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🎮 A Coder Made a Shooter in 65 KB; Doom Was 700 KB Without Assets

🎮 A Coder Made a Shooter in 65 KB; Doom Was 700 KB Without Assets
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A game developer named David, known online as Daivuk, just dropped a video on YouTube that made my jaw drop. He built a Doom-style first-person shooter that fits in 64 kilobytes. Three levels. Four weapons. Four enemy types. Doors, platforms, switches, particles, decals, secrets,

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