# ESWAT/john-carmack-plan-archive

Collection of John Carmack’s .plan files

Repository: https://github.com/ESWAT/john-carmack-plan-archive
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/john-carmack-plan-archive
License Family: other
Topics: john-carmack, doom, quake, rage
Last push: 2025-10-13T10:37:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 53/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 46, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4227, "days_push": 324, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1416, forks 160 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:39.938094+00:00)

## What it is
A mirror of the John Carmack .plan file archive, containing his famous development updates from his id Software years, organized by day and year. It preserves a piece of game development history as exported ZIP files of plain-text updates.

## Use cases
- read John Carmack's original .plan updates from the Doom and Quake era
- research the history of id Software and early 3D game development
- cite Carmack's own words in articles or talks about game engine history
- archive and preserve classic .plan files locally
- explore how Carmack discussed graphics and engine work over the years

## When to choose
- you want the primary-source text of Carmack's .plan updates
- you are researching game development history or id Software
- you need an offline, organized copy of the floodyberry.com archive

## When to avoid
- you need a searchable database or API rather than raw text files
- you want modern Carmack writings such as his blog or Twitter posts
- you expect maintained software with a license rather than a static archive

## Facets
- artifact type: dataset
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation
- domain: gaming-tools, developer-tools, tutorials
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: john-carmack, plan-files, archive, id-software, gaming-history, doom, quake

## Member repositories
- ESWAT/john-carmack-plan-archive (main) score 53

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:39.938094+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:38:03.732459+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ESWAT/john-carmack-plan-archive (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:39.938094+00:00, sha 60c4e37d8e31)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.