We Play Doom With John Romero
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters point to it as a fantastic developer commentary on how Doom's first episode was made.
What it is
IGN plays through the first episode of the original Doom with its creator John Romero providing commentary. Romero shares stories, design secrets and behind-the-scenes details about the levels, including E1M1.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2016 to 2018.
What Hacker News said
Recommends jonathankoren · 2017-11 · on “When is it OK to remake a classic game?”
The idea of a re-releasing a classic game with running commentary is interesting, but I can't imagine that there's much of an appeal for commentary during the gameplay. Conversely, I did enjoy watching "We Play Doom With John Romero" [this video]
Recommends doomlaser · 2018-04 · on “Why I’m Using the Cerny Method of Game Development”
Yeah, John Romero explains that the famous e1m1 was the last level he designed for the original Doom, in this fantastic developer commentary he did for the game's first episode with IGN, for the game's 20th anniversary: [this video] 'the classic horseshoe design' - show inaccessible teasers of later areas of the stage near the beginning to drive the player forward
Cites some-guy · 2016-01 · on “John Romero has released his first Doom level in over two decades”
All of the Daikatana and Ion Storm jokes aside, what Romero was able to achieve from a level-design perspective in 1993 with Doom, given that such an engine had never existed before, was pretty mind-boggling. I wish I had a chance to take game design classes with him now that he's a professor at my alma-mater (UC Santa Cruz), especially after seeing his walkthrough of Knee-Deep In The Dead on YouTube recently[0]. [0]: [this video]