The Digital Press

A developer built a text-based Doom clone running entirely in the browser using DuckDB-WASM, leveraging SQL queries for game logic and rendering.

Why it matters: It demonstrates SQL's unexpected power beyond data handling, enabling complex game state and 3D rendering calculations.

The big picture: Combining SQL recursion and JavaScript orchestration blurs language boundaries, showcasing new browser-based app possibilities with WASM databases.

The stakes: Performance hits and debugging complexity arise from using SQL for real-time game logic, making it impractical for production games.

Commenters say: They find the project impressive and wild, praising SQL’s versatility while recalling similar past database-driven experiments and expressing amazement at graphics done in SQL.