Timeline

1980s

1987

• InnerMission is released as the first release of a new company called Pie in the Sky Software.

1988

• TBD

1989

• Stokes considers this the year Pie in the Sky Software was founded as a proper business.

1990s

1990

• TBD

1991

• The final version of InnerMission is released.

1992

• May 5: Wolfenstien 3D is released by id Software, popularizing the modern first-person shooter.
  • Observing the functioning of the engine inspires Kevin Stokes to begin work on a new project in C that becomes the Power 3D engine.
• Corncob 3D is released as shareware.

1993

• Stop Nick Macki is created as a beta draft for Pie in the Sky's in-development first-person shooter. Timelocked not to run after July 15th.
• Lethal Tender is released, premièring Power 3D.
• Pie in the Sky Software begins work on a German FPS.

1994

• Terminal Terror is released.
• Pie in the Sky Software begins work on the 3D Game Creation System (GCS).
• Corncob Deluxe is released as the retail version of Corncob 3D by MVP Software.

1995

• Version 1.x of the GCS is released.

1996

• November Return of the Dämons is featured in an issue of the German gaming magazine PC Action.
• Adolf-X 3D: The Execution of Hitler

1997

• Graliens
• LifesBattle
• Android
• Zyr

1998

• Version 2.x of the GCS is released for Microsoft Windows.
• August: first news post is uploaded to the GCS Games website.
• Sirens' Chamber

1999

• Dangaroos Kipawa Entertainment
  • Bark Bark 3D
  • Mayhem 3D
  • Dark World
  • Secret Agent Rescue

2000s

2000

• TBD

2001

• Version 3.x of the GCS is released, demoed by the game Max Resistance.

2002

• June 2002: Kevin Stokes takes up a job as a programmer at Imaginant as his company declines.

2003

• May: Pie in the Sky Software is disbanded and the GCS is commercially discontinued.
• August 30: last news post on the GCS Games website.

2004

• TBD

2005

• TBD

2006

• The 3D Game Creation System, alongside GameMaker: Studio, Construct, The Games Factory and FPS Creator, was used in the "CS 110: Problem Solving through Game Creation" course put out by the College of Engineering and Applied Science.

2007

• TBD

2008

• October 28: the website GCS Archive is founded by Lonnie "Saturdaynight" King.
  • The site is principally created for his DOS GCS Demonstration Project, later renamed to MOD-G.

2009

• August 18: sprite resources from the 3D Game Creation System are posted onto the ZDoom forums.

2010s

2010

• March 5: the Wikipedia article for Pie in the Sky is started by Graham L. Wilson.
• March 13: Pie in the Sky Software is briefly revived as a developer for the Android platform.
  • March 15: Pie in the Sky releases its Physics Demo for Android.
    • May 23: Pie in the Sky releases its Dice App.

2011

• TBD

2012

• December 21: Lazy Game Reviews releases a video about Terror in Christmas Town.

2013

• February 28: the first beta of the MOD-G project is released by Lonnie "Saturdaynight" King.
• March 20: an archived version of the old GCS Games website is uploaded by leileilo.

2014

• October 9: Lazy Game Reviews releases a video about Corncob 3D.
• December 4: Lazy Game Reviews releases a video about Prezzie Hunt.

2015

• January 8: Quarantineism last updates his playlist of 3D Game Creation System game videos.
• December 24: the GCS game Terror in Christmas Town was played by the Game Grumps.

2016

• October 13: the YouTube channel Hall of First Person Games is launched; going on to feature several Power 3D titles.

2017

• March 30: the Pie in the Sky Wiki is launched by Graham L. Wilson.
• October 11: the Power 3D engine is mentioned in the article "The Complete History of First Person Shooters" by K. Thor Jensen published by Geek.com.

2018

• February 28: Kevin Stokes gave Graham L. Wilson a notice of explicit permission to reuse Pie in the Sky Software related media.

2019

• April 15: heisanevilgenius re-emerges Burnt Toast by digging out an old compilation disc from his parent's house.