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let N=6,D0=[0,1,0,-1],D1=[1,0,-1,0],s=[],g={},d=x=y=xa=xb=ya=yb=0;
for(let n=0;n<N;n++){s=s.concat([1]).concat(s.map(x=>!x).reverse())}
for(let i=0;i<s.length;i++) {
  x<xa && (xa=x);y<ya && (ya=y);x>xb && (xb=x);y>yb && (yb=y);
  let t=s[i]?1:-1,e=(d+t+4)%4;
  g[x]||(g[x]={});
  g[x][y]=g[x][y]?"┼":"┌┐└┘"[(t*(D0[d]+D0[e])>0?0:2)+(t*(D1[d]+D1[e])>0?0:1)];
  x+=D0[e];y+=D1[e];d=e;
}
for(j=yb;j>=ya;j--) {
  let u=""; for(i=xa;i<=xb;i++){u+=(g[i][j]||"·")} console.log(u);
}

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OK, so you only get 10 lines of output. (I tried to get ChatGPT to write this program but it kept messing up, so I wrote it by hand.)

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This is a very silly thing to be doing in 2026, but I finally tried some Quake 1 recently. Pretty cool, it's amazing how much it really does just end up feeling like Doom in 3D.

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Since I played both Doom and Quake 2 back in the day, it does feel like I've finally bridged that gap, to where I think I understand what people mean when they talk about Romero's influence in the design.

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Another thing I think it makes really clear is just how much room-over-room changes the way the game spaces feel, even if no one's actively thinking about that while they play.

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got my first publication this year, and on track for two more next year along with my masters. feeling very junior and full of hope :D

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