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Re: DOOM on Google Sheets

#11

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?

Hell no

Re: DOOM on Google Sheets

#12

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.

"Run any DOS game via JS-DOS, a JS wrapper of DOSBox, render to small offscreen canvas, present frame in Google Sheets" is more correct but it makes a less catchy title.

Re: DOOM on Google Sheets

#14
post #6

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.

https://github.com/ozkl/doomgeneric

all you have to do, according to the readme, is implement five functions in the linked project to get doom on your chosen platform.

Re: DOOM on Google Sheets

#15
Was anyone able to get it to work? I see the sidebar with "Initializing DOOM renderer...", and after a while I hear the game sounds, but my spreadsheet remains empty. I deployed it as a "Web App".

Re: DOOM on Google Sheets

#18
post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

thank you for that very insightful comment.

You asked a yes or no question. Not sure what you were expecting.

I was hoping for someone to share some cool prompts to get close to a working arcade-style game in spreadsheet. idk.

Re: DOOM on Google Sheets

#19

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.

Not that it matters too much, but it was a pregnancy test.

Re: DOOM on Google Sheets

#20
post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You asked a yes or no question. Not sure what you were expecting.

I was hoping for someone to share some cool prompts to get close to a working arcade-style game in spreadsheet. idk.

So you asked a yes or no question, expected the answer must be yes, and wanted people to offering you examples?

Maybe you should have asked a different question.

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