This Article is Literally About Doom

We’ve covered a variety of Doom ports here, from Minecraft to McDonald’s cash registers, but this could be the most bizarre. You can watch the FPS game in action below, thanks to someone who been able to run it in GIF format.

It works in a simple way. On this ao3 page you will see a continually evolving Gif of Doom with a set of clickable controls below. Much like the Twitch plays series of games that are controlled by the crowd, every input that’s clicked by anyone who is browsing the page is put into a queue and the server runs through them in order, sending back the updated images. This can make the gif itself a bit unstable due to the constant loading, and the sheer pressure on the server by people trying to view the gif.

Software developer Andrew Sillers is the man who is the man behind the magic. He spoke about the actual process that takes place at BangBangCon. Minecraft server list A code block is responsible for loading an image to a website. Because gifs start loading before every frame is received, you can create an endless loop where new frames are always being added, transforming them into a flowing animation instead of a looping one. Using this basic premise, and some commands, you can play a videogame like a narrative adventure game, or a roguelike game, or Doom.

Here’s the Doom GIF, motoring away. The link to ao3 above lets you access all the controls, and you may have to refresh it to load properly.

This version is Freedoom which is a free alternative that is based on Doom’s source code. You can read more about it here.

Sillers” talk is here:

On GitHub There is more information, and the WAD files for Doom version 3.0. Digital cameras drone controllers, gifs and more, where will Doom end up in the future?