Hexagonal Grids (2013)

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Post by siliconmountain » Tue, Dec 08, 2020, 1:27 AM UTC

Hexagonal Grids (2013)
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Re: Hexagonal Grids (2013)

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Post by furyofantares » Tue, Dec 08, 2020, 1:50 AM UTC

I love this page. I've used this page as a reference, it saved me a lot of time and left me with a stronger understanding as well.

It reminds me of old school web. When google first came on the scene I was amazed at how many informational pages from either hobbyists or professionals existed (but which I wasn't finding with older search engines), where someone just decided to put everything they know about some topic into a page in glorious detail.

Re: Hexagonal Grids (2013)

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Post by swsieber » Tue, Dec 08, 2020, 1:52 AM UTC

I remember this page. I used it almost a decade ago when implementing a settlers of catan clone for that was going to be the main project for a class curriculum. I was a TA/RA at the time.

It's a great page. It was invaluable to me.

Re: Hexagonal Grids (2013)

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Post by shwestrick » Tue, Dec 08, 2020, 2:00 AM UTC

Such an invaluable resource! I spent many hours here while helping develop https://hexiconapp.com/. The axial coordinate system, in particular, makes working with hexagons much simpler.

Re: Hexagonal Grids (2013)

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Post by rgovostes » Tue, Dec 08, 2020, 2:07 AM UTC

See also several past discussions, though none recent:

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

Re: Hexagonal Grids (2013)

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Post by xenihn » Tue, Dec 08, 2020, 2:08 AM UTC

swsieber wrote: post #3

I remember this page. I used it almost a decade ago when implementing a settlers of catan clone for that was going to be the main project for a class curriculum. I was a TA/RA at the time. It's a great page. It was invaluable to me.

Any chance you still have that project/curriculum? Would love to see it.

Re: Hexagonal Grids (2013)

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Post by type_enthusiast » Tue, Dec 08, 2020, 2:08 AM UTC

This is from 2013, so I guess it comes up every so often (2019: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19184412). But, I've had it bookmarked since the first time I saw it come up. It's a great article for anyone who's ever played a hexagonal game or has thought about making a hexagonal game.

The source site also has a lot of great stuff on applications of computer science to less-thought-of aspects of game development (by which I mean people usually think of pixel-blasting 3D engines as "game development", but there's a lot more to it)

Re: Hexagonal Grids (2013)

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Post by devsquid » Tue, Dec 08, 2020, 2:09 AM UTC

This is cool. I recently wrote an A* pathfinding system for a hex based game. Choosing a good coordinate system 100% makes this easier.

Re: Hexagonal Grids (2013)

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY » Tue, Dec 08, 2020, 2:16 AM UTC

That’s useful!

Thanks for posting it.

I don’t need to do this too often, but I like having choices.

Re: Hexagonal Grids (2013)

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Post by xipho » Tue, Dec 08, 2020, 2:17 AM UTC

This just came up a bit ago in another thread. RBG is so good. Like I did a while back I'll mention that that work is the reason I could write this Ruby svg viz library https://github.com/SpeciesFileGroup/waxy and it be a fun, rather than painful process.