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You deserved more attention.
i feel i should update this post with an actual link to her gofundme.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebecca-ann-heineman-fight-aggressive-cancer
petpet3d
Wrong one again, death
onlynegativecomments
Well that sucks.
ThatOtherGirlYouKnow
Damn it. :( She was good people. Her wife passed away last year.
linkdk59
Oh wow. She was a legend
DeltaBladeX
A Discord server I'm in actually remembers her for the fanfiction she did as well https://www.fanfiction.net/u/268964/burgerbecky
ShadeMeadowsArt
Rest in peace...
kInADress
Damn :(
BoxZ
Man fuck cancer.
khaoselement
Wait she was a Space Invaders champ too? I did not know that. Goddamn she was a badass.
usingYourMomAsAHat
F
phocalpoint
F
DumbandConfused
🟥
beegobuzz
Met her at Hero Con last year. She was the absolute sweetest, funniest person you could ever hope to chat with. This is positively heartbreaking to read.
TorSverre
Rest In Power, you beautiful human being!
themikep
she also (nearly) single-handedly rescued the terrible 3DO Doom port, despite impossible odds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxF1_wg2d_Q
reverendbonobo
She was married to Jennell Jaquays, another transgender game designer, who passed away in 2024.
Ree81
Hm, she died at age 68 and Rebecca at 64.
America's healthcare system at work I'd say.
Larktonguesinadicecup
Arguably the more accomplished spouse, especially if you care about D&D more than PC gaming. And painted as well as the other TSR staff artists, at least Easley Tramp and Caldwell if not quite as well as Elmore
reverendbonobo
I still have my copy of Central Casting: Heroes of Legend that I bought 35 years ago. She was working on a remake when she died.
SomeGeek75ygh
Wait THAT Jaquays? Oh that's a pretty awesome partnership, shame they both passed.
DerpyBestPrincess
Awww. I just saw this fantastic video about Wolfenstein 3D with her, which she was part of porting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNC83JpCbQw
marsilies
She also worked on the disastrous 3DO port of Doom, which she talks about here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_do6lL7ueQ
netprincess
RIP my dear. We had a good run.
Botticelliii
Holy shit what a headline! We should all be so lucky to have such an epitaph. RIP you legend.
wkearney99
I knew her when she was Bill, back in Baltimore in the early 80's. Sad to see her go so soon.
Targe0
Goblinpunker
So, don't ever let them diagnose you.
ruint
Fuck cancer.
digitalaaron
F
mcdoolz
I'm so sorry, Rebecca.
abcdefg912
"legendary"
BeesechurgerProductions
She was the co-founder of Interplay, one of the top PC games studios of the 90s, creators of games like Bard's Tale, Wasteland, Fallout, Battle Chess, and a lot more. She personally worked on 51 different games as a programmer from 1983 to 2015.
Just because you don't recognize someone's name doesn't mean they aren't important.
zeacorzeppelin10
Her cancer fundraiser is now paying for her funeral makes this all the more sadder
beegobuzz
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebecca-ann-heineman-fight-aggressive-cancer Here is the link, in case anyone would like to help.
Comet260
Man, FUCK cancer.
Evenmoreuselessname
Comet260
She was a co-founder of Logicware, which ported this awesome gem to the Mac and PC from the 3DO.
gnomedeplume
And the 3DO version of Doom too (not Doom 2)
Comet260
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_Time_(video_game)
florad
F
Raoul97533
Which games did she work on?
TwitchFox
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Heineman#Games
Raoul97533
Nice
emptyother
So cross-ports of nearly every important big old game. Awesome.
HappyTimeHollis
RIP. She worked on Descent, which was such a brilliant game and was a co-founder of Interplay Games. If you played PC games in the early-to-mid-90s, you would have come across some of her work.
RIP, Burger.
Boatsntoes
I remember being home from school because I was sick and I tried to play Descent. I vomited from the vertigo
Xerxes4242
Used to play Descent with my buddy across the street over dialup. Great times. We were quite good at it, which was satosfying since many couldn't comprehend or keep up with 3D movement controls at the time.
7hatsBollocks
I have doubts most would be much better now.
Xerxes4242
Yeah, space and flight sims were fire in the 90s then just kind of died off into a niche genre unfortunately.
Cranbananarama
Thank you for saving me the time looking it up. Definitely played a few Interplay titles.
LazerusK
Descent was such an utterly unique and wonderful game, completely before it's time. Sublevel Zero is a great spiritual successor worth a mention (though overload looks like it might be more faithful)!
Futuron
That game was the reason why I had to buy a joystick. It was one of my favorite games for a very long time
DarkVoivod
Owz descent was so good.
Need to re-buy it and play with my vr-rig.
webx9001
I loved decent. I tried playing recently and got vertigo
StopTheWorldIWannaGetOff
The music in Descent started me on Type O Negative... Damn I loved that series so much. "Good luck, Material Defender. Dravis OUT!"
samwyze
Thanks for the childhood, Rebecca.
keyserv
Descent 2 multiplayer was so much goddam fun.
FelixT93
She basically single handedly made the 3do port of doom in mere months.
It's one of the worst ports but considering how little she had to work with, the fact she got it shipped at all was incredible.
RuNacken
7hatsBollocks
I present, the Corley... Minivan!
Lun4ticH1gh
"Well you know I'd be on one right now, sir, if it weren't for my...DESTABILIZING inner ear condition."
ishouldchangemynametosomethingcooler
The music for that game was awesome
LumensAquilae
Descent was my first full 3d game. I still love that game.
quietmrbean
Ditto!
terajack2048
Wasn’t that the game that made you freaking want to puke flying in the vent shafts?
Larktonguesinadicecup
I get pretty motion sick from FPS but descent didn't do it for whatever reason
Grimmrog
interplay made a lot good things, or founded subs that made good ones. It brought us fallout but sadly they sold it to bethesda later, earthworm jim. Baldurs gate, Wasteland also, they were the ones to release Warcraft in Europe. . MDK any Lost vikings may not be known so much, but I enjoyed them a lot. The Interplay logo was a sure indicator to have a lot of fun.
StopTheWorldIWannaGetOff
Some solid games. MDK, Lost vikings, Baldurs Gate, Earthworm Jim, Planescape: Torment, Stonekeep... So many hours of my life, jeez
phocalpoint
Whoa blast from the past...I LOVED Lost Vikings
sh17picker69000420
Didnt they make Redneck Rampage as well?
Grimmrog
thats a game I don't know, was that even sold in Europ, it sound spretty Murican.
Z0op
I always thought it was moreof a parody of american redneck culture, thought it was european, but devs where from LA apparantly.
Played it tons (im dutch, but im pretty sure i got it from a CrazyBytes cd), same with more build engine games like Blood, played these games a lot on local network
mercyPandaRunner
Descent, which was the basis for Descent Freespace. The sequels Freespace 2s source code in turn was the basis for Wing Commander Saga, which is possibly my favourite game ever.
And just like that, you find out you owe someone or their existence had an impact on your life.
Rest in Peace and thanks for everything!
DMDaddy0
I loved Freespace! Such an amazing series!
Semphir
Thanks! I was like.. Who? Why doesn’t it mention games?
But interplay rocked, so many good games. Blackthorne, another world, lost vikings, earthworm jim and so on.
Lun4ticH1gh
Goddamn did I ever love Blackthorne growing up. Played it on PC, the music in the mines in the first level is forever in my head.
Styxwash
Interplay didn't make Lost Vikings, they just published it. Lost vikings wasmade by the founders of Blizzard.
FlyingTigerRose
EARTHWORM JIM?!? This remains the single funniest game I have ever played, period. I have played several of her games, then. Bless her, she helped develop me as a gamer. Raising my glass to you, my dear lady.
Styxwash
Earthworm Jim was also only published by Interplay and developed by another studio. Interplay is mainly known for the Fallout games. But they published many other great games.
Semphir
Ah... But what about rock n roll racing?.. Damn it... They published some great games though
AlmightyElephant
Funnily enough the Fallout series had another legendary gay icon as one of its design leads in Tim Cain
Comet260
I do not have words to describe my love for the Descent series. If you want a more modern spin on the game, check out Overload.
EstoyPoopis
Holy shit. Overload is actually Descent 4. Apparently the head of the company got all the old Descent developers back together to make this one. Gonna get it right na!
Comet260
https://www.gog.com/en/game/overload
netboygold
Thank you! I Loved all of the Descents... well at least the first 2. I bought them each the weeks they came out. I've never heard of Overload. It looks just like a modern version of Descent. I can't wait to play. Thanks again.
Banather
Overload was made by a few of the original Descent devs. Not sure if Rebecca was part of the team or not, but regardless it's a great successor to the original
HappyTimeHollis
Sweet, I loved Descent but hadn't heard of Overload - will absolutely check it out! Cheers for the heads up!
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gnowmgnight6
Im sorry ya dumb brain cannot function.
Maybe get some kind of a clue.
Or simply get fucked.
You can choose.
HappyTimeHollis
Dude. Don't be a cunt.
BellsTheorem
Assuming you know how to read, you're a cunt.
Comet260
You could TRY punching her name into Safari.
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ClayBones548
Question: How many game developers do you think you can name without searching? I'm not talking directors, artists, composers or writers. I mean people who make games work on a technical level. I doubt it's more than five. Maybe you're just ignorant?
KnightWithShiningCamera
Is this the equivalent of not being a fan of a band unless you can name all the songs on the first album? Very gatekeeper of you
ClayBones548
The point is that if you don't know anyone who works in game development then your criteria for judging someone's credentials is meaningless and just makes you sound like an insufferable asshole.
Karmasuture
A person also does not need your ideal of legendary status for her death to mean something or for others to be made aware of her passing. She was human, she was taken by cancer, show some hint of empathy.
BellsTheorem
Or just simply reading the headline.
KnightWithShiningCamera
I did. Legendary. Someone legendary should not require me to search the internet.
NothingButTheWorst
Someone so blatantly flaunting the title of "Legendary Twat" should have already been on my radar, yet I've only just now spotted them.
Curious.
KnightWithShiningCamera
Ok. Good one
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BellsTheorem
There are legendary people you have never heard of. The world doesn't revolve around you and your personal interests. Don't be a cunt.