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RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8か月前

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 · 8か月前
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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

  • simple@lemm.ee
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    Sadly doesn’t work on Firefox :^(

    • Bobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachts
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      Probably a good thing from a security perspective

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      That’s ok nothing else does either :P

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        I know it’s a joke, but I’m totally typing this message out to you on Firefox and it is working just fi

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          :D

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