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I just left this comment directly on the article: I don't think you can really say you've exhaused this until you can run DOOM rendered with checkboxes. You mi

I just left this comment directly on the article: I don't think you can really say you've exhaused this until you can run DOOM rendered with checkboxes. You might need to get into checkbox dithering with multiple checkboxes to give you a few different fill levels, and use really small checkboxes, so you get both the resolution and can actually see what you're shooting at. I know: I'm a bastard.

yetanother-1 5y ago
Good idea, but do we have to destroy our browsers?
- mkr-hn 5y ago
  It's the only way to save them.
  - goldenkey 5y ago
    And chew bubble game and kick ass. And my browser's local storage is all out of gum ;-)
bryanbraun 5y ago
Andrew Healey just took a pass at this and did a great write-up about it here: https://healeycodes.com/doom-rendered-via-checkboxes https://healeycodes.com/doom-rendered-via-checkboxes It looks decent but dithering would be nice so I created an issue for it here: https://github.com/bryanbraun/checkboxland/issues/20 https://github.com/bryanbraun/checkboxland/issues/20
IgorPartola 5y ago
I wonder if radio boxes would be better pixels for DOOM.
lifthrasiir 5y ago
Given it is interactive, he should instead make a virtual touch screen that is connected to the actual hardware that runs a WebAssembly implementation of DOOM in a modern web browser.
ateng 5y ago
Running Doom to hackers is the equivalent of Turing completeness proof to theoretical computer scientists.
- Andrex 5y ago
  It's so widespread, Masahiro Sakurai (Nintendo/SORA) even made mention of it in the latest Smash Bros. presentation. https://youtu.be/L-q6Gz_4Yqc?t=160 https://youtu.be/L-q6Gz_4Yqc?t=160 "I heard it can run on any computer. Is that right?"
hatch_q 5y ago
Doom in task manager - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSoCmAoIMOU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSoCmAoIMOU
- Arrath 5y ago
  Wow
  - hanniabu 5y ago
    It's doom not wow
    - deleted 5y ago
      [deleted]
  - Decabytes 5y ago
    If you are interested in how to hack the task manager, Dave Plummer did a video on it yesterday[1]. Turns out you can fake cores on the task manager to get the resolution you need, so you don't need a Dual Socket Epyc CPU. [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKQ1X_4JCn0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKQ1X_4JCn0
    - Arrath 5y ago
      Thanks! Pretty interesting watch.
- geoduck14 5y ago
  Who does this? I mean... who has the talent, time, and inclination? Is this what happens when startups IPO and nerds retire and have too much free time?
OneLeggedCat 5y ago
I think something like this (1-bit-color, might be extremely hard to have Doom not look like mush) might also benefit from a local contrast filter (like the clarity slider in Photoshop). That filter would increase the visibility of line pairs that may have otherwise been rendered as the same color. Maybe you could then not need as much dithering or multiple checkboxes.

yetanother-1 5y ago

Good idea, but do we have to destroy our browsers?

mkr-hn 5y ago
It's the only way to save them.
- goldenkey 5y ago
  And chew bubble game and kick ass. And my browser's local storage is all out of gum ;-)

bryanbraun 5y ago

Andrew Healey just took a pass at this and did a great write-up about it here: https://healeycodes.com/doom-rendered-via-checkboxes https://healeycodes.com/doom-rendered-via-checkboxes It looks decent but dithering would be nice so I created an issue for it here: https://github.com/bryanbraun/checkboxland/issues/20 https://github.com/bryanbraun/checkboxland/issues/20

IgorPartola 5y ago

I wonder if radio boxes would be better pixels for DOOM.

lifthrasiir 5y ago

Given it is interactive, he should instead make a virtual touch screen that is connected to the actual hardware that runs a WebAssembly implementation of DOOM in a modern web browser.

ateng 5y ago

Running Doom to hackers is the equivalent of Turing completeness proof to theoretical computer scientists.

Andrex 5y ago
It's so widespread, Masahiro Sakurai (Nintendo/SORA) even made mention of it in the latest Smash Bros. presentation. https://youtu.be/L-q6Gz_4Yqc?t=160 https://youtu.be/L-q6Gz_4Yqc?t=160 "I heard it can run on any computer. Is that right?"

hatch_q 5y ago

Doom in task manager - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSoCmAoIMOU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSoCmAoIMOU

Arrath 5y ago
Wow
- hanniabu 5y ago
  It's doom not wow
  - deleted 5y ago
    [deleted]
- Decabytes 5y ago
  If you are interested in how to hack the task manager, Dave Plummer did a video on it yesterday[1]. Turns out you can fake cores on the task manager to get the resolution you need, so you don't need a Dual Socket Epyc CPU. [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKQ1X_4JCn0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKQ1X_4JCn0
  - Arrath 5y ago
    Thanks! Pretty interesting watch.
geoduck14 5y ago
Who does this? I mean... who has the talent, time, and inclination? Is this what happens when startups IPO and nerds retire and have too much free time?

OneLeggedCat 5y ago

I think something like this (1-bit-color, might be extremely hard to have Doom not look like mush) might also benefit from a local contrast filter (like the clarity slider in Photoshop). That filter would increase the visibility of line pairs that may have otherwise been rendered as the same color. Maybe you could then not need as much dithering or multiple checkboxes.