!!Con 2020 - Playing Breakout… inside a PDF!! by Omar Rizwan
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited as the fun, surprising example of how much a PDF can do, and the talk behind the Horrifying PDF Experiments repo.
What it is
Omar Rizwan's short !!Con talk about writing a Breakout game in JavaScript that runs inside a PDF. It explores the surprisingly large PDF specification, including its scripting support.
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What Hacker News said
Cites jeroenhd · 2023-03 · on “TinyVG – an alternative binary encoded vector graphics format”
Support will vary by viewer, but Chrome's built-in PDF viewer supports a subset of Javascript. It's enough to play Breakout inside a PDF: [this video]
Cites mdaniel · 2024-06 · on “Horrifying PDF Experiments”
the repo's < [LINK] > readme points to the talk given on this: [this video] the 2021 submission of the repo got some lively commentary [LINK]