#Pathways into darkness software
#Pathways into darkness mac

An early, rudimentary version of the Pathways into Darkness engine From then until the end of 1992, Jones would continue to work on the engine though the initial plan was to use it as the basis for a three-dimensional version of Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete, this idea was eventually abandoned, as it was deemed that the change in perspective would not suit the game, and that additionally the online nature of Minotaur, which required players to have an internet connection, would only serve to limit the game's appeal.

#Pathways into darkness mac

Knowing that the Mac could produce similar graphics, Jones began to put together a rudimentary 3D engine that at first was only capable of displaying basic wire-frame quadrilateral shapes. The seeds of Pathways into Darkness were first planted in the mind of programmer Jason Jones in the summer of 1992, when he first witnessed Wolfenstein 3D while living on campus at the University of Chicago.

Pathways is notable for being the first real-time texture mapped 3D game for the Macintosh as well as the first FPS game to grace the platform, since id Software's Wolfenstein 3D would not appear on the Mac until early 1995. Bungie co-founder Alex Seropian helped in marketing the game and creating the Pathways manual. The game was created by two individuals: Jason Jones, who acted as designer and programmer, and Colin Brent, who produced the game's art. Developed for the Apple Macintosh computer system, Pathways is primarily a first-person shooter, though it also features a number of adventure game mechanics, most notably the incorporation of puzzles and dialogue, as well as a few tropes of the role-playing genre, such as stat and skill progression.

#Pathways into darkness software

Released in August of 1993, Pathways into Darkness was the third title published and developed by Bungie Software Products Corporation, and the first significant financial successes for the company, laying the groundwork for their later work in the Marathon series and beyond.