Descent

Martin Walch (mbwalch@postoffice.utas.edu.au)
Wed, 31 May 1995 11:44:15 +1000

Descent is a DOOM like game. It involves the navigation of complex 3-D
mazes from a single-point (perspectively), first person position. The game
is unremarkable apart from having no dominant up or down. The movement of
your vehicle throught the space is controlled by key or mouse, but your
orientation is always relative to the particular sub-section of the space
you happen to be occupying, the upshot is, that as you progress into the
maze, turning a corner may reveal what had previously been a wall, to now
be the floor. This calls for a rather unique mental mapping of the space,
and it produces a "sense" of space which to me feels like a dream space. I
guess if you dont know what DOOM is all about then this posting probably
doesnt mean much.

Thanks to Torbjoern for the info on ZOA.