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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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20262,035 stories
Command and Conquer Generals natively ported to macOS, iPhone, iPad using Fable↗ github.com · HN · 288 comments · 690 points · Jul 04, 2026
Half-Life 2 in a Browser↗ hl2.slqnt.dev · HN · 272 comments · 686 points · Jun 25, 2026
TinyWind: A pixel pirate sailing game with real wind physics (380k+ kms sailed)↗ tinywind.io · HN · 192 comments · 1038 points · Jun 15, 2026
Qwen3.7-Max: The Agent Frontier↗ qwen.ai · HN · 290 comments · 721 points · May 20, 2026
Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive worlds↗ blog.google · HN · 321 comments · 675 points · Jan 29, 2026
20251,884 stories
A WebGL game where you deliver messages on a tiny planet↗ messenger.abeto.co · HN · 338 comments · 2131 points · Sep 27, 2025
EA Open Sources Command and Conquer: Red Alert, along with other games↗ github.com · HN · 325 comments · 1262 points · Feb 27, 2025
Show HN: I got laid off from Meta and created a minor hit on Steam↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 356 comments · 1581 points · Feb 26, 2025
OpenRA – Classic strategy games rebuilt for the modern era↗ openra.net · HN · 122 comments · 657 points · Jan 25, 2025
Show HN: Tramway SDK – An unholy union between Half-Life and Morrowind engines↗ racenis.github.io · HN · 237 comments · 660 points · Jan 07, 2025
20241,832 stories
My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback↗ armaansahni.com · HN · 480 comments · 1251 points · Dec 03, 2024
Show HN: I built a(nother) house optimized for LAN parties↗ lanparty.house · HN · 381 comments · 1117 points · Nov 16, 2024
Shattered Pixel Dungeon is an open-source traditional roguelike dungeon crawler↗ github.com · HN · 228 comments · 747 points · Mar 21, 2024
How video games use lookup tables↗ blog.frost.kiwi · HN · 106 comments · 673 points · Feb 28, 2024
Infinite Craft↗ neal.fun · HN · 675 comments · 1177 points · Jan 31, 2024
20231,757 stories
Liero – Sling'n'shoot Worms Game↗ liero.be · HN · 108 comments · 264 points · Dec 28, 2023
Lode Runner (HTML5 Remake)↗ loderunnerwebgame.com · HN · 73 comments · 309 points · Dec 28, 2023
Game-icons.net: Free icons for your games↗ game-icons.net · HN · 49 comments · 338 points · Dec 28, 2023
HyperRogue, a open-source non-Euclidean roguelike: new weapons↗ zenorogue.blogspot.com · HN · 26 comments · 159 points · Dec 27, 2023
Mindustry: Open-source automation tower defense game↗ mindustrygame.github.io · HN · 112 comments · 567 points · Dec 22, 2023
20221,837 stories
What’s wrong with medieval pigs in videogames↗ leidenmedievalistsblog.nl · HN · 353 comments · 799 points · Oct 24, 2022
A chill driving game with procedurally generate scenic landscapes↗ slowroads.io · HN · 195 comments · 760 points · Oct 23, 2022
Show HN: A friend and I spent 6 years making a simulation game, finally released↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 279 comments · 1157 points · Jun 01, 2022
Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 1839 comments · 859 points · May 25, 2022
Show HN: I made a web game called Almost Pong↗ lessmilk.com · HN · 181 comments · 1135 points · Mar 01, 2022
20211,661 stories
Show HN: I'm 48 and finally learning how to be a game developer↗ apps.apple.com · HN · 252 comments · 985 points · Nov 09, 2021
Widelands is a free, open-source real-time strategy game↗ widelands.org · HN · 177 comments · 713 points · Aug 16, 2021
How Dwarf Fortress is built↗ stackoverflow.blog · HN · 388 comments · 1130 points · Jul 29, 2021
Copilot regurgitating Quake code, including sweary comments↗ twitter.com · HN · 640 comments · 1280 points · Jul 02, 2021
Duke Nukem 3D Mirror Universe↗ twitter.com · HN · 199 comments · 823 points · Mar 19, 2021
20201,834 stories
I spent eleven years working on this Line Rider track↗ delu.medium.com · HN · 149 comments · 1080 points · Nov 26, 2020
Super Mario Bros. 3 in 3 Minutes – World Record Speedrun Explained [video]↗ youtube.com · HN · 128 comments · 633 points · Sep 12, 2020
Factorio 1.0↗ factorio.com · HN · 615 comments · 1878 points · Aug 14, 2020
Game Programming Patterns (2014)↗ gameprogrammingpatterns.com · HN · 86 comments · 635 points · May 16, 2020
Show HN: Tired of mobile games with IAP and ads, I made No-Bullshit Games↗ nobsgames.stavros.io · HN · 264 comments · 520 points · Jan 16, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Factorio that you can touch↗ factorio.com · HN · 125 comments · 359 points · Sep 25, 2026
Show HN: Jev Plays Pokémon Red↗ jev-pokemon.vercel.app · HN · 122 comments · 278 points · Sep 25, 2026
The Board Game of the Alpha Nerds (2014)↗ grantland.com · HN · 65 comments · 122 points · Sep 24, 2026
Ogre Battle 64 Recompiled Project at 99.05%↗ github.com · HN · 48 comments · 113 points · Sep 20, 2026
Porting my 1993 Amiga game to Godot, with an LLM reading the 68000 assembly↗ babyloniantwins.com · HN · 133 comments · 381 points · Sep 03, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Porting my 1993 Amiga game to Godot, with an LLM reading the 68000 assembly↗ babyloniantwins.com · HN · 133 comments · 381 points · Sep 03, 2026
Factorio that you can touch↗ factorio.com · HN · 125 comments · 359 points · Sep 25, 2026
Show HN: Jev Plays Pokémon Red↗ jev-pokemon.vercel.app · HN · 122 comments · 278 points · Sep 25, 2026
2004 RuneScape fit a multiplayer RPG into 56k dial-up↗ jkm.dev · HN · 88 comments · 138 points · Sep 01, 2026
The Board Game of the Alpha Nerds (2014)↗ grantland.com · HN · 65 comments · 122 points · Sep 24, 2026
Ogre Battle 64 Recompiled Project at 99.05%↗ github.com · HN · 48 comments · 113 points · Sep 20, 2026
A custom virtual machine for the Stars 4X game↗ nullprogram.com · HN · 38 comments · 110 points · Sep 18, 2026
Show HN: Fly By – retro biplane flying game↗ michaelteter.com · HN · 67 comments · 85 points · Sep 01, 2026
An open source roguelike adventure through dungeons↗ crawl.develz.org · HN · 14 comments · 83 points · Sep 19, 2026
Recreating Minecraft Is Not a Benchmark↗ kuber.studio · HN · 74 comments · 73 points · Sep 06, 2026

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