RIP to the end of an era.

Was IdTech used outside of Id? Or was it just a Doom series thing as of recently?

lynndotpy 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Absolutely, the first versions until idTech 5 were open source and a number of important engines, like Source, derive from it.

Wikipedia actually has a family tree that's broader than I remembered: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Quake_-_...

The CoD series, Source games (Half Life, Portal, Left 4 Dead), Titanfall, etc.

	▲	markus_zhang 15 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Machine games and Arkane studio use IDtech.
	▲	nottorp an hour ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		> the first versions until idTech 5 were open source and a number of important engines, like Source, derive from it Huh? They were made open source when they were obsolete, Valve did license ID IP for the first Half Life but they paid for it. And that evolved indeed in Source.
	▲	vintermann 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Very interesting tree. Today I learned that the engine we used in college classes, ACKNEX, actually wasn't an idtech derivative. I could have sworn.
	▲	Catloafdev 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
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pavon an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The relationship was different. When Id licensed an engine, they threw the code code over the fence, and games that used it often heavily modified the engine for their purpose. In contrast Epic put a ton of effort into making the UT engine a polished development tool for creating games.

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koteelok 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Wolfenstein series and recent Indiana Jones game were made in IdTech.

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pier25 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Didn't love the gameplay but the Indiana Jones game looks absolutely phenomenal.

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ge96 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Wolfenstein is great lore and art