Hacker News with Generative AI: 2D Games

Show HN: Simtown: A 2D Role-Playing Game Where Characters Talk, Move, and Act (simtown.ai)
Guide to implementing 2D platformers (2012) (higherorderfun.com)
Having previously been disappointed by the information available on the topic, this is my attempt at categorizing different ways to implement 2D platform games, list their strengths and weaknesses, and discuss some implementation details.
Firedancer: Language for 2D shmups bullet-hell patterns (firedancer-lang.com)
2D Game Development: From Zero to Hero (itch.io)