Running DOOM In A Keycap Takes Careful Work

https://hackaday.com/2023/08/09/running-doom-in-a-keycap-takes-careful-work/

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21 Comments

Chariotwheel@kbin.social · 61 pts · 2y (1 reply)

"I play Doom with my keyboard."

"... okay?"

GustavoM@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y

It's all about the flex.

TimeSquirrel@kbin.social · 37 pts · 2y

Hackaday is the epitome of "because we can".

veroxii@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 2y (6 replies)

If a piece of hardware can't run doom is it even hardware?

cassetti@kbin.social · 23 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Crazy 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

HeartyOfGlass@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 2y

It's the "hello world" for hardware.

DarkenLM@kbin.social · 10 pts · 2y

Screw the Turing test! The superior test is "Can it run DOOM".

CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works · -2 pts · 2y (2 replies)
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wmassingham@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y (1 reply)

It 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.

Toneswirly@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

He was streaming doom to the pregnancy test. it's a pretty cool hack, even if he's not "running" it on the pregnancy test.

phx@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 2y

"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

AceBonobo@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y

Bonus points if that's a touch screen

MrSilkworm@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y

everyone: Idont think there is any other way left to play Doom.

Dev: Hold my beer

next: Skyrim playing in a Keycap

dobeltip@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y

I was imagine to put Doom logo on my keyboard. But that is the whole game lol i take it.

redcalcium@lemmy.institute · 8 pts · 2y

Next: running doom in a CPU cooler's lcd

AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y (3 replies)

What 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.

SELECTstarFROMreddit@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 2y (1 reply)
ZEEEPh@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Really clear a cool. It makes sense it goes everywhere

sznio@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

It's easy to port, has low system requirements, and it's funny to see running on a toaster

DarkThoughts@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y

Reminds me of the Optimus Maximus keyboard.

housepanther@lemmy.goblackcat.com · 3 pts · 2y

While impractical, it's still cool! 😎

dan80@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y

What is this, Doom for ants?

Fixbeat@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
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