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Autobiography releases July 18 and chronicles early mainframe programming at age 11, decade-long assembly work, and the switch to C while still hand‑optimizing cycles. Key reveal: a Dangerous Dave floppy demo that proves horizontal smooth scrolling on PC, which leads to an engine that is licensed 1991 and reshapes PC game development. Contains readable technical sections, concrete anecdotes about version‑control-by-floppy, preserved original disks, a taco‑truck game tie‑in, and many behind‑the‑scenes product decisions.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Welcome and introduction
- 1:26Motivation for the autobiography
- 3:58Maintaining a positive attitude
- 5:01Differences from Masters of Doom
- 7:07Early programming at 11
- 7:50Assembly and C in game development
- 10:17Book details and Mexican food
- 11:41Cooking and game development
- 12:02Naming games and creative process
- 13:25Relationship with John Carmack today
- 15:09Reading from the autobiography
- 24:38Smooth scrolling revolution
- 25:44The original floppy disk artifact
- 26:06Version control in early game dev
- 27:53Closing remarks and book release
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