Oct 15, 2021 20:00:00

'DOOM drawn only with check boxes' appeared, I actually played

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fierce man who rendered 'DOOM ', which is said to have had a great influence on the FPS of posterity, with 'checkboxes' has appeared. In addition to the source code, the version that you can actually play is published on the website.

DOOM Rendered via Checkboxes — Andrew Healey
https://healeycodes.com/doom-rendered-via-checkboxes

The check box version of the DOOM website looks like this. In the top image, an image that reproduces the play screen of the original DOOM with a check box is posted. To play, select 'play now' in Chrome or Edge on your PC.

The play screen looks like this. The specification that the small original version of DOOM is displayed on the upper side and the check box version of DOOM is displayed on the lower side.

If you zoom in on the checkbox version of DOOM, you can see that each pixel is certainly represented by a checkbox.

Frankly speaking, the check box version is quite hard to see, especially for character strings, it seems that they have given up on the display.

The operation is the enter key to start the game. Use the arrow keys to move, and the CTRL key to shoot. The space key opens and closes the door, and you can move the straf by combining the ALT key and the arrow keys. The state of actually playing is as follows.

Playing 'DOOM rendered with checkboxes only'-YouTube


DOOM is a title that users are trying to port to various hardware, but this check box version DOOM is definitely the worst class visibility among such DOOM. It is unclear whether the scaffolding is a normal floor or a damaged floor at a level where the enemy is only noticed when approaching up close. If you play purely with the checkbox version of DOOM, it seems like it's for people who completely remember the map layout.