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Fantastic read and a really interesting company I did not know about until just now. I would love to see how it handles Castlevania II.

tyleo 1y ago
Yeah the company sounds interesting. I wish the main page had clearer info about what it does. There’s a lot of text but I want the simple, “here’s the little bit of example code to get going.”
- tyleo 1y ago
  After a little more digging I found some very cool answers in the docs: https://antithesis.com/docs/ https://antithesis.com/docs/
- Aerbil313 1y ago
  I assume they are intentionally not very vocal, probably still maturing/scaling their platform. Until recently they were a stealth startup. The stuff they are doing is truly revolutionary.
wwilson 1y ago
Haven’t tried Castlevania II, but here’s the first one: https://antithesis.com/blog/castlevania/ https://antithesis.com/blog/castlevania/
- AIPedant 1y ago
  This seems like a cool company and I don't want to nitpick too much, but gamers have no respect for history: Castlevania... [so] called because it is a Metroidvania game set in a Castle. Ouch - this is precisely backwards. Metroidvanias are named after Metroid and Castlevania because those series practically defined the genre. Also a bit frustrating because the first Castlevania itself isn't actually a metroidvania, it's a more conventional action-platformer. Castlevania II has non-linear exploration, lots of items to collect, and puzzle-solving, all like Metroid. So it's not too surprising Antithesis had to do a lot of work for adapting their system to Metroid - but I wonder if this work means it now can handle Castlevania II without much extra development.
  - wwilson 1y ago
    You were successfully trolled. :-)
  - houky 1y ago
    This is correct. Also, Metroid is called Metroid because it is a Metroidvania set not in Romania, but on an alien world.
gblargg 1y ago
> I would love to see how it handles Castlevania II. I assume you're thinking specifically of using the red crystal to spawn a tornado: https://youtu.be/Mx9PwRIK9Io https://youtu.be/Mx9PwRIK9Io

tyleo 1y ago

Yeah the company sounds interesting. I wish the main page had clearer info about what it does. There’s a lot of text but I want the simple, “here’s the little bit of example code to get going.”

tyleo 1y ago
After a little more digging I found some very cool answers in the docs: https://antithesis.com/docs/ https://antithesis.com/docs/
Aerbil313 1y ago
I assume they are intentionally not very vocal, probably still maturing/scaling their platform. Until recently they were a stealth startup. The stuff they are doing is truly revolutionary.

wwilson 1y ago

Haven’t tried Castlevania II, but here’s the first one: https://antithesis.com/blog/castlevania/ https://antithesis.com/blog/castlevania/

AIPedant 1y ago
This seems like a cool company and I don't want to nitpick too much, but gamers have no respect for history: Castlevania... [so] called because it is a Metroidvania game set in a Castle. Ouch - this is precisely backwards. Metroidvanias are named after Metroid and Castlevania because those series practically defined the genre. Also a bit frustrating because the first Castlevania itself isn't actually a metroidvania, it's a more conventional action-platformer. Castlevania II has non-linear exploration, lots of items to collect, and puzzle-solving, all like Metroid. So it's not too surprising Antithesis had to do a lot of work for adapting their system to Metroid - but I wonder if this work means it now can handle Castlevania II without much extra development.
- wwilson 1y ago
  You were successfully trolled. :-)
- houky 1y ago
  This is correct. Also, Metroid is called Metroid because it is a Metroidvania set not in Romania, but on an alien world.

gblargg 1y ago

> I would love to see how it handles Castlevania II. I assume you're thinking specifically of using the red crystal to spawn a tornado: https://youtu.be/Mx9PwRIK9Io https://youtu.be/Mx9PwRIK9Io