As I was working the final few days at my internship with JPMorgan Chase, one of my coworkers mentioned to me that I never showed him my game X-Squadron that I mentioned to him at the beginning of my internship. I immediately sent him a link to the game when he asked me:
“What interests you about gaming?”
I explained to him that I’ve always been fascinated with the history of video games and graphics and the way it currently is headed, particularly since the 1990s. I always have felt that the past has a lot to offer in terms of creativity and inspiration for next generation video game developers, especially since those days of game development involved much more hand-crafted code bases rather than preexisting engines like Unity and Unreal today.
When I mentioned 1990s games, my coworker asked me if I ever heard of the Microsoft Excel 95 hidden raycaster game called The Hall of Tortured Souls, which was a way for the developers to express appreciation for all their hard work on that advanced piece of software at the time. I found a video of this game on YouTube and thought it was super interesting, so I have attached it below.
For anyone who loves the classic game DOOM from 1993, check out this neat easter egg! Maybe this will even inspire some of your future software applications to have simple games built-in.
As always, I want to say: Happy Coding!