DOOM multiplayer tribute gets coded in ‘pure SQL’ and runs at 30FPS — made from just 150 lines of code in less than a month

A computer scientist used only “pure SQL” to construct a multiplayer DOOM-like game. The resulting first-person shooter game, cobbled from a mere ~150 lines of Python code, is dubbed DOOMQL. Despite the self-imposed software architecture restrictions, Lukas Vogel, co-founder of database performance outfit CedarDB, says DOOMQL plays at “a breezy ~30 FPS.” It isn’t the most graphically splendid DOOM-inspired game, though.

Vogel’s SQL-powered DOOM dreams were precipitated by Patrick Trainer’s…