thought of DOOMRL though.

Not having a C&D is a subtle acknowledgement, as far as I can tell.

Title: Re: What might the original DOOM developers think of DOOMRL?
Post by: ZOINKS! on June 07, 2013, 21:22

John Romero hasn't been with id Software for a long time, so it doesn't really mean anything. The real guy to ask what he thinks about it would be John Carmack but I can already guess he'd love it because he's into that kind of game.

Title: Re: What might the original DOOM developers think of DOOMRL?
Post by: Sambojin on June 09, 2013, 18:01

When you get a game made that's based on your game, and that game is a high-quality roguelike tribute, it's hard to not like it. Especially when you're still the ultimate evil at the end of said roguelike.

No C&D? That's good too. They must like it :)

Title: Re: What might the original DOOM developers think of DOOMRL?
Post by: Trar on June 17, 2013, 14:24

I was tempted to e-mail Carmack about it. Anyone else want to do it for me? :p