Pleroma

Pleroma

Source code for the 1988 game The Colony has been posted to Github

https://github.com/Croquetx/thecolony

screenshot of the Mac version of two objects with eyeballs looking at the player in a room

@MichaelKlamerus what is this beautiful game?!

@Bogusmeatfactory one of the first (the first?) real time 3D games

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Colony_(video_game)

@MichaelKlamerus @Bogusmeatfactory Not the first, but very early, and using the same raycasting techniques that drove the rise of FPS games in the 90s — except with a fascinating story to unravel, a very low framerate, and a sadistic design that'll kill you for anything.

There's a great tale behind its creation, too, which is laid out on the GitHub project page as well as in my Secret History of Mac Gaming book.
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