The ultimate celebration of the FPS genre. Join us as we revisit the greatest ever FPS games, guided by the developers who created them
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First Person Shooter: The Definitive FPS Documentary
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This entertaining and nostalgic documentary will take a game-by-game deep dive into the history and evolution of a genre that has grown from the simple wireframe graphics of Maze War and Spasim to become a staple of popular culture that is enjoyed by millions of gamers worldwide.
First Person Shooter will explore the creation and legacy of the most popular and significant FPS titles from the last 48 years, including favorites such as Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, GoldenEye, Half-Life, Unreal Tournament, Deus Ex, Halo… and many more.
The completed film will feature insights, stories, and anecdotes from the producers, designers, programmers, artists, and composers who worked on the most significant and popular FPS titles in history. Not only will they tell their own stories, but they will also discuss the games that inspired and influenced them.
As we relive these iconic gaming moments through the stories of their creators, we will explore:
- The groundbreaking technological milestones - such as raycasting, online multiplayer deathmatch, and discrete 3D graphics cards - that drove huge advances in design and graphics.
- The evolution of gameplay design and mechanics, including innovations such as free aiming, regenerating health, interactive cutscenes, dual-wielding, kill streaks, and more.
- The incredible worldbuilding and level design that led to the creation of immersive worlds such as Rapture, Dunwall, City 17, and many more.
- The classic FPS revival and the return of the 90s-style shooter in games such as Dusk, Ion Fury, and Prodeus, and the revisiting of early genre stars such as Doom & Wolfenstein.
- The emergence of LAN parties and their growth from college dorms and internet cafes to the earliest days of QuakeCon, laying the foundations for the growing eSports scene.
- The huge contribution of modding and total conversions to the genre, from Final Doom, Aliens TC and Action Quake 2 to Team Fortress, Counter-Strike and Garry’s Mod.
- The world of speedrunning and its growth from the earliest of Doom speedruns to its highly competitive scene today.
Sharing these stories will be our our incredible cast, featuring many of the developers and designers who made your favorite FPS games, including John Romero (Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Doom II, Quake), Marcus Lehto (Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, and Halo Reach), Warren Spector (System Shock, Thief, Deus Ex), Cliff Bleszinski (Unreal, Unreal Tournament, Gears of War), Robin Walker (Team Fortress, Half-Life 1, Half-Life 2, HL: Alyx), Karl Hilton (Goldeneye 007, Perfect Dark, Timesplitters, Crysis 2), Dave Oshry (Dusk, Amid Evil), and many more.
Joining these creatives are some of the best-known players of these titles, including Amy “Valkyrie” / “Athena” Brady (Frag Dolls and PMS Co-Founder), Dennis “Thresh” Fong (Gaming’s First Pro Player), and Randy “N0M4D” Fitzgerald (World’s First Quadriplegic Pro Gamer, Accessibility Advocate).
These fantastic contributors have put their faith in our vision by attaching their name to our project - we hope you will do the same. Your support will go towards the cost of production, filming interviews, and post-production, as well as getting more big names on board. This Kickstarter is an essential stage to realizing our vision and we can’t do it without you - and we wouldn’t want to!
Keep reading to see our full cast of 40+ legends below. We’re still casting, so expect to see more big names added to this list soon!
With First Person Shooter, we'll combine our documentary-making experience and passion for the FPS genre with a world-leading cast. Our previous films include the critically acclaimed In Search of Darkness and In Search of Darkness: Part II (‘80s Horror), and the upcoming In Search of Tomorrow (‘80s Sci-Fi), which is the highest grossing crowdfunded documentary of all time.
As a team, we’ve successfully crowdfunded, developed, filmed, and fulfilled multiple films for thousands of backers, and we can’t wait to bring this one to life. We are confident that with the help of FPS fans, we can achieve a fantastic result that rewards backers and delivers an excellent documentary.
Made by fans, for fans - this will be the ultimate love letter to the genre. But, we can only make it with the support of the FPS Community. Back now to help us celebrate these fantastic games and the people who made them.
As an independent production company, we are in a unique position to engage with fans and enable them to join us on this journey. Every backer who purchases the documentary (digitally or physically) is invited to join us on our Discord server.
You will get the opportunity to engage with the production team and fellow fans on our private Discord, as well as tell us what games you want to see, suggest potential interviewees, and even provide feedback on early sequences and chapters of the documentary. We'll also be holding special events including production Q&As, expert Q&As, and more.
In addition to the documentary itself (Digital, Factory-Pressed DVD, or Factory-Pressed Blu-Ray) we have a wide range of physical rewards to thank our backers for their support. Please check the below section ‘Pledge Tiers’ to see which rewards are available at which level.
