Show HN: Freeciv, HTML5 open source version

#1

Post by roschdal » Thu, Jul 03, 2014, 7:05 PM UTC

Show HN: Freeciv, HTML5 open source version
play.freeciv.org

Re: Show HN: Freeciv, HTML5 open source version

#2

Post by roschdal » Thu, Jul 03, 2014, 7:39 PM UTC

Thanks for the upvotes to "Show HN", much appreciated. It seems that the Hacker News community really likes this game. I always appreciate the feedback I get here.

Re: Show HN: Freeciv, HTML5 open source version

#3

Post by dang » Thu, Jul 03, 2014, 7:42 PM UTC

roschdal wrote: post #2

Thanks for the upvotes to "Show HN", much appreciated. It seems that the Hacker News community really likes this game. I always appreciate the feedback I get here.

In principle, this isn't a good fit for Show HN since the project has been discussed before, including recently:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7848768

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5716859

https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

But since today is turning into a Show HN carnival, have at it.

Re: Show HN: Freeciv, HTML5 open source version

#4

Post by roschdal » Thu, Jul 03, 2014, 7:48 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #3

roschdal wrote: post #2

Thanks for the upvotes to "Show HN", much appreciated. It seems that the Hacker News community really likes this game. I always appreciate the feedback I get here.

In principle, this isn't a good fit for Show HN since the project has been discussed before, including recently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7848768 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5716859 https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html But since today is turning into a Show HN carnival, have at it.

Thanks, we're all enjoying the Show HN carnival today :)

Re: Show HN: Freeciv, HTML5 open source version

#5

Post by Alupis » Thu, Jul 03, 2014, 7:59 PM UTC

roschdal wrote: post #2

Thanks for the upvotes to "Show HN", much appreciated. It seems that the Hacker News community really likes this game. I always appreciate the feedback I get here.

Damn, this is a great game!

Keep up the great work!

Re: Show HN: Freeciv, HTML5 open source version

#6

Post by haptiK » Thu, Jul 03, 2014, 8:30 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #3

roschdal wrote: post #2

Thanks for the upvotes to "Show HN", much appreciated. It seems that the Hacker News community really likes this game. I always appreciate the feedback I get here.

In principle, this isn't a good fit for Show HN since the project has been discussed before, including recently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7848768 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5716859 https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html But since today is turning into a Show HN carnival, have at it.

That's nice. I'm sure you had fun wasting your time posting this. Personally I'm glad it has been added to Show HN. I possibly would not have heard of it otherwise.

Re: Show HN: Freeciv, HTML5 open source version

#7

Post by streptomycin » Thu, Jul 03, 2014, 8:33 PM UTC

Since today is the day of Show HNs, here's a Show HN within a Show HN:

For some ridiculous reason, I recently cloned a semi-decent chunk of Civ4 in TypeScript and made a minigame out of it: http://dumbmatter.com/barbconq/

It's open source if anyone else is interested: http://github.com/dumbmatter/barbconq/

Of course it pales in comparison to Freeciv, which is why this is only a Show HN within a Show HN rather than a Show HN on its own :)

Re: Show HN: Freeciv, HTML5 open source version

#8

Post by Zikes » Thu, Jul 03, 2014, 8:36 PM UTC

haptiK wrote: post #6

dang wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In principle, this isn't a good fit for Show HN since the project has been discussed before, including recently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7848768 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5716859 https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html But since today is turning into a Show HN carnival, have at it.

That's nice. I'm sure you had fun wasting your time posting this. Personally I'm glad it has been added to Show HN. I possibly would not have heard of it otherwise.

You're criticizing one of the HN mods for clarifying the criteria for what qualifies as Show HN.

Re: Show HN: Freeciv, HTML5 open source version

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Post by colomon » Thu, Jul 03, 2014, 8:55 PM UTC

Played a lot of Freeciv back in the day, this is my first time ever trying it in the browser. Everything looks beautiful, but the UI with the units seems very awkward. Is there a way I'm not seeing to rapidly cycle through all the available units and give them orders?

Re: Show HN: Freeciv, HTML5 open source version

#10

Post by roschdal » Thu, Jul 03, 2014, 8:57 PM UTC

streptomycin wrote: post #7

Since today is the day of Show HNs, here's a Show HN within a Show HN: For some ridiculous reason, I recently cloned a semi-decent chunk of Civ4 in TypeScript and made a minigame out of it: http://dumbmatter.com/barbconq/ It's open source if anyone else is interested: http://github.com/dumbmatter/barbconq/ Of course it pales in comparison to Freeciv, which is why this is only a Show HN within a Show HN rather than a…

Nice project you've got going there, perhaps a "Find and capture the barbarian capital" mod for Freeciv (or Freeciv-web) could be something to think about.