Someone got Doom in an SQL database

SQLDoom: How One Engineer Made Id Software's Classic Run Entirely Inside a Database

CedarDB engineer Lukas Vogel ported original 1993 Doom so its logic and renderer run entirely as SQL queries. The 7,200-line project delivers 35 fps gameplay, real textures, and working deathmatch using CedarDB tables as the single source of truth. A thin Python client handles only input and display.

SQLDoom turns database queries into a Doom engine

Developer rebuilds Doom in SQL, achieving full-color rendering, game logic, multiplayer, and playable performance through CedarDB queries locally.

Doom ported to SQL

Doom, the classic first-person shooter, brought PCs to their knees in 1993. But now it runs on toothbrushes and earbuds and has even been implemented on the Commodore 64. Now it has been ported to SQL, the structured query language used by many relational databases. — Read the rest

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Someone got Doom in an SQL database

300 lines of SQL querying renders accurate bitmapped views of Hell at 35 fps.

Doom Runs in an SQL Database, Rendering Hell at 35 FPS

Doom runs in an SQL database. See how 1,300 lines of code render the classic game at 35 FPS using CedarDB and what this means for query limits.