Sandy Petersen talking about the development of Doom

[Peccatum Mihzamiz]

Sandy Petersen is back with another video on Doom! Be sure to check out his video in December about Doom II level 16 as well!

 

 

[KubaloBlackMT]

Watched it earlier, being a fan of Sandy's influence on Doom and all, I like that he's very willing to talk about the inner workings at ID Software.

[Omniarch]

Very interesting video. Sandy seems like such a cool guy. I'd love to hear more stories from him.

 

Also...

 

^{Maybe now he'll consider pulling a John Romero and giving us Sandy.wad... I'd play the shit out of that.}

[out_of_service]

Take some cough syrup, Sandy.

[Doomsday]

Didn't even know he did videos until now.

I wonder if they still have those models they used for the sprites in game.

Edited April 9, 2021 by Doomsdλy1993

[Gokuma]

Sandy's cool.   But keep in mind he doesn't always remember things totally straight.   Romero has been correcting him a lot on twitter.

[Endless]

Hi Sandy, hope you're doing well.

[Chezza]

I enjoyed watching him comment and discuss classic Doom when his Son plays Eternal

[CrocketRocket]

I wonder how he feels about everyone hating on chasm now that he's doing this

[Soundblock]

One fun vid, barrels of fun - thanks for the link

[XLightningStormL]

2 hours ago, Gokuma said:

Sandy's cool.   But keep in mind he doesn't always remember things totally straight.   Romero has been correcting him a lot on twitter.

I don't exactly believe Romero has a "clean mind" either tbh, so I'm taking both as "potentially true"

Just because Romero is the "god" to the community (even though Doom was a team effort) doesn't mean every word to the letter is law or true.

[Eric Claus]

34 minutes ago, XLightningStormL said:

I don't exactly believe Romero has a "clean mind" either tbh, so I'm taking both as "potentially true"

Just because Romero is the "god" to the community (even though Doom was a team effort) doesn't mean every word to the letter is law or true.

 

And Sandy himself has admitted it was 28 years ago or so and he has trouble remembering everything.  Honestly it's easy for details to get jumbled over time into a weird mashup that seems correct until you actually say or write it.  I encounter this constantly and not even with memories that old so I imagine some things could easily be misremembered by any party.

[Rudolph]

Has Sandy Petersen ever been asked if he had considered going back to making Doom maps like John Romero did recently with SIGIL?

Edited April 10, 2021 by Rudolph

[KubaloBlackMT]

7 minutes ago, Rudolph said:

Has Sandy Petersen ever been asked if he had considered going back to making Doom maps like John Romero did recently with SIGIL?

I saw like 1 comment in chat when he premiered the video who was wondering the same thing instead of directly asking. But I think we should ask him. I don't expect it to look like a hyper-detailed wad like everyone else, he's not really known for that anyways. I'm just curious if he's still got the spook factor in his wads. He is the Cthulhu guy after all.

[mankubus]

wait, why are the health sprite crosses green on the game footage?

[Rudolph]

1 minute ago, mankubus said:

wait, why are the health sprite crosses green on the game footage?

I believe that is because the re-release edited out the red cross, as it is a protected symbol under the Geneva Convention and the Red Cross objects to its use in video games.

Edited April 10, 2021 by Rudolph

[mankubus]

3 minutes ago, Rudolph said:

I believe that is because the re-release edited out the red cross, as the eponymous organization objected to it.

 

Amazing. Something that scares me a lot about releasing a game is that you can be breaking the dumbest law and get sued when you don't even know it.

[Rudolph]

2 minutes ago, mankubus said:

 

Amazing. Something that scares me a lot about releasing a game is that you can be breaking the dumbest law and get sued when you don't even know it.

To be fair, the red cross is an important symbol in terms of humanitarian work.

Edited April 10, 2021 by Rudolph

[mankubus]

11 minutes ago, Rudolph said:

To be fair, the red cross is an important symbol in terms of humanitarian work.

 

Well, up until you brought this up i never thought of a red cross being nothing more than a generic symbol of health, not some trademarked logo.

[Doomkid]

Man, the widescreen HUD looks SO much better in the Unity port, it's actually grey. (Just continuing this pointless derail, don't mind me..)

 

I really hope we get a new Sandy map, or even a new episode by him some time. That would be awesome. Thanks for sharing this video!

[pcorf]

5 hours ago, Gokuma said:

Sandy's cool.   But keep in mind he doesn't always remember things totally straight.   Romero has been correcting him a lot on twitter.

 

Maybe without his shoulder straps he cannot think straight. But still I enjoyed the video.

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Edited June 12, 2022 by a.a.i.

[Crock Wilson]

First, the mancubi and now the pigs are doing my mom too?

[dei_eldren]

4 hours ago, XLightningStormL said:

Just because Romero is the "god" to the community (even though Doom was a team effort) doesn't mean every word to the letter is law or true.

 

Is he?  Most of the time he's mentioned i read backhanded compliments like this, almost as if certain people had so much against him and tried their best to make sure to infect others with their own attitude.

 

And is this unrealistically high expectation of Romer's 'every word to the letter supposed to be law or true' designed to actually him not being able to live up to such silly expectations and bring him down?  i've read this far too many times.  When Si666il came out this attitude was very much shown by a loud portion of the forum.

 

But cool that Sandy's talking about Doom again!

Edited April 10, 2021 by dei_eldren

[Salmon]

"... and that's where the lost souls come from that you know and love now."  Yes.  The lost souls that we know and love now.

 

Really fun video, though!

[Doom-X-Machina]

7 hours ago, CrocketRocket said:

I wonder how he feels about everyone hating on chasm now that he's doing this

A true artist doesn't give the slightest fuck about negative feedback. A true artist creates for themselves first and foremost, NOT the audience.

[Gez]

5 hours ago, mankubus said:

Well, up until you brought this up i never thought of a red cross being nothing more than a generic symbol of health, not some trademarked logo. 

The Red Cross case is complicated because it's not a trademark (though that didn't stop Johnson & Johnson from trademarking it), it's a symbol protected by the Geneva Convention. Very different situation from the usual intellectual property laws.

[Peccatum Mihzamiz]

Some more videos because people seem to be interested and not everybody has seen these yet. There are actually dozens of great videos, articles and interviews out there for everybody to find with a simple search:

Also @Doomsdλy1993: they certainly still have a few of the models around at the current offices :D! They show them from time to time in interviews with the developers of Doom Eternal.

 

 

 

Edited April 10, 2021 by Peccatum Mihzamiz

[Rudolph]

9 hours ago, mankubus said:

Well, up until you brought this up i never thought of a red cross being nothing more than a generic symbol of health, not some trademarked logo.

Do not worry, that is a common misconception. I had a similar reaction when I found out about the change myself. ;)

[Uni]

Hell Baron is my new favorite nickname for the Baron of Hell. Also Sandy's awesome.

 

Thanks for sharing!