We've covered all kinds of Doom ports here, from Minecraft to McDonald's cash registers, and this might be the weirdest yet. You can see the FPS game in action below, thanks to someone who has been able to run it in GIF format.
The method for working is easy The way it works is simple - on this page you'll see an ever evolving image of Doom and a set of buttons that can be clicked below.minecraft server list Similar to Twitch play-throughs clicked by anyone who has the page open is put into an order and the server will send back updated images. This does make the gif itself somewhat unstable, due to the constant loading, and the sheer pressure on the server by people who want to view the gif.
Andrew Sillers, a software developer, is the man behind the magic. He spoke about what's actually happening here during BangBangCon. A piece of code is responsible for loading an image onto an online site. Gifs can be used to create an infinite loop in which new frames are added every frame is received. Using this basic premise and a few commands, you can play a videogame like a narrative adventure game, or a roguelike game, or Doom.
Here's the Doom GIF, driving away. The Ao3 link above will give you access to all controls, and you may have to refresh to get it to load correctly:
This is Freedoom which is a free alternative to Doom's source code. You can learn more about it here.
Sillers talk can be found here:
There are more details and the WAD files for this version of Doom, on GitHub. Where will Doom end up next: drone controllers, digital cameras and gifs
