John Carmack, the programmer responsible for Doom, Quake, and more, has left id Software completely.
“John Carmack, who has become interested in focusing on things other than game development at id, has resigned from the studio," id's studio director Tim Willits told IGN. "John’s work on id Tech 5 and the technology for the current development work at id is complete, and his departure will not affect any current projects. We are fortunate to have a brilliant group of programmers at id who worked with John and will carry on id’s tradition of making great games with cutting-edge technology. As colleagues of John for many years, we wish him well.”
"Quake II is a masterpiece; an enduring first-person shooter that shows iD Software at their technical and artistic best."
- Christian 'Reggie' Wait, TechStomper
The story of John Romero, John Carmack, Adrian Carmack, Tom Hall, Jay Wilbur and their legendary company id Software. From Commander Keen to Wolfenstein 3D, from Doom to Quake, they invented the 3D first-person shooter genre, and they transformed PC gaming into a multi-million dollars business.
businessinsider writes: "His exit came on Friday, the people said. Carmack, who has been openly critical of Meta's advancements in AR and VR, core to its metaverse ambitions, posted to the company's internal Workplace forum about his decision to leave."
I hope he starts up another new company and can get another new game engine on the market too.
He is like: "Im done with F#@#$%NG nonsense, pff Metaverse da funk I was thinking!!, Im out!! :D"
Yeah he put a smile in his face too in the end.
I hope he goes back to traditional games.
VR gaming is a flop and the Metaverse has (fortunately) completely failed to take off.
One of if not, the best game engine developer in the world. I hope he gets back into developing game engines.
They need to stick VR back in RnD departments everywhere that or let the porn industry lead the way like everything else that's been introduced then brought to mass market after porn made it a thing lmfao
Woah...never saw that coming
I'm guessing he didn't finish Doom 4 though before he left <sigh>
LOL, is anyone left now at id who helped start the company??
Yay, Doom 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 are all on their way now! Along with Quake through 13!
We might even see Rage 2, 3, and 4!
lol as you can see, I'm more afraid of the publishers at this point. He was the only one really holding them back from releasing titles, which is good and bad. Bad because it takes FOREVER to see a game, but good because we don't see yearly milk.....
It's amazing what becoming reenergized creatively can do to a person.
Thi guy is so going to push Occulus Rift into our eye balls. This may sound bad, but it's really a goods thing.
; )