DOOMscrolling: The Game
14 hours ago
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- The article discusses the creation of a Doom-inspired game called 'Doomscrolling' where the only action is scrolling.
- The game was initially a failure when attempted with GPT-4, but a successful prototype was developed using GPT-5 in just two hours.
- Game features include weapon upgrades, health potions, different background textures, and obstacles like brick walls and spider webs.
- The game integrates real-time news headlines from the New York Times RSS feed as decorative plaques within the game world.
- The author used 'labs' to test and refine game elements, such as background textures and monster designs, before finalizing them.
- Despite attempts to use pre-rendered sprites, the author settled on computationally generated monsters for the final version.
- The game is designed to work equally well on both desktop and mobile devices, with the option to save it as a standalone app.
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