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Classic Game Postmortem: Alone in the Dark

GDC Festival of Gaming · talk · Watch on YouTube

Game history & retro gamingGame designGame programming & engines

What it is

Frederick Raynal gives a GDC postmortem of Alone in the Dark, the game that helped create the survival horror genre. He covers how the team built it and shows some of the old tools used.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters recommend it as a firsthand account from the creator, including the old tooling.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “video from 2012 by Frederick Raynal”

    Postmortem by Alone in the Dark creator Frederick Raynal

    nope96, 2019-08 · Recommendation · in “Alone in the Dark”

  2. “Also worth a watch/listen is the talk by Frederick Raynal at GDC about Alone in the Dark.”

    Raynal's GDC postmortem covering Alone in the Dark and porting Alpha Waves to PC

    pengaru, 2020-06 · Recommendation · in “Alpha Waves was the first 3D platform game”

  3. “There is a very nice presentation [1] in which Raynal shows some of the old tools that were used to create Alone in the Dark.”

    Raynal shows old tools used to create Alone in the Dark

    smokel, 2023-10 · Recommendation · in “How the creator of Alone in the Dark came back to games”

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Topics: alone in the dark, postmortem, survival horror, gdc, 3d games

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