Another World, a Beautiful Lesson in Software Architecture
summary
The talk analyzes the 1991 game Another World, focusing on its daring software architecture: a custom virtual machine and intermediate language designed to bypass 1990s hardware limits, simplify development and porting, and deliver a cinematic experience. The speaker examines the design choices behind that VM and shows how the same approach enabled cross-decade ports, including a WebAssembly-based port to run the game in a web browser.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 8:49Game engine architecture
- 15:28Virtual machine and bytecode
- 29:43Video subsystem
- 37:07Audio and input
- 39:54Engine demo
- 43:03Summary
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