Wander through Doom like an endless nightmare

Laura Hudson 11:15 am Thu Apr 9, 2015

Ever play a video game so often that it shows up in your dreams?

That's the idea behind Doomdream, an interactive experience created by Ian MacLarty to simulate what his own dreams look like after he's been playing the classic 1993 shooter Doom all day.

Although there are no enemies, no combat or really any plot, it generates a labyrinth of pixelated gray tunnels and bloody stalagmites for you to wander in forever, recreating the nightmare of so many players who got lost in the purgatory of Doom's looping levels, searching fruitlessly for an exit sign.

Basically, it's kind of like that Windows 95 maze screensaver, except you can control your movement, and also it's Doom. Interested? Download it now.

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