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title: "Show HN: I Turned DOOM into a Transformer"
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published_at: "2026-10-29T23:25:46.000Z"
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summary: "A developer compiled an integer neural network into a DOOM map, using voodoo dolls for arithmetic and light levels and plane heights to store values, with all values verified against NumPy within a specified tolerance."
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# Show HN: I Turned DOOM into a Transformer

> [Open the canonical story](<https://aidr.today/cfee38c2?lang=en>)

**Published:** 2026-10-29T23:25:46.000Z
**Category:** Open Source
**Topics:** coding, open\-source

## Summary

A developer compiled an integer neural network into a DOOM map, using voodoo dolls for arithmetic and light levels and plane heights to store values, with all values verified against NumPy within a specified tolerance\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://github.com/mottopanikeiku/doomformer>)
- [Discussion](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50297697>)