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GoldSrc
GoldSrc (pronounced "Gold Source"), sometimes called the ''Half-Life'' engine, is a proprietary game engine developed by Valve. At its core, GoldSrc is a heavily modified version of id Software's ''Quake'' engine. It made its debut in 1998 with ''Half-Life'' and powered future games developed by or with oversight from Valve, including ''Half-Life'' expansions, '' Day of Defeat'' and games in the ''Counter-Strike'' series. GoldSrc was succeeded by the Source engine with the releases of '' Half-Life: Source'', '' Half-Life 2'', and '' Counter-Strike: Source'' in 2004. Development The basis of GoldSrc is the engine used in the video game '' Quake'', albeit with heavy modification by Valve. While the engine served as the basis for GoldSrc, Gabe Newell said that a majority of the code used in the engine was created by Valve. GoldSrc's artificial intelligence systems, for example, were essentially made from scratch. The engine also uses some code from other games in the ''Quake'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valve (company)
Valve Corporation, also known as Valve Software, is an American video game developer, publisher, and digital distribution company headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. It is the developer of the software distribution platform Steam and the game franchises ''Half-Life'', ''Counter-Strike'', '' Portal'', '' Day of Defeat'', '' Team Fortress'', '' Left 4 Dead'' and ''Dota''. Valve was founded in 1996 by the former Microsoft employees Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington. Their debut game, the first-person shooter (FPS) ''Half-Life (video game), Half-Life'' (1998), was a critical and commercial success and had a lasting influence on the FPS genre. Harrington left in 2000. In 2003, Valve launched Steam, followed by ''Half-Life 2'' (2004), the Episodic video game, episodic sequels ''Half-Life 2: Episode One'' (2006) and ''Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Episode Two'' (2007), the multiplayer games ''Team Fortress 2'' (2007) and ''Left 4 Dead'' (2008), the puzzle games ''Portal (video game), P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
