Running Doom inside a Blender icon

So it turns out you can run Doom inside a scaled up icon in Blender. Should you? No. But you can.

This will require a doom wad file, you can get this from https://freedoom.github.io/download.html
You should also run this from a portable Blender version so it can download and install vizdoom as it needs write access to the site-packages directory.

Disclaimer:

This will crash at some point, either by consuming too much memory or vizdoom breaking when you die.
I just wanted to see if I could do it, it's not really a functional or useful product.

Instructions:

1. Download freedoom from https://freedoom.github.io/download.html
2. Extract the zip and note the path to freedoom1.wad
3. Run this script in Blender, ideally a standalone version so it can install dependencies.
4. Wait for 3rd party dependencies to install, this can take a bit.
5. In the Scene Properties panel go to the "Doom Player" tab.
6. Click "Enable Doom Player" to enable the player.
7. Set the path to your freedoom1.wad file.
8. Click "Start Game" to start the game.
9. Click the arrows to move around.

Config

• The FPS controls the game update and speed, too high and it will flicker
• The Preflight controls how many frames to buffer ahead of time, more means less stutter the game will be that many frames behind.

Enjoy the insanity.

While I appreciate any tips towards my growing need for coffee, don't feel in any way obligated.