Descent, ported to the web

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Post by memalign » Sat, Feb 14, 2026, 7:33 PM UTC

Descent, ported to the web
mrdoob.github.io

Re: Descent, ported to the web

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Post by efnx » Sat, Feb 14, 2026, 8:01 PM UTC

I’ve been following Mr. Doob since the flash days. Cool to see they’re still doobing cool things.

Re: Descent, ported to the web

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Post by ranger_danger » Sat, Feb 14, 2026, 8:05 PM UTC

Since it's not linked anywhere that I could see, here's the source I found: https://github.com/mrdoob/three-descent

And Quake for web by the same author: https://mrdoob.github.io/three-quake/

Re: Descent, ported to the web

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Post by _dwt » Sat, Feb 14, 2026, 8:06 PM UTC

Descent was a huge part of my childhood (and surprisingly my little kids are now big fans as well)! Unfortunately this seems to stutter pretty badly with audio issues as well for me on Firefox on Linux. As a huge fan of three.js and other past work... I guess I'll blame Claude?

Re: Descent, ported to the web

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Post by rcarmo » Sat, Feb 14, 2026, 8:08 PM UTC

I used to play this game incessantly. Audio on Firefox on Linux is, sadly, very very garbled.

Re: Descent, ported to the web

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Post by eptcyka » Sat, Feb 14, 2026, 8:14 PM UTC

Is there a way to play this without geting vertigo?

Re: Descent, ported to the web

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Post by pverheggen » Sat, Feb 14, 2026, 8:15 PM UTC

Mr. Doob has been doing experiments like this for at least a decade, glad to see that he's still at it.

He's the creator of three.js, and it looks like this uses that for rendering instead of being a straight port.

Re: Descent, ported to the web

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Post by paulryanrogers » Sat, Feb 14, 2026, 8:27 PM UTC

eptcyka wrote: post #6

Is there a way to play this without geting vertigo?

Try configuring WASD controls, mouse look, turning off auto roll / leveling. Use your choice of 'jump' and 'crouch' to slide up and down. Then it feels more like an ice-skating FPS than a flying game.

Keeping the cockpit on screen may also help provide a frame of reference.

I found that helped me enjoy the game more now that I'm older and less tolerant of 6DOF movement.

Re: Descent, ported to the web

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Post by xnx » Sat, Feb 14, 2026, 8:35 PM UTC

I need to replay this game with a dual stick controller. Previously played it on a serial joystick and keyboard.

Re: Descent, ported to the web

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Post by dale_glass » Sat, Feb 14, 2026, 8:50 PM UTC

For anyone who enjoyed Descent, please go buy Overload. It's a pretty much perfect spiritual sequel, with a great soundtrack.

And I believe made by some of the people that formerly worked on Descent.