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> I'm not really sure what this is doing on Hacker News Incredibly fun game, open source, and in a genre that likely fits well into many HN users' interests. I

by notamy 3y ago

> I'm not really sure what this is doing on Hacker News Incredibly fun game, open source, and in a genre that likely fits well into many HN users' interests. I rediscovered it recently and remembered it was open source, so why not submit it?

DrSiemer 3y ago
The title should include a [year], to save people like me from needing to check if anything significant changed in the game that made me miss half of a trip to Thailand in 2014.
- 12345hn6789 3y ago
  The game has regular updates, so sort of.
mattbrewsbytes 3y ago
Thanks for submitting it, I have never heard of it. Maybe because I exist in the iOS "walled garden" and generally game on console only. Do you know what game engine its based on? Or is it a custom thing?
- bru 3y ago
  Custom AFAIK. There's an iOS version: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/shattered-pixel-dungeon/id1563121109 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/shattered-pixel-dungeon/id1563...
- severine 3y ago
  See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39775664 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39775664
SkyBelow 3y ago
I think the open source part is the main justification. Getting kids into tech and programming seems a HN sort of article, and an open source game is one way of doing it. Much more advanced than the entry level things like Scratch Jr. and not nearly as wide spread an audience, but a great step around the high school level for the few who wants to get deeper without committing to some formal education.