Show HN: Doom (1993) in a PDF

Post by OnionBlender » Mon, Jan 13, 2025, 8:04 AM UTC

ThomasRinsma wrote: post #34

Author of "PDF Tetris" here. Great work! We had the same idea at the same time, here's my version of PDF Doom: Source: https://github.com/thomasRinsma/pdfdoom Playable here: https://th0mas.nl/downloads/doom.pdf Yours is neater in many ways though!

Post by einpoklum » Mon, Jan 13, 2025, 8:26 AM UTC

Post by datavirtue » Mon, Jan 13, 2025, 9:29 AM UTC

hardwaresofton wrote: post #29

pavo-etc wrote: post #3

> limited JS runtime of the PDF engine humanity has gone too far

That’s the only way we know how to go

Post by jansan » Mon, Jan 13, 2025, 9:32 AM UTC

nmeta wrote: post #37

am I the only dummy missing an instruction? the game takes off w/o my input, moving and blasting away. surely I'm just OOTL w/ PDF gameplay, which I blame myself for

Post by ieidkeheb » Mon, Jan 13, 2025, 9:45 AM UTC

datavirtue wrote: post #45

hardwaresofton wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s the only way we know how to go

This. I'm eagerly awaiting the replicators that will explore the cosmos and spread the knowledge of our existence. If we can get them done before we poison ourselves.