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FPS.cob: A first person shooter in COBOL

Hacker News · Jun 11, 2026, 3:13 PM

Key takeaways

  • FPS.cob is what you get when you decide that game development is too easy nowadays.
  • cobc ffplay bash Run From the repo root:
  • bash build.sh ./map/level1.map bash build.sh ./map/doom_sectors.map Controls W / S: move forward and backward A / D: turn left and right Space: fire Q: quit Assets Textures and sprites live under res/.

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