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

September 13, 2025

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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 data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://cedardb.com/blog/doomql/” data-url=”https://cedardb.com/blog/doomql/” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>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…

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

September 13, 2025

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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 data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://cedardb.com/blog/doomql/” data-url=”https://cedardb.com/blog/doomql/” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>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…

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