Ray-traced Descent with the DXX Raytracing Mod
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A team from Breda University has adapted the source code for the 1995 classic Descent so that it has ray-traced lighting, and I had to try it out!Download th...
  • ignism@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Played this back in the day as a kid. I would jump and panic every time an enemy was right behind a door. The sounds of the bots bring me back.

    • vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      This game was pivotal in my first few years of PC gaming. What a wild ride. Making boot disks so I could have cd audio and mouse at the same time.

  • Björn Tantau@feddit.deEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I used to play this game on an early VR headset. Descent on its own was already pretty nauseating. Add stereoscopic 3D and janky headtracking and puking was guaranteed. It was awesome!

      • PenguinTDEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Thank you for your sacrifice. XD This game teaches me that I sucks at free form 3D navigation. Like I am fine with Doom/Quake that has teleportation, but in Descent it’s floating camera so the world can be upside down and side ways, then my brain just become fried tofu when trying to escape the looping area.