I guess he drinks like 8 diet cokes a day and still has the iq of ten of us. He had a portfolio in his teens that most adult coders probably don’t have. Dropped out of college. Id software was born out of apogee. Commander Keen was actually a work of brilliance / technical marvel for the time. Any modern coder slapped with their hardware back then would have just assumed it impossible.
There are still limits. The limits are much much higher, but they still exist and devs need to work around them. Games still need to be optimized to reduce draw calls to the GPU for example.
Niggly_Puff 0 points 9 months ago
There are still limits. The limits are much much higher, but they still exist and devs need to work around them. Games still need to be optimized to reduce draw calls to the GPU for example.