Thread: App Should Have Been a Website (and Probably Your Game Too)

Great website to keep track of all the stuff happening at E3 without having to watch all the conferences (e3recap.com)

~ 11 pts 0 comments by unknown Jun 10, 2018 ~games Gaming / Retro Computing thread

App Should Have Been a Website (and Probably Your Game Too) (rogueengine.io)

HN 276 pts 369 comments by thunderbong Dec 31, 2024 thread

Applying Artificial Intelligence to Nintendo Tetris (meatfighter.com)

L 16 pts 1 comments by pushcx Jan 29, 2014 assemblygames AI / Machine Learning Systems / Low-Level / OS Gaming / Retro Computing thread

How In-app Purchases Have Destroyed The Industry (baekdal.com)

L 8 pts 2 comments by robey Feb 4, 2014 gamesrant Gaming / Retro Computing thread

SprityBird - A small clone of Flappy Bird using SpriteKit (github.com)

L 2 pts 1 comments by dkasper Feb 14, 2014 gamesiosprogramming Programming (General)Apple / macOS / iOS Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Flappy Bird hack using Reinforcement Learning (sarvagyavaish.github.io)

L 5 pts 1 comments by penberg Feb 16, 2014 gamesmath Science / Math / Physics Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Japan used to rule video games, so what happened? (theverge.com)

L 2 pts 0 comments by zem Mar 23, 2014 culturegames Gaming / Retro Computing Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

A look at why the once-vibrant Japanese game development scene is now falling behind, and whether indie games are the way forward.

Applying Artificial Intelligence to Nintendo Tetris (meatfighter.com)

L 2 pts 0 comments by omnibrain May 30, 2014 gamesprogramming AI / Machine Learning Programming (General)Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Play Flappy Birds by whistling built using getUserMedia (github.com)

L 1 pts 0 comments by dotcom Jul 14, 2014 gamesjavascript Web Development Gaming / Retro Computing thread

The "Tapper" videogame patent: a legal close reading (kmjn.org)

L 12 pts 3 comments by mjn Aug 4, 2015 gameslaw Gaming / Retro Computing Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

I recently discovered U.S. Patent 4,643,421, "Video game in which a host image repels ravenous images by serving filled vessels", and even though it's bunk as a patent, it's amazing as a document.

Happy Birthday Monkey Island (grumpygamer.com)

L 7 pts 0 comments by antifuchs Sep 5, 2015 games Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Building RTL-Aware Web Apps & Websites: Part 1 (hacks.mozilla.org)

L 2 pts 0 comments by pushcx Sep 24, 2015 browsersdesignweb Web Development Design / UX / Visualization thread

Procedural world potentials: The simulation, functional and planning approaches (blog.runevision.com)

L 6 pts 1 comments by pushcx Oct 10, 2015 gamesprogramming Programming (General)Gaming / Retro Computing thread

A mobile, desktop and website App with the same code (github.com)

L 1 pts 0 comments by av Nov 5, 2015 javascriptprogramming Web Development Programming (General) thread

Apple II Library: The 4am Collection (archive.org)

L 7 pts 0 comments by 355E3B Dec 17, 2015 gamesreversingsecurity Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General)Security / Privacy Apple / macOS / iOS Gaming / Retro Computing Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

A collection of Apple II titles with the copyright protection removed and the process for removing the protection documented. Eg: https://ia600305.us.archive.org/29/items/PacMan4amCrack/Pac-Man%20(Atari)%20(4am%20crack).txt

What Happens When a Video Game's World Ends? (theatlantic.com)

L 6 pts 0 comments by jasper Jan 13, 2016 games Gaming / Retro Computing thread

At 83, I Decided to Develop an App (medium.com)

L 12 pts 6 comments by soulcutter Jan 25, 2016 gamesios Apple / macOS / iOS Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Particularly notable because the author is Donald Rumsfeld, former US Secretary of Defense

Anyone interested in helping with website to expose HackerNews censorship live, as it happens?

L 22 pts 20 comments by itistoday Mar 2, 2016 ask thread

So I am no longer commenting on HN due to [ridiculous censorship](https://twitter.com/taoeffect/status/687827322443939840), but sometimes people will submit stories associated with the work I do, and today one of these stories [was censored from the front page](https://twitter.com/taoeffect/status/7...

SNES Code Injection -- Flappy Bird in Super Mario World (youtube.com)

L 27 pts 2 comments by calvin Mar 28, 2016 assemblygamesreversingvideo Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General)Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Lessons from building a #1 game in the app store (reddit.com)

L 4 pts 0 comments by adsouza Apr 18, 2016 gamesios Apple / macOS / iOS Gaming / Retro Computing thread

The story behind 'Pokémon Go's' impressive mapping (mashable.com)

L 0 pts 0 comments by adsouza Jul 13, 2016 games Gaming / Retro Computing thread

cube composer | Apply functions to solve a puzzle. (david-peter.de)

L 17 pts 1 comments by lukas Aug 21, 2016 gamesvisualization Design / UX / Visualization Gaming / Retro Computing thread

The Monkey and the Apple (steve-yegge.blogspot.com)

L 24 pts 2 comments by pushcx Nov 17, 2016 cgamesios Systems / Low-Level / OS Apple / macOS / iOS Gaming / Retro Computing thread

VirtualMouse of Whitestorm framework. Picking objects in 3D apps (medium.com)

L 1 pts 0 comments by alex2401 Dec 1, 2016 apigamesweb Web Development Programming (General)Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Portal for Apple II (deater.net)

L 17 pts 0 comments by wally Jan 17, 2017 gameshistorical Apple / macOS / iOS Gaming / Retro Computing Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

The Steam Controller Configurator's Untapped Power (gamasutra.com)

L 2 pts 0 comments by pushcx Jan 25, 2017 gameshardware Gaming / Retro Computing Maker / DIY / Hardware thread

Pencil Project - Rapid website and application prototyping GUI (pencil.evolus.vn)

L 4 pts 0 comments by steveno Jun 29, 2017 design Design / UX / Visualization thread

Game Development and Application Development Best Practices - Not As Different As You Might Think (benlakey.com)

L 6 pts 0 comments by inactive-user Jul 3, 2017 gamesgraphicshistoricalpracticesprogramming Programming (General)Gaming / Retro Computing Productivity / Career / Business Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

Game Models – A Different Approach (npruehs.de)

L 3 pts 0 comments by etc Aug 9, 2017 games Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Games Look Bad, Part 1: HDR and Tone Mapping (ventspace.wordpress.com)

L 28 pts 9 comments by friendlysock Oct 23, 2017 artgamesgraphics Gaming / Retro Computing Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread