DOOM CAPTCHA: Are Video Games the Future of CAPTCHA?

DOOM CAPTCHA is a novel, fun project that asks users to play a short round of DOOM in their browser to prove they are human, replacing traditional CAPTCHA challenges. Developed using Emscripten to port the game into WebAssembly, it offers a unique twist to online verification.

Over the last few days, the IT community has been buzzing about DOOM CAPTCHA—a CAPTCHA that lets you play DOOM in your browser to prove you're human 🤖❌. Tons of posts have flooded social networks, especially LinkedIn and Reddit. The project’s GitHub repository quickly shot past 300 stars in a few hours. ⭐🚀

But is this just a fun side project, or is there more to it? Could DOOM CAPTCHA be the next big thing for online verification? Will we soon need to beat video games to prove we're not bots ...