the original Quake Engine

[m3rryg0r0und]

I have a question regarding this game engine. I am doing a research paper on the Quake Engine (the one released for the original Quake in 1996) and I need the cost of Research and Development for this game engine. I am mainly looking for the cost of the Engine alone, but if you have information on the game Quake's R&D please post it, any info will help.

tl;dr Looking for R&D cost to produce original Quake Engine

[AnubisArc999]

Try e-mailing John Carmack, he might actually respond.

[MADDOGGE]

Excellent idea Anubis

[Mr_Fayce]

Haha if you get a response let us know :]

[ClarkF1]

Don't forget that Quake was developed to become QuakeWorld engine which was the basis for the GoldSrc engine which was used for Half-Life

Quite a legacy

See this pic: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Quake_-_family_tree.svg

[m3rryg0r0und]

Try e-mailing John Carmack, he might actually respond.

do you happen to know his email? I researched it and found JohnnyBoi@Idsoftware.com but is that right?

[m3rryg0r0und]

do you happen to know his email? I researched it and found JohnnyBoi@Idsoftware.com but is that right?

actually that is not right, I tried to email him and this email does not exist

[Vonje]

The engine is free. You only have to pay for special licenses.

[Bromazepam]

He uses Twitter, you might give it a shot there.
http://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack

[Sonicfan966]

You can also find out a LOT more about the Quake 1 engine here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_engine

Wiki also articles about the other id software engines as well.