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RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

Playable DOOM Now Available in PDF Format

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Playable DOOM Now Available in PDF Format

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RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago
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A developer known as Ading2210 has ingeniously created a playable version of Doom (1993) that runs inside a PDF file, aptly named DoomPDF. This project showcases the surprising versatility of the PDF format, which supports JavaScript for interactive features. The game can be played in any Chromium-based browser (such as Google Chrome) that supports PDF rendering engines like PDFium.To make this possible, Ading2210 used an older version of Emscripten to compile Doom's C code into asm.js, allowing it to run within the constrained JavaScript environment of a PDF file. Instead of rendering individual pixels as text fields—which would have required

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/31143411

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    4 months ago

    Until it runs on my .txt pc i don’t care

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      4 months ago

      Do you mean… Notepad Doom?

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3VoEyaqMoc

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        4 months ago

        That’s exactly the sort of thing I was thinking of. Holy shit, its amazing. Ok ok, I will care now.

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