Developer Michael Ayles has unleashed a version of data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/doom-ported-to-run-directly-from-a-pdf-file-doompdf-port-runs-at-approximately-12-5-fps” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/doom-ported-to-run-directly-from-a-pdf-file-doompdf-port-runs-at-approximately-12-5-fps”>DOOM that runs within a PCB design application, of all places. data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://github.com/MichaelAyles/KiDoom” data-url=”https://github.com/MichaelAyles/KiDoom” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>KiDOOM is a portmanteau of KiCad, the free and open source data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/white-house-lifts-chip-design-export-ban-on-china-in-exchange-for-rare-earth-materials-compromise-export-licences-for-eda-software-sales-no-longer-required” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/white-house-lifts-chip-design-export-ban-on-china-in-exchange-for-rare-earth-materials-compromise-export-licences-for-eda-software-sales-no-longer-required”>electronic design automation (EDA) software suite, and DOOM, the influential first-person shooter (FPS) that pioneered and shaped the genre for eternity. In this release, the game world is rendered fast and fluid in KiCAD’s PCB editing viewport. However, the dev makes it clear KiDOOM isn’t DOOM running in KiCAD; the EDA app is…
