DOOM on Google Sheets

#1

Post by davidhay » Fri, Feb 07, 2025, 10:47 PM UTC

Re: DOOM on Google Sheets

#2

Post by moritonal » Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 4:40 PM UTC

Shouldn't this be "Render Doom on Google Sheets", given the processing is done in GScript? I'm sure there is a way to actually run frame-by-frame Doom with only cell equations.

Re: DOOM on Google Sheets

#3

Post by teddyh » Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 4:52 PM UTC

Yet another example of people claiming to run Doom somewhere, but is actually only displaying Doom, while Doom is running somewhere else, on another system.

Re: DOOM on Google Sheets

#4

Post by ge96 » Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 4:54 PM UTC

moritonal wrote: post #2

Shouldn't this be "Render Doom on Google Sheets", given the processing is done in GScript? I'm sure there is a way to actually run frame-by-frame Doom with only cell equations.

I'm seen a roller coaster run in a spreadsheet

Re: DOOM on Google Sheets

#5

Post by hoten » Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 5:00 PM UTC

> Google Sheets does not support true color rendering.

True color just means you're not indexing your colors with a pallete. Aka, RGB 32 bit. So surely this isn't true?

Re: DOOM on Google Sheets

#6

Post by aradox66 » Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 5:06 PM UTC

I haven't ever looked into these Doom emulators, but at this point my impression is that Doom is some kind of natural and inevitable epiphenomenon that can be provoked in any computing environment with just a little prodding.

Like a rainbow from sunlight, Doom is always already there once you set up a few nand gates.

Re: DOOM on Google Sheets

#7

Post by jayrot » Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 5:13 PM UTC

teddyh wrote: post #3

Yet another example of people claiming to run Doom somewhere, but is actually only displaying Doom, while Doom is running somewhere else, on another system.

Yeah this is absolutely worthless and should never have been done, much less shown to anyone. I want the money I spent on this back.

/s

Re: DOOM on Google Sheets

#8

Post by skyyler » Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 5:29 PM UTC

teddyh wrote: post #3

Yet another example of people claiming to run Doom somewhere, but is actually only displaying Doom, while Doom is running somewhere else, on another system.

It's silly because we already have something for showing off unique displays: Bad Apple!!

I still think it's cool to display Doom in unusual places, but I do agree with you that it's technically different than *playing* Doom in unusual places.

Re: DOOM on Google Sheets

#9

Post by halyconWays » Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 5:40 PM UTC

More impressive than the "digital thermometer runs doom!" where really they just connected the OLED display, but IMO if it's not being processed on the device then it's not running Doom.

Re: DOOM on Google Sheets

#10

Post by cjoshi66 » Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 5:41 PM UTC

moritonal wrote: post #2

Shouldn't this be "Render Doom on Google Sheets", given the processing is done in GScript? I'm sure there is a way to actually run frame-by-frame Doom with only cell equations.

true. can any current gen AI be given a prompt "create game [X] in spreadsheet" and it just works?