Ci gaban fasaha da kerawa na haɓakawa sun ɗauki wasan DOOM na yau da kullun zuwa yanayin da ba a zata ba: yanzu ana iya kunna shi cikin fayil ɗin PDF. Wannan nasara mai ban mamaki ta sami damar godiya ga ɗalibin makarantar sakandare da aka sani da Ading2210, wanda ya raba aikinsa akan GitHub. Tunaninsa ya fito a matsayin fadada irin wannan ayyuka, irin su sanannen TetrisPDF, wanda ya ba da izinin gudanar da sigar Tetris a cikin wannan tsarin daftarin aiki.
Gaskiyar cewa DOOM, wasan da aka fito da shi a asali a cikin 1993, ya ci gaba da kaiwa sabbin iyakoki shaida ce ga tasirin al'adu da fasaha da ya yi kan masana'antar wasan bidiyo. Tun fitowar ta a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin masu harbi na farko-mutum na farko, an daidaita shi da na'urori daban-daban kamar na'urori masu ƙira, firiji har ma da gwajin ciki. Amma a wannan lokacin, an shawo kan ƙalubalen fasaha ta hanyar yin wannan lakabi mai mahimmanci a cikin yanayin da babu wanda zai yi tunanin: tsarin PDF.
Ta yaya DOOM ke aiki a cikin PDF?
Sirrin da ke bayan wannan ci gaban ya ta'allaka ne ga ikon masu karatun PDF na zamani don tallafawa JavaScript. Ading2210 yana amfani da wannan aikin don aiwatar da zane-zane da sarrafawa waɗanda ke ba da damar yin wasa daga masu bincike na tushen Chromium, kamar Google Chrome ko Microsoft Edge. Kamar yadda ya bayyana, tsarin PDF yana goyan bayan wakilcin abun ciki mai mu'amala, wani abu da ke da mahimmanci don maimaita wasan kwaikwayo na DOOM.
Hanyar fasaha da aka yi amfani da ita tana da hazaka: maimakon ƙoƙarin yin kwafin zanen wasan na asali, mai haɓakawa ya zaɓi yi amfani da haruffan ASCII akan nunin monochrome mai launi shida. Wannan yana ba da damar ƙirƙira zane mai iya karantawa tare da madaidaicin lokacin amsawa, kodayake ba tare da iyakancewa ba. Misali, firam ɗin suna buƙatar kusan daƙiƙa 80 don ɗaukakawa, wanda zai iya shafar yanayin wasan. Duk da waɗannan hane-hane, Ading2210 ya sami damar ba da ƙwarewa mai aiki da ban mamaki.
Yadda ake kunna DOOM a cikin fayil ɗin PDF
Ga waɗanda suke son gwada wannan sigar, kawai kuna buƙatar burauza mai goyan bayan injunan PDF na tushen Chromium. Ana iya sauke fayil ɗin PDF kuma a gudanar da shi kai tsaye daga mai bincike ko kayan aiki kamar Adobe Acrobat, yayin da sauran masu karanta PDF ba za su iya tallafawa ba. Bugu da ƙari, ana iya amfani da sarrafa madannai don kunna, kamar maɓallan WASD don motsawa, sandar sarari don harbi ko lambobi daga 1 zuwa 7 don canza makamai.
Yana da mahimmanci a lura cewa wannan sigar DOOM ba ta da wasu mahimman abubuwa na asali, kamar sauti da launuka masu haske. Duk da haka, Ƙuntataccen fasaha ba su zama cikas ga wannan sigar PDF don shiga cikin tarihin manyan tashoshin wasan da ba a saba gani ba.
Wannan sabon tashar jiragen ruwa yana sake tabbatar da dalilin da yasa DOOM ya zama alamar al'adun yan wasa. Tun da id Software ya fitar da lambar tushen wasan a cikin 1997, masu haɓakawa da masu sha'awar wasan sun kawo wasan zuwa na'urori da dandamali waɗanda ba za a iya misaltuwa ba. Wannan shari'ar ba banda ba ce: tashar tashar PDF tana nuna iyawar wasan da basirar magoya bayanta.
Hatta sauran masu haɓakawa sun nuna sha'awar wannan nasarar. Thomas Rinsma, mahaliccin TetrisPDF, ya nuna cewa wannan sabon tashar jiragen ruwa na DOOM ya zarce fannonin fasaha da yawa na aikinsa. Wannan kawai yana nuna ƙarfin ƙirƙira na waɗanda suka sami hanyoyi na musamman don sake ƙirƙira litattafai irin wannan.
Bugu da ƙari, al'umma sun yi amfani da wannan tashar jiragen ruwa a matsayin tushen zuga don sababbin ra'ayoyi. Daga nau'ikan DOOM a matsayin wani ɓangare na captchas (inda 'yan wasa dole ne su kayar da abokan gaba don tabbatar da cewa ba bots ba ne) zuwa gwaje-gwajen da suka haɗu da hankali na wucin gadi tare da nishaɗin wasan, taken al'ada ya kasance ƙasa mai albarka don ƙirƙira.
Godiya ga sha'awar da sadaukarwa na masu sha'awar, DOOM ya nuna cewa iyakokin fasaha an ƙaddara kawai ta hanyar kerawa na waɗanda suka kuskura su binciko su. Yanzu, kunna shi daga fayil ɗin PDF yana yiwuwa, kuma ko da yake ba shine sigar da ta dace ba, shaida ce ta gaskiya ga tasirin al'adu na wasan da ikon daidaitawa da zamani.