Hacker News with Generative AI: Game Development

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.5 dev 3 (godotengine.org)
If the past snapshot was any indication, you might think that development updates aren’t slowing down anytime soon. And… You’d be right! Indeed, progress has been booming, and the amount of new features added even compared to the previous release is staggering; curating this selection was especially difficult. As always, new features mean new bugs in need of fixing, so we encourage everyone interested to get feedback and bug reports in as early as possible.
Game Development, Godot Engine, Software Updates
4 points by kelseyfrog 11 hours ago | 0 comments
Show HN: My from-scratch OS kernel that runs DOOM (github.com/UnmappedStack)
TacOS is a UNIX-like kernel which is able to run DOOM, among various other smaller userspace programs. It has things like a VFS, scheduler, TempFS, devices, context switching, virtual memory management, physical page frame allocation, and a port of Doom. It runs both on real hardware (tested on my laptop) and in the Qemu emulator.
Operating Systems, Game Development, Software, Hardware
313 points by UnmappedStack 2 days ago | 81 comments
Native visionOS platform support (github.com/godotengine)
VisionOS, Game Development, Software, Operating Systems
374 points by whalee 3 days ago | 327 comments
Where to Find First Users? (ycombinator.com)
Hi folks, I have built a pixel art game asset generation tool for game developers. However currently struggling to find early users. Can you suggest ways to attract users? Thanks.
Game Development, User Acquisition, Community, Product Marketing
6 points by fkhasiyev 4 days ago | 15 comments
Abusing DuckDB-WASM by making SQL draw 3D graphics (Sort Of) (hey.earth)
I had this slightly crazy idea: Could I ditch most of the conventional JavaScript game loop and rendering logic and build a 3D game engine where SQL queries did the heavy lifting?
Database, Graphics, JavaScript, WebAssembly, Game Development
199 points by tanelpoder 4 days ago | 32 comments
Prolog Adventure Game (github.com/stefanrodrigues2)
Text Adventure game in SWI Prolog.
Programming, Prolog, Game Development
165 points by shakna 4 days ago | 26 comments
Lena: A compact, handmade framework for making tiny games with palette graphics (github.com/lichendust)
Lena is a compact, handmade framework for making tiny games with palette graphics. It's software-rendered, cross-platform and provides artistic constraints that challenge your creativity without limiting your game's size and scope.
Game Development, Software, Graphics, Open Source
8 points by sohkamyung 7 days ago | 0 comments
Defold: cross-platform game engine (defold.com)
Game Development, Cross-Platform, Game Engines
390 points by xd 8 days ago | 172 comments
What do I think about Lua after shipping a project with 60k lines of code? (luden.io)
Hi there! This is Oleg from Luden.io. We decided to have a deep and meaningful conversation about Lua programming language with Ivan Trusov, lead programmer of the video game Craftomation 101. It contains ~60,000 lines of Lua code and is made with Defold game engine.
Programming Languages, Game Development, Software Engineering
218 points by JSLegendDev 8 days ago | 142 comments
Chroma: Ubisoft's internal tool used to simulate color-blindness (github.com/ubisoft)
Chroma is a one-stop solution for detecting color blindness-related issues in games. It replicates Protanopia, Deuteranopia, and Tritanopia filters over the game screen, helping users flag accessibility concerns in real-time.
Accessibility, Game Development, Color Blindness, Software
231 points by gm678 11 days ago | 86 comments
Tomb Engine (tombengine.com)
The open-source engine for custom Tomb Raider adventures
Open Source, Video Games, Game Development
212 points by ibobev 11 days ago | 49 comments
Show HN: Teaching a Dinosaur to Jump: Rust, WebAssembly, and Neural Evolution (fulgidus.github.io)
What began as a lightweight and somewhat playful programming experiment quickly transformed into an immersive and multi-faceted technical journey, deeply rooted in the domains of neuroevolution, real-time game physics, and browser-based simulation techniques.
Programming, Game Development, Rust, WebAssembly, Artificial Intelligence
9 points by Fulgidus 14 days ago | 2 comments
Procedural Generation of Mammals and Locomotion (runevision.com)
For my game The Big Forest I want to have creatures that are both procedurally generated and animated, which, as expected, is quite a research challenge.
Procedural Generation, Game Development, Animation, Research
17 points by c6p 16 days ago | 0 comments
Scaffold Level Editor (littlepolygon.com)
On the latest Nightshift Galaxy weekly dev stream I demonstrated the specialized level editting tool I’m building inside the Unreal Level Editor that I’m calling Scaffold.
Game Development, Unreal Engine, Tools
137 points by mwkaufma 19 days ago | 29 comments
John Carmack on AI in game programming (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.
Game Development, Artificial Intelligence, Industry Leaders
71 points by jjordan 19 days ago | 106 comments
Deleting multiplayer from the Unreal engine can save memory (larstofus.com)
Although the title of this article might suggest otherwise, I don’t dislike Unreal’s multiplayer features.
Game Development, Unreal Engine, Optimization
163 points by mariuz 20 days ago | 52 comments
Show HN: I vibe coded WikiXplorer – GamePad for WikiXplorer in 20 minutes (vercel.app)
Show HN, Game Development, Web Development, WikiXplorer
4 points by IbnUlAdam 22 days ago | 1 comments
Game Engines with Source: Learning from the Best (github.com/redorav)
As a game developer, I'm always intrigued by how other people do things and what solutions have been developed to some problem. As well as the big ones, many smaller engines are being worked on and I find myself downloading repositories, compiling, tinkering and marveling at what's available. This is a non-exhaustive list of game engines whose source code you can freely inspect, compile, run and learn from.
Game Development, Open Source, Software, Learning Resources
4 points by klaussilveira 23 days ago | 0 comments
Measuring Acceleration Structures (zeux.io)
Hardware accelerated raytracing, as supported by DirectX 12 and Vulkan, relies on an abstract data structure that stores scene geometry, known as “acceleration structure” and often referred to as “BVH” or “BLAS”. Unlike geometry representation for rasterization, rendering engines can not customize the data layout; unlike texture formats, the layout is not standardized across vendors.
Graphics, Computer Graphics, Hardware, Ray Tracing, Game Development
79 points by ibobev 24 days ago | 6 comments
Simulated Economy Tutorial (jasonfantl.com)
Imagine an open world RPG where your actions affect the price of goods, the markets reacting to anything the player may do (burn down wheat fields, cost of food increases; kill the merchants, prices differentiate between cities; sell the many swords you’ve collected on your adventures, tank the sword market). What would it take to have such an adaptive simulated economy?
Game Development, Economics, Artificial Intelligence
106 points by jfantl 24 days ago | 67 comments
An Introduction to Practical 3D Math for Programmers (stunlock.gg)
There are a lot of guides for 3D math that seem to be written by people quite good at math. If instead you're like me and better at programming than math this is the guide I wish I had when I first started learning OpenGL, Direct3D, Shaders, Unity, and Unreal.
3D Graphics, Programming, Game Development
4 points by srid 28 days ago | 0 comments
Thoughts on ECS (voxagon.se)
I mentioned in my year summary that I have a lot to say about ECS, and got several requests to write more about it, so I’ll do an attempt to write up my thoughts here.
Software, Game Development, ECS
23 points by indy 29 days ago | 13 comments
A decompilation and port of Sonic Advance 2-a GameBoy Advance game written in C (github.com/SAT-R)
⚠️ This project is not completed and still under active development
Game Development, Programming, Video Games, Retro Gaming, C Programming
182 points by bane 29 days ago | 39 comments
Let's Make a Space Shooter with Nintendo Family Basic – Leaded Solder (leadedsolder.com)
I picked up a complete Nintendo Family BASIC package for my freshly composite-modded Famicom. Let’s see if I can remember enough BASIC to take advantage of this package and build a horizontally-scrolling space shooter game. Oh, and fix the cartridge first, of course.
Retro Gaming, Programming, Nintendo, BASIC, Game Development
5 points by rbanffy 31 days ago | 0 comments
Building and Publishing Games to Steam Directly from GitHub Actions (nullonerror.org)
I have been using GitHub Actions extensively both at work and in personal projects, as shown in this post What I’ve been automating with GitHub Actions, an automated life.
Game Development, GitHub Actions, Steam, Automation
47 points by delduca 34 days ago | 19 comments
Technicalities of Homeworld 2 Backgrounds (simonschreibt.de)
Game Development, Video Games, Homeworld 2, Graphics, Programming
211 points by todsacerdoti 34 days ago | 72 comments
VibeSail: A case study in vibe coding a game (vibecoding.games)
There are a lot of people sharing the amazing games they're building on X, so it's hard to pick just one to hone in on, but I'm doing just that today with Vibe Sail.
Game Development, Social Media, Case Studies
10 points by thinkingemote 35 days ago | 3 comments
Introduction to Retrogame Programming with Pyxel (garambrogne.net)
Programming, Python, Game Development
6 points by kadrek 36 days ago | 0 comments
EmptyEpsilon open source spaceship bridge simulator (daid.github.io)
EmptyEpsilon is a spaceship bridge simulator game. It's fully open source, so it can be modified in any way people wish.
Open Source, Game Development, Simulation, Space, Gaming
161 points by mmooss 37 days ago | 20 comments
Particle Based Physics Engine in Golang (github.com/rudransh61)
Physix.go is a simple, easy-to-use, and fast physics engine written in GoLang. It provides functions to perform physics calculations efficiently, including particle-based physics simulations.
Physics Engine, Golang, Programming, Game Development
84 points by rudransh61 37 days ago | 15 comments