Doom (1993) Playable in a GitHub Readme
I just had this really fun idea of making a playable version of DOOM on my GitHub profile after building "Doom" in a QR code last year (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43729683) and I finally stopped procrastinating to try and build it. DoomMe is DOOM E1M1 map that can run on GitHub's markdown viewer which doesn't support javascript, web assembly or even iframes it works with a stateless engine with a capture of every possible position in the map (with 64 unit distance) captured in 4 directions and stitched together using graph logic with 8000+ WebP images and markdown…
Doom (1993) Playable in a GitHub Readme launched on January 6, 2026 with 5 votes, #3,400 of 14,584 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
What it does
DOOM running inside a README. Contribute to Kuberwastaken/DoomMe development by creating an account on GitHub.
Yes, this is literally the game. You can click it to start playing. DoomMe is Doom's E1M1 level running entirely inside GitHub's markdown viewer. Without using any javascript or a backend server, it's just 4,340 pre-rendered screenshots linked together with hyperlinks. Every position × every angle = a unique markdown file. Click a direction, load a new file. That's the whole "engine." DoomMe/ ├── assets/ # 4,340 WebP screenshots (doom_x_y_angle.webp) ├── game/ # 4,340 navigation markdown files ├── menu/ # Episode & difficulty selection screens ├── static/ # Banner GIF, map image, menu assets ├── linker.py # Generates the markdown graph from map_data ├── gridmapper.py # VizDoom capture…from github.com
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I just had this really fun idea of making a playable version of DOOM on my GitHub profile after building "Doom" in a QR code last year (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43729683) and I finally stopped procrastinating to try and build it. DoomMe is DOOM E1M1 map that can run on GitHub's markdown…
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