Show HN: GameDev News- It's like DN or HN for people who make games

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Post by manuele » Fri, Aug 29, 2014, 7:03 PM UTC

Show HN: GameDev News- It's like DN or HN for people who make games
news.powerupgames.io

Re: Show HN: GameDev News- It's like DN or HN for people who make games

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Post by manuele » Fri, Aug 29, 2014, 7:03 PM UTC

Hi there. Some friends and I built a social news platform (a la HN) especially for people who make videogames. It's based on a MeteorJS social news project called Telescope. We'd love your feedback!

Re: Show HN: GameDev News- It's like DN or HN for people who make games

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Post by strwbrry » Fri, Aug 29, 2014, 7:07 PM UTC

Not a fan of games but i like it.

Re: Show HN: GameDev News- It's like DN or HN for people who make games

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Post by krapp » Fri, Aug 29, 2014, 7:30 PM UTC

Looks nice. Would i be able to post code? That's a feature I would really like to see in a site like this.

Re: Show HN: GameDev News- It's like DN or HN for people who make games

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Post by lutusp » Fri, Aug 29, 2014, 7:37 PM UTC

krapp wrote: post #4

Looks nice. Would i be able to post code? That's a feature I would really like to see in a site like this.

> Would i be able to post code? That's a feature I would really like to see in a site like this.

Just indent four spaces at the left margin and you have a readable listing:

    # Copyright (c) 2013, P. Lutus http://arachnoid.com
    # Released under the GPL http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

    from numpy import arange
    
    # dimensional parameters for the set
    
    yl = -1.2
    yh = 1.2
    ys = .05
    
    xl = -2.05
    xh = 0.55
    xs = 0.03
    
    def mandelbrot(c):
      z = 0
      for n in range(10):
        z = z*z + c
        if(abs(z) > 2):
          return '.'
      return '*'
      
    s = ''
    for y in arange(yl,yh,ys):
      for x in arange(xl,xh,xs):
        s += mandelbrot(complex(x,y))
      s += '\n'
      
    print(s)
          
    Result:

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Re: Show HN: GameDev News- It's like DN or HN for people who make games

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Post by krapp » Fri, Aug 29, 2014, 8:09 PM UTC

lutusp wrote: post #5

krapp wrote: post #4

Looks nice. Would i be able to post code? That's a feature I would really like to see in a site like this.

> Would i be able to post code? That's a feature I would really like to see in a site like this. Just indent four spaces at the left margin and you have a readable listing: # Copyright (c) 2013, P. Lutus http://arachnoid.com # Released under the GPL http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html from numpy import arange # dimensional parameters for the set yl = -1.2 yh = 1.2 ys = .05 xl = -2.05 xh = 0.55 xs = 0.03 def mandelbr…

If only Hacker News supported syntax highlighting and not adding a vertical scrollbar to formatted posts...

Re: Show HN: GameDev News- It's like DN or HN for people who make games

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Post by AnEro » Fri, Aug 29, 2014, 9:54 PM UTC

I have actually started making a game as a side project and was looking for a game development/design counter part for HN.

Re: Show HN: GameDev News- It's like DN or HN for people who make games

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Post by dome82 » Fri, Aug 29, 2014, 10:15 PM UTC

Great! I really like and i was looking for something like that lately!

Re: Show HN: GameDev News- It's like DN or HN for people who make games

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Post by manuele » Sat, Aug 30, 2014, 12:15 AM UTC

AnEro wrote: post #7

I have actually started making a game as a side project and was looking for a game development/design counter part for HN.

Great, let us know about your side project!