Running DOOM In A Keycap Takes Careful Work
Running DOOM In A Keycap Takes Careful Work
Shoehorning DOOM into different hardware is a classic hacker’s exercise, and [TheKeebProject] managed to squeeze the 1993 classic into a custom keycap with the help of a Raspberry Pi RP2040, …
"I play Doom with my keyboard."
"... okay?"
59It's all about the flex.
6
Hackaday is the epitome of "because we can".
34If a piece of hardware can't run doom is it even hardware?
30Crazy how people are still finding new things to cram doom into. I remember when that was a popular thing to do twenty years ago haha
But I'll admit, stuffing it into a keycap is pretty damn impressive, albeit useless haha
20It's the "hello world" for hardware.
14
Screw the Turing test! The superior test is "Can it run DOOM".
8Yeah it literally runs on pregnancy tests
-2It wasn't running on the pregnancy test then, and it's not running on a keycap now. Both this and the pregnancy test are someone putting their own hardware into a random enclosure and saying "I'm running Doom on X!"
No, you're not really. Would you say that I'm running Doom on a banana if I put the same hardware inside a banana peel? No, because it's just a case for something else.
If he was running it on the keyboard's existing processor and it had a screen in the key, like Doom on a Mac touchbar, then I would agree.
14
"you can even plug in a keyboard"...
To play Doom...
That's running in a key on your keyboard...
Not sure why he didn't take the extra step of tying in the power and keys from the USB keyboard the keycap is living on. I feel like that shouldn't be too hard
16Bonus points if that's a touch screen
15everyone: Idont think there is any other way left to play Doom.
Dev: Hold my beer
next: Skyrim playing in a Keycap
13I was imagine to put Doom logo on my keyboard. But that is the whole game lol i take it.
10Next: running doom in a CPU cooler's lcd
7What exactly is the obsession of putting DOOM of all games into any hardware over other games?
It's a fine enough game, but definitely not the game of choice I would choose if I were to choose an old game to be put in random hardware.
7http://retrooftheweek.net/p/181/why-does-doom-get-ported-to-everything-/
This might answer your question
10Really clear a cool. It makes sense it goes everywhere
2
It's easy to port, has low system requirements, and it's funny to see running on a toaster
7
Reminds me of the Optimus Maximus keyboard.
4While impractical, it's still cool! 😎
3What is this, Doom for ants?
2The key displays, but what does the processing? Is that in the key too?
1