This is a totally awesome read. It's basically Microserfs or JPod, but for real. Total treasure trove for guys who grew up in the nineties with games like Prince of Persia.
and via reddit, original source code documentation (pdf):
Thanks for posting that link, that's how I found the journals :)
Especially eye-opening was how they waited two years after release hoping the game would spread by word of mouth, it didn't, so they did a traditional marketing push and succeeded.
I stayed up way, way too late reading this. An astounding story, and very well told. Amazing and inspiring that someone could blend the arts, hacking, and business to such a degree.
Really cool read. It appears to be down now, which is a shame because I'm halfway done!
Not sure what was more thrilling to read "Dracula" or this "Old journals".
Nice journal! I should start one for my next major project.
prince of persia and wolfenstein were what got my interestes in computers when I was a kid. great times.