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Shipping OpenStrike: A Counter-Strike-Shaped FPS on a 2004 Handheld

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Re: Shipping OpenStrike: A Counter-Strike-Shaped FPS on a 2004 Handheld

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Post by kamranjon »

“QuickJS is to this PSP what V8 is to Node: the host hands it a strike API surface and a ui API surface, and the same openstrike.js bundle boots against them on every target.”

This comparison seems backwards? Also I have no idea what it means - it seems like really strange phrasing and I can’t seem to make sense of it. Does anyone understand what was trying to be conveyed here?

Re: Shipping OpenStrike: A Counter-Strike-Shaped FPS on a 2004 Handheld

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Post by Banditoz »

kamranjon wrote: post #2

“QuickJS is to this PSP what V8 is to Node: the host hands it a strike API surface and a ui API surface, and the same openstrike.js bundle boots against them on every target.” This comparison seems backwards? Also I have no idea what it means - it seems like really strange phrasing and I can’t seem to make sense of it. Does anyone understand what was trying to be conveyed here?

I wish I knew. The article is difficult to read due to the heavy use of LLM prose.

Re: Shipping OpenStrike: A Counter-Strike-Shaped FPS on a 2004 Handheld

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Post by avaer »

kamranjon wrote: post #2

“QuickJS is to this PSP what V8 is to Node: the host hands it a strike API surface and a ui API surface, and the same openstrike.js bundle boots against them on every target.” This comparison seems backwards? Also I have no idea what it means - it seems like really strange phrasing and I can’t seem to make sense of it. Does anyone understand what was trying to be conveyed here?

You're right, it's not a good comparison; PSP is a device and Node is an application that runs JS. Though I wouldn't say it's "backwards".

Anyway, the article is saying there is some native host bindings for each platform, which get swapped between PSP and Desktop. However, same JS app code is running on both, calling out to the injected bindings. It's a common pattern for portability of game engines and stuff.

I haven't verified any of this, I'm just saying it makes perfect sense to me. I hope that helps.

Re: Shipping OpenStrike: A Counter-Strike-Shaped FPS on a 2004 Handheld

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Post by avaer »

synqvest wrote: post #4

Will anyone actually play this? Is there a market for LLM-made “retro” games where the retro communities themselves don’t value LLM work and would rather play things made by humans?

I don't think that's the point. This is clearly a demo for PocketJS.

Re: Shipping OpenStrike: A Counter-Strike-Shaped FPS on a 2004 Handheld

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Post by synqvest »

avaer wrote: post #6
synqvest wrote: post #4

Will anyone actually play this? Is there a market for LLM-made “retro” games where the retro communities themselves don’t value LLM work and would rather play things made by humans?

I don't think that's the point. This is clearly a demo for PocketJS.

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Re: Shipping OpenStrike: A Counter-Strike-Shaped FPS on a 2004 Handheld

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Post by GaryBluto »

synqvest wrote: post #4

Will anyone actually play this? Is there a market for LLM-made “retro” games where the retro communities themselves don’t value LLM work and would rather play things made by humans?

> where the retro communities themselves don’t value LLM work

What do you mean by “communities”? There was no enthusiast Council of Nicaea where all people who like old hardware met and unanimously decided that LLMs are bad and their work not to be valued. I see plenty of “retro”-adjacent work done with LLMs posted here to a generally warm reception.

Are you just referring to the views of an extended sphere of enthusiast mutual friends that you know?

Re: Shipping OpenStrike: A Counter-Strike-Shaped FPS on a 2004 Handheld

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Post by reinitctxoffset »

Banditoz wrote: post #3
kamranjon wrote: post #2

“QuickJS is to this PSP what V8 is to Node: the host hands it a strike API surface and a ui API surface, and the same openstrike.js bundle boots against them on every target.” This comparison seems backwards? Also I have no idea what it means - it seems like really strange phrasing and I can’t seem to make sense of it. Does anyone understand what was trying to be conveyed here?

I wish I knew. The article is difficult to read due to the heavy use of LLM prose.

Most HN click bait was pretty fuckin illegible ten years ago.

I'm not saying Claude's take on the HR manual corpo speak is Ralph Waldo Emmerson, but maybe your issue is with the kind of click bait shit that front pages in any era?

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