I-Exclusive: Ingxoxo kaJohn Carmack

UJohn Carmack kwiNtshaba entsha, ukwenza umdlalo weMario kunye ne-iPhone yakhe uthando

Xa kuziwa kwimidlalo, uJohn Carmack ufana neyinto eqhelekileyo. Umdali wexesha elide, umprogram kunye nentloko ye-id Software ngokusemthethweni wadala uhlobo lomqhubi lomntu wokuqala kunye noWolfenstein 3D . Umsebenzi wakhe kamva wawuquka uchungechunge lweWolfenstein, imidlalo ye-Quake kunye nomnye wamagqabantshintshi kakhulu kunye nempikiswano eyake yenziwa, iDoom .

Njengoko i-Software yexesha elide yenzeke nzima kwi-iPhone / iPod Touch, ikhulula iWolfenstein 3D Classic , iView Resurrection kunye nezinye izihloko zakudala.

Ndathetha noMnu. Carmack malunga nokukhululwa kwakhe ngokutsha, iDoom Classic , uthando lwakhe lwe Super Mario Bros , kwaye kutheni eshiya yonke into ephathekayo kodwa i-iPhone.

I-Damon Brown : I-Apple ixhomekeke kwinkqubo yokuphuhlisa ivaliweyo, igcina ulawulo olunzima kwizinto abaphuhlisayo abanokuyenza kunye nenkqubo, ngelixa i-Software ye-id eyiyo ivulekile kakhulu, ikhulule umgaqo-mthombo wendawo yemidlalo kumntu. Ngaba usebenza ne-Apple ingxabano kuwe?

UJohn Carmack : Hayi ngokwenene, kodwa ndiyabona ukuba uthetha ntoni. Sithanda i-iPhone ngeqela lezizathu ezahlukeneyo. Sibheke kwi-Nintendo DS yokudlala, kodwa senze intuthuko kwiifowuni zaseJava ezisekelwe kwiminyaka. Ndisebenze kwezinye iiplani zefowuni kwaye kukho umehluko omangalisayo phakathi, uthi, ifowuni eneeBrew kunye ne-iPhone. [Ngeefowuni zendabuko], uninzi lwabantu ababandakanyekayo ngabafana besofthiwe okanye, ngokugqithiseleyo, abaphathi, ngelixa i-Apple inamava eminyaka esebenza kunye ne-hardware kunye nesofthiwe. I-SDK (itekethi yokuphuhlisa isofthiwe, enceda umdlalo wemidlalo) idibanisa ehlukile. Ngaphandle koko, ezinye iifowuni azivumi kakhulu kunezi-Apple.

Ingxaki iphezulu ye-Android kunye ne-iPhone. I-Android inokwenene inkxaso kunye nokuguquguquka, kodwa ndathetha nabantu bezobugcisa bezobugcisa (abashicilela ezinye iimveliso ze-ID) nge-Android, kwaye abantu abaninzi bathi imali ayikho. Kwakhona, ngeemidlalo, abanalo i-GL evulekileyo [igalaji evulekileyo], i-multitouch efanelekileyo, njalo njalo, ngoko i- Doom Classic iya kufuna i-software yokunikezela ... izicwangciso zolawulo ezahlukeneyo, iintengo ezahlukeneyo kwenguqu nganye kwaye, ekugqibeleni, mhlawumbi wenze imali encinci. Ukuba i-Android iyayicima, iya kuba yinto enqwenelekayo yokuba nenkundla evulekile ngokwenene, kodwa mhlawumbi asiyi kukwazi ukusebenzisa iifowuni ezahlukeneyo ze-Android ngendlela efanayo.

Ndinebudlelwane be-rollercoaster kunye ne-Apple iminyaka, apho siya kuba yinto enhle, kwaye ke abayi kuthetha nam ezintandathu ezintandathu kuba ndithethile into "embi" kumaphephandaba. Kodwa baneenjini ezintle kunye nabacinga kakuhle.

UDamon Brown : Iyiphi imingcele enkulu yokudlala kunye ne-iPhone / iPod Touch?

UJohn Carmack : Okwangoku oku kuphazamisayo le yinkinga yesofthiwe eguqukayo: Xa unesitrato ezimbini kwisikrini, malunga nesithathu kwisicatshulwa kugxile ekufundeni indawo yabo - xa kukho ezinye izinto ezifuneka zibekwe iliso. Kuyinto engento yintliziyo. [i-iPhone version ye-software] 3.1 ngokusobala yayinokulungiswa okuncinci kule nto, kodwa ukulungiswa kwangempela kuya kuba yimpendulo ithatha amandla amancinane kwifowuni. Kuyamangalisa ukuzinza nge-Open GL (isiseko seemifanekiso). Xa ndidlulisela i-Open GL kwisiqulatho esitsha, ngokuqhelekileyo iphula! Ngoku ivule i-GL iyacwangciswa kwakhona, kwaye iya kuba yomelele ngakumbi.

UDamon Brown : Njengoko ukhankanyile, bekukho nto encinci, ukuba kukho na, ukuphuhliswa kweSoftware kwiNitendo DS eyaziwayo kunye ne-Sony PSP ...

UJohn Carmack : Enyanisweni, sinezi-SDK kunye nee-specs ze-hardware, kodwa asizange sizungeze ukuvelisa.

UDamon Brown : Kutheni?

UDamon Brown : Njengoko ukhankanyile, bekukho nto encinci, ukuba kukho na, ukuphuhliswa kweSoftware kwiNitendo DS eyaziwayo kunye ne-Sony PSP ...

UJohn Carmack : Enyanisweni, sinezi-SDK kunye nee-specs ze-hardware, kodwa asizange sizungeze ukuvelisa.

UDamon Brown : Kutheni?

UJohn Carmack : Kutheni? Ndithwele i-iPhone yam kunye nam lonke ixesha! Sineempawu ezimbalwa zeDS ekhaya ekhaya unyana wam ondibathandayo, kodwa andinayo umdla. Itshishini, kodwa inceda ukusebenza kwinkqubo oza kuyisebenzisa. Ukuqiqa kwam kukuba iinkqubo zemidlalo ezinikezelweyo aziyi kubakho ixesha elide - siya kuba nezixhobo ezingenziwanga nje ukudlala. Asikhokho okwamanje, njengoko iimishini zemidlalo ezinikezelweyo zinama-specs angcono, kodwa kuya kuba lula ukwenza i-iPhone kunye namadivayisi afanayo kumshini wokudlala ocolileyo kunokuba, kuya kuthi, vula i-PSP ibe kwifowuni.

UDamon Brown : Ndicinga ukuba sele bezama oko! Ngoku, iinkampani zemidlalo ziqala ukuthatha i-console yazo enkulu, eyinkimbinkimbi, imidlalo ye-PC okanye yamaComputer kunye nokwenza iinguqu ezincinci, iinguqu eziphathekayo kwifowuni. Ngaba ucinga ukuzisa inguqu encinci (isihloko sakho esizayo) kwi-mobiles?

UJohn Carmack : Ewe. Sithemba ukuba nomdlalo weRage -media-racing game ngonyaka ozayo. Andifani nokugijima kwekart, kodwa kuninzi umdlalo we-smash kunye nokulwa. Andiqinisekisi ukuba kuya kwenzeka, kodwa yilokho esiye sakhela ngo-2010 kunye kunye nokuhlaziywa okunye kunye ne-RPG.

Damon Brown : Kuthiwani malunga nokuhlaziywa koMlawuli uKeen ?

UJohn Carmack : [uhleka] ndibuzwa malunga noko kunokuba ndikulindele. Abantu basakhumbula uKeen - kwakungekho mkhulu emva koko - kodwa iminyaka engama-20 kamva bakhumbula. Andiyi kubeka i-original - yokuqala koku zonke, andinakukhumbuza nokuba ziphi i-asethi-kodwa ndiyayithanda abaphambili. Ndiyakuthanda ukudlala u-Mario kunye nendodana yam eneminyaka emihlanu ubudala, kwaye ndinokuba ne-hook ecacileyo kunye neengcamango zokulawula ukuba ngaba ndenza i-platformer, kodwa andinaso ixesha. Mhlawumbi ndiza kudlala uphuhliso lwezemidlalo kunye nentwana yam kwaye ndibeke oko akudonsa khona [kwisikrini]. Ndinezinto ezininzi endikuthanda ukuzenza oko kuza kuba yimveliso ephumelelayo kunye nokuzonwabisa. Ndinezinto ezinje ezinjalo. Kodwa akukho xesha.

I-Damon Brown : I-iPhone icacile iqonga lokudlala eliqinileyo, kodwa ayikho injabulo. Uxolelanise njani na abaphangi bakho abahamba ngokukhawuleza? Kwakunzima kangakanani ukubetha?

UJohn Carmack : Inkqubo yokulawula, eqala ngoWolfenstein 3D Classic , yayingumzekelo wovavanyo. Ekuqaleni ndacinga ukuba asinakukwenza, ngoko yilapho sithe saqala ukusebenza kuVuvuko lweZibindi , ezingazange zifune ukulawulwa komqhubi womntu wokuqala.

Kwakungekade ndisebenze kunye noBugcisa bobuGcisa ukuba ndibuyele iWolfenstein RPG kwimilayezo endiqale ngayo ukuzama ukulawula. Ndiyazi ukuba abantu bathathe iDoom Classic ukuya kwi-jailbroken iPhones indlela phambi kwegosa elisemthethweni, kodwa lo ngumzekelo wokubeka ikhowudi [yasekuqaleni ikhompyutheni] kumatshini omtsha kwaye ushiye kuloo nto. Kuyinto entsha. Kodwa nge- Doom Classic , ubona ixesha elingakanani esilubeka kuyo.

UDamon Brown : Njengoko ukhankanyile, udibene kwii-RPG, ubuncinane kwi-mobile.

UJohn Carmack : Siletha iWolfenstein RPG kwezinye iifowuni (ezisebenzisa i-Java kunye neBrew code), kodwa oko kuya kuba ngowokugqibela ekujonganeni nomnxeba weselula. Sishiya kwi-iPhone. Ngokwenene senza imali eninzi kwisithuba sefowuni phambi kwe-iPhone, mhlawumbi ngaphezu kwamanye inkampani, kodwa ukuphuhlisa kubo uhlobo oluthathayo ngoku kunye nabathwali, ukuxubha umdlalo wonke kwi-600K, njalo njalo. Kuyamangalisa kakhulu, akunangqondo. Ukuphuhliswa kwe-iPhone kulula kakhulu.

UDamon Brown : Ekugqibeleni, yiziphi ezinye iintlobo ofuna ukuzihlola?

UJohn Carmack : Ukuba ndandinethuba lokwenza olunye uhlobo, bekuza kuba yiplanga. Sathetha ngokuzisa abantu abaninzi ukusuka kwi-EA kunye nokusebenzisa izixhobo zokwenza imidlalo eyahlukeneyo, kodwa oko kuphethwe ngoku. Ayenzeki okwethutyana.