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by levicole 21 days ago
When I was probably 13 years old, I got Duke Nukem 3D. I really wanted to figure out how to build my own levels. I had found other levels online and I couldn't figure it out. My 7th grade teacher made us do was write formal letters as a project for class. So I wrote a snail mail support request to 3D Realms asking for help getting set up with build.exe. They sent me a printed version of the manual, and some troubleshooting tips for the issue I was having.

Now I wonder if it was this guy that resonded...
2 comments
programmarchy 21 days ago
Might have been Ken Silverman. https://advsys.net/ken
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busfahrer 21 days ago
As a kid I played Ken's Labyrinth, a raycaster FPS from around the same time as Wolf3D. Only years later I found out that this was actually the same Ken Silverman that went on to create the Build engine for Duke Nukem 3D etc. Kind of funny considering the vast difference in tone between these two games.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken%27s_Labyrinth

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jayemar 21 days ago
Don't leave us hanging! Did you get a level built?!
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levicole 20 days ago
hah! I tried to recreate my local mall, I didn't get super far, but I did have a lot of fun doing it!!
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