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The core game code is remarkably compact. I'm not familiar with game development, but is this usually the case? Very impressive.
The core game code is remarkably compact. I'm not familiar with game development, but is this usually the case? Very impressive.
Not usually, but there is a peculiarity with making (effectively) 2D browser games in vanilla-ish HTML/CSS (no react etc) and canvas JS (max jquery) — the UI can be nearly code-free, and significant game graphics logic can be hooked up to HTML/CSS as well, and so the js can focus on actual core mechanic logic, + hooks into HTML events. Accomplishing the equivalent in a native game engine (Unity) or non-HTML rendering…
Excruciating 3 minute load time just to press one button and then be shown a YouTube video. It would be amazing to share the link to the YouTube trailer before the 3 minutes of loading. Otherwise, it looks sort of interesting. I'm definitely a fan of the art/color-palette. The demo doesn't really give any clue to what the gameplay will actually be like though, which is unfortunate. Even after watching the trailer, I'…
Took about 4 seconds for me. Still, regardless of load time I found it annoying that that was all that happened
I'll tell you a secret though, there's a playable alpha at https://sinerider.hackclub.dev
sssshh don't tell anyone
Fun! ...but there's layer after layer of this not working, haha: 3\cos \left(\frac{1}{x\cdot 0.0001}\right)+1.2^{-x+12}-10
I think the Show HN is a bit premature, you won't get much useful feedback when it's not really playable yet
If you want to play, it's live at https://sinerider.hackclub.dev!
Surprisingly low CPU usage for such high frame rate action! Nice work :)
Excruciating 3 minute load time just to press one button and then be shown a YouTube video. It would be amazing to share the link to the YouTube trailer before the 3 minutes of loading. Otherwise, it looks sort of interesting. I'm definitely a fan of the art/color-palette. The demo doesn't really give any clue to what the gameplay will actually be like though, which is unfortunate. Even after watching the trailer, I'…
This looks great—feels very polished. I love the "hack club" concept :)
Wow this is beautiful! I love the concept and execution. Great job!
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Good memory! Yes, there is a connection here. I originally built sinerider when I was just out of high school. My ambitions were much bigger than my skillset, so I never really finished it. I started working for Hack Club a few years ago, and this summer we decided to turn our students loose on an old half-baked alpha I had on the shelf. Honestly I thought they might just fix the bugs and touch up the sprites a bit,…
that's amazing, i recalled greatly enjoying and also seeing the potential from your original prototype when i saw it in 2014 (my comment from back then says so)! sounds incredibly gratifying to bequeath it to a new gen of devs and see them exceed your expectations for it, especially as an educator. great job!
And yeah, it's so much fun. It's a real privilege to work with such motivated, optimistic, hard-working students. They have all the energy that's been knocked out of me since 2014!