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It loads original WAD files, uses a software renderer (no SDL or CGO, or Go dependencies outside the standard library). Still has a bit of unsafe code that I'm trying to get rid of, and various other caveats.\n\nIn the examples is a terminal-based renderer, which is entertaining, even though it's very hard to play with terminal-style input\u002Foutput.\n\nThe goal is a clean, cross-platform, Go-native take on the Doom engine – fun to hack on, easy to read, and po",{"problem":46,"audience":55,"pricing":55,"motivation":56,"time_to_build":55,"stack":61,"openness":74,"stage":75,"team_size":75},{"value":47,"source":48,"evidence":49},"Provides a clean, portable, Go-native Doom engine that can be embedded in other projects.","maker",[50,52],{"id":51},"post",{"id":53,"by":11,"text":54},"44894942","Tragically, it will not. Most 'modern' Doom wads use features that weren't present in the original release (ie: they need GZDoom, Boom, or one of the other modern engines). 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Although I tend to be a critic of Go's design, I love projects like these, as they make the point not everything needs to be C or C++ for game development. Kudos…",{"value":87,"source":80,"evidence":88},"Inspired, fun name.",[89],{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},"44886756","markpapadakis","What an inspired name :)",[94],{"value":95,"source":48,"evidence":96},"Does not run modern WADs that need GZDoom or Boom features.",[97],{"id":53,"by":11,"text":54},[99],{"value":100,"source":80,"evidence":101},"Will it run myhouse.wad?",[102],{"id":103,"by":104,"text":100},"44885538","dvh",[106],{"value":107,"source":80,"evidence":108},"Why is doom.go a single ~46K LOC file?",[109],{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},"44887224","romperstomper","Just curios, why everything is in a single large file (doom.go ~46K LOC)? 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