@ading.dev @ading.dev · Jan 13

I made a Doom source port that runs within a PDF file. PDFs support Javascript, so Emscripten is used to compile Doom to asm.js, which is then run within the PDF engine. Input/output is done by manipulating text input fields. doompdf.pages.dev/doom.pdf github.com/ading2210/do...

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@jimbobmcg.bsky.social · Jan 14

Doing the Lord's work here

Manuel Riguera 🥦 · Jan 13

o_O

Rue Mohr · Mar 1

I think thats faster than it ran on my 486

bonki · Jan 15

this really cool, but why the fuck do PDF's support js??

Sraars · Jan 14

Hell yes.

Bluemax · Jan 14

This is so cursed, I love it.

Endless Mike · Jan 14

📌

Guff · Jan 15

@skronk.bsky.social look at this!

Gunpla Brian · Jan 15

Fer Draghi · Jan 14

"PDF Supports Javascript" Ok yeah, science has definitely gone too far...

Daniel Lobão · Jan 14

O nível de coisa que tu faria no Gitlab @jeffquesado.ulivre.dev cc @leandronsp.com pra fazer um react.

@vmary1973.bsky.social · Jan 14

I think that's excellent, well done.

Rose! · Jan 15

on no. not even pdf's are safe.

neon cheeseis evangelion · Jan 15

Skyrim next, Todd Howard needs to release it on every platform possible even gnu public license formats.

Cable_ · Jan 13

Attention: @zombiphoenix.bsky.social heh heh heh

EZgoodnight - Eric Z Goodnight · Jan 14

just incredible

The Dommo · Jan 14

this is basically unplayable, but incredible at the same time.

Project Dolphin · Jan 13

@stopskeletons.bsky.social here you you Derek the latest version of doom for you

DoRayMeFarTed · Feb 10

Haha, holy shit!

Jelen Walker · Jan 22

📌

eno · Jan 13

📌

Peter Gordon 🇺🇦 · Jan 14

"PDFs support javascript" is the kind of sentence that makes me want to throw all my tech in a well and go and live in a cave.

J. Snythe · Jan 14

Sweet Jesus.

zaratustra · Jan 13

thanks, i hate this

Miska Knapek · Jan 16

Awesome!

worm · Jan 14

"PDFs support JavaScript" what are we even doing here

LᴀɴᴅSᴄʜɪᴘᴘᴇʀ · Jan 14

No fky way... Brilliant

Chickadee In Flight⚢ 飛翔でアメリカコガラ · Jan 14

You absolute madman! 👍

Marvin! · Jan 13

Doesn't work with Firefox nor Okular

Derek Writes Stuff · Jan 14

Everything can run DOOM...except Stadia

kiki wunders what’s in the cauldron · Jan 13

Why is this 666 pages— oh

VƎX Werewolf · Jan 14

Okay this is transcendentally silly, silly on a level I simply wasn't prepared for

The Right Podcast · Jan 14

Awesome

XenXen(★XENIX) 💾♠ · Jan 14

Finding out PDFs support JavaScript wasn't on my 2025 bingo card

Mark McPherson · Jan 16

"Look, real deep, right inside there? That's the latest version of Doom." -Harold pointing to the features of a Swiss Army knife from The Red Green Show, 1997

David Leuliette · Jan 17

genuis

Gregory Mech · Jan 16

Absolutely unhinged. Incredible work.

GameRomp · Jan 14

ae · Jan 13

this could make meetings way more interesting

Nick Reineke · Jan 14

Where do we even go from here? What is left for Doom? Port it to clouds outside a rural Texas town?

Chiara Pasquini · Jan 14

@mmotoda.bsky.social as we were talking about DOOM ports, you have to see this!

Crabmeat · Jan 14

Surely we're running out of things to run Doom on/in

~[Stellaviatrix🪐] (formerly Mat2468xk) · Jan 15

And you still can't copy & paste text from it.

Wilmar lgI, PhD · Jan 16

Wicked

Lala · Jan 16

Trippy, but so cool🤩

madeline from celeste · Jan 14

why do pdfs even support javascript lmaoo

Andrew Czudak · Jan 14

“Don’t worry boss, just organizing some PDFs.”

nico_n_art (looking for work) · Jan 13

Wait, WHAT DO YOU MEAN PDF SUPPORT JAVASCRIPT?! WHY

Ecterynka 🌱 · Jan 14

> PDFs support Javascript What. Why. D:

Smooth Sandpaper · Jan 14

You can object if you want, but you are my mentor from this moment onwards.

aeri@interwebs:~/bsky$ · Jan 13

That's honestly really cool

ᥴіr𝗊ᥙᥱ ძᥱ ᥴі𝗍rᥙs · Jan 15

My friend sent this to me saying doom runs on pedophiles...

Marius Cătălin🇷🇴🇪🇺 · Jan 15

this is just great!

Panda · Jan 16

It's all Doom all the way up and all the way down

Baiacu · Jan 14

@chagg.bapo.chat doom rodando em pdf

Mar, werewolf ABD · Jan 14

This is literally the best thing of the year already

James Murphy (dotrundad) · Jan 14

The inner nerd in me looks at the game (as a DIE Hard Doom fan) and just see's a huge security hole...

Gyorgy-steam-pink · Jan 16

That’s just wonderful

A Silly Goose 🪿 · Jan 14

This made my day 😂 thank you!