--- title: Catacomb 3-D Creators Share How They Made Predecessor of... description: John Romero and the id Software team discuss creating Catacomb 3-D in 1991, the first texture-mapped first-person shooter. The game introduced several... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/catacomb-3-d-creators-share-how-they-made-predecessor-of-doom-7r182onlf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Catacomb 3-D Creators Share How They Made Predecessor of DOOM | daily.dev og:description: John Romero and the id Software team discuss creating Catacomb 3-D in 1991, the first texture-mapped first-person shooter. The game introduced several... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/catacomb-3-d-creators-share-how-they-made-predecessor-of-doom-7r182onlf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/7R182ONLf.png og:image:alt: Catacomb 3-D Creators Share How They Made Predecessor of DOOM og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Catacomb 3-D Creators Share How They Made Predecessor of DOOM **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary John Romero and the id Software team discuss creating Catacomb 3-D in 1991, the first texture-mapped first-person shooter. The game introduced several innovations including texture mapping on walls, visual health indicators that changed with damage, and mouse support for 3D games. Despite earning only $5,000 compared to their 2D titles, the immersive first-person perspective convinced the team they had found the future of gaming. This experimental project laid the technical and design foundation for id Software's later revolutionary titles: Wolfenstein 3D, DOOM, and Quake. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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