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Re: Hacker News for Gamedev

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Post by swiftcoder » Fri, Jan 31, 2025, 10:15 AM UTC

nottorp wrote: post #12

swiftcoder wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You actually can't make an account, since it's invite-only...

Oh, I suppose it makes sense if you're just starting to work with a group of manually vetted people. In the long run, that's not HN though.

Yeah, I don't know. I applied for an invite, we'll see if it goes through.

Re: Hacker News for Gamedev

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Post by cloogshicer » Fri, Jan 31, 2025, 10:17 AM UTC

innerHTML wrote: post #19

I love the idea, unfortunate the way this site is presented is such a incredibly busy and noisy way, it makes it so uncomfortable to look at I couldn't use this. I think hacker news aced it with the clean look, although sometimes I wish for a dark theme.

Yup, I think the background texture needs to go away and the font color of the posts needs to change.

Re: Hacker News for Gamedev

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Post by burgerrito » Fri, Jan 31, 2025, 10:18 AM UTC

Anyone knows any other similar sites? Personally I'm looking for "HN but for music".

The only other website I know is https://lobste.rs, and this website looks like it uses Lobsters' software

Re: Hacker News for Gamedev

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Post by i_am_a_peasant » Fri, Jan 31, 2025, 10:20 AM UTC

elpocko wrote: post #20

lobste.rs clone, invite-only. I'm not gonna beg for the privilege of providing value to an elitist community.

idk who you are but this comment made me wanna buy you a beer lol

Re: Hacker News for Gamedev

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Post by damir » Fri, Jan 31, 2025, 10:23 AM UTC

Would love to know more about the tech stack and the idea behind the site. How it started, and why...

Re: Hacker News for Gamedev

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Post by OgsyedIE » Fri, Jan 31, 2025, 10:25 AM UTC

burgerrito wrote: post #23

Anyone knows any other similar sites? Personally I'm looking for "HN but for music". The only other website I know is https://lobste.rs , and this website looks like it uses Lobsters' software

https://twostopbits.com is a "Hn for retro computer games".

Re: Hacker News for Gamedev

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jan 31, 2025, 10:26 AM UTC

innerHTML wrote: post #19

I love the idea, unfortunate the way this site is presented is such a incredibly busy and noisy way, it makes it so uncomfortable to look at I couldn't use this. I think hacker news aced it with the clean look, although sometimes I wish for a dark theme.

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Re: Hacker News for Gamedev

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Post by CornishPasty » Fri, Jan 31, 2025, 10:27 AM UTC

damir wrote: post #25

Would love to know more about the tech stack and the idea behind the site. How it started, and why...

Looking at the source/mod log/etc. it very much looks like it's using lobsters - https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters

Re: Hacker News for Gamedev

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Post by saurik » Fri, Jan 31, 2025, 10:27 AM UTC

innerHTML wrote: post #19

I love the idea, unfortunate the way this site is presented is such a incredibly busy and noisy way, it makes it so uncomfortable to look at I couldn't use this. I think hacker news aced it with the clean look, although sometimes I wish for a dark theme.

I just use browser extensions to get a dark theme.

Re: Hacker News for Gamedev

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Post by p2detar » Fri, Jan 31, 2025, 10:28 AM UTC

burgerrito wrote: post #23

Anyone knows any other similar sites? Personally I'm looking for "HN but for music". The only other website I know is https://lobste.rs , and this website looks like it uses Lobsters' software

I also think it’s lobste.rs. The about section also mentions an invite-only user tree.