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Option 9: A Shoot'em Up Miniature Video Game in Common Lisp

43 points by lispm 11y ago

dragontamer 11y ago
Very interesting stuff. I wasn't expecting so much detail here. I'll definitely read over it more later.
nanny 11y ago
What makes someone think that vibrant green text on a straight black background is a good idea? I just don't understand it. It's nearly unreadable.
- pp19dd 11y ago
  Take a look at the stylesheet file and note the commented body entries for color / background-image.
- jlarocco 11y ago
  These replies are getting super annoying. I found the page completely readable, and the content interesting. If you're that much of a snob, get a browser plugin and fix it yourself. The other 95% of us are tired of the complaints. The discussions here are supposed to be about the content.
  - leetNightshade 11y ago
    "The discussions here are supposed to be about the content." He complained about the readability of the content, I think it's a valid complaint. You might be able to read it just fine, but you don't represent 100% of the human race.
    - frou_dh 11y ago
      If someone is genuinely interested in seeing a site improved then they should email the person operating the site. Let me guess how infrequently that happens. Diplomatic effort? No way!
    - jacquesm 11y ago
      View / Page Style / No Style. Solved.
  - nanny 11y ago
    Are you joking? Because I don't see how can you reply to my completely legitimate opinion with name-calling and pretend statistics about how you supposedly represent "95%" of HN and not be joking.
    - kelvin0 11y ago
      Yeah some people can't read the content anymore if there is no CSS scrolling and other nausea (to me) inducing 'graphics' ...
    - jlarocco 11y ago
      > completely legitimate opinion Exactly. Your opinion. The tone of your original comment came off as a little insulting, which is why I claimed you were being a "snob". IMO, people showing off stuff they've been working on and or have created is one of the more interesting aspects of HN, and I think insulting nitpicks about subjective stuff like color schemes discourages more people from showing off what they've done. Green text on a black background may not win a design contest, but has been "good enough" for displaying information on a computer screen for over 30 years: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/IBM_PC_5150.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/IBM_PC_5...
- cwyers 11y ago
  Nostalgia.
- kazinator 11y ago
  > What makes someone think that vibrant green text on a straight black background is a good idea? Past exposure to gorgeous green monochrome monitors, of course. The page exudes mystical allure on this account alone.
mikerichards 11y ago
I'd love to see a canonical Clojure version since it would be very anti-OO, as opposed to this CLOS heavy version. I wonder if it would be natural to use multi-methods in the Clojure version too.
ilurkhere 11y ago
Jolly good article.

43 points by lispm 11y ago

Very interesting stuff. I wasn't expecting so much detail here. I'll definitely read over it more later.

nanny 11y ago

What makes someone think that vibrant green text on a straight black background is a good idea? I just don't understand it. It's nearly unreadable.

pp19dd 11y ago
Take a look at the stylesheet file and note the commented body entries for color / background-image.
jlarocco 11y ago
These replies are getting super annoying. I found the page completely readable, and the content interesting. If you're that much of a snob, get a browser plugin and fix it yourself. The other 95% of us are tired of the complaints. The discussions here are supposed to be about the content.
- leetNightshade 11y ago
  "The discussions here are supposed to be about the content." He complained about the readability of the content, I think it's a valid complaint. You might be able to read it just fine, but you don't represent 100% of the human race.
  - frou_dh 11y ago
    If someone is genuinely interested in seeing a site improved then they should email the person operating the site. Let me guess how infrequently that happens. Diplomatic effort? No way!
  - jacquesm 11y ago
    View / Page Style / No Style. Solved.
- nanny 11y ago
  Are you joking? Because I don't see how can you reply to my completely legitimate opinion with name-calling and pretend statistics about how you supposedly represent "95%" of HN and not be joking.
  - kelvin0 11y ago
    Yeah some people can't read the content anymore if there is no CSS scrolling and other nausea (to me) inducing 'graphics' ...
  - jlarocco 11y ago
    > completely legitimate opinion Exactly. Your opinion. The tone of your original comment came off as a little insulting, which is why I claimed you were being a "snob". IMO, people showing off stuff they've been working on and or have created is one of the more interesting aspects of HN, and I think insulting nitpicks about subjective stuff like color schemes discourages more people from showing off what they've done. Green text on a black background may not win a design contest, but has been "good enough" for displaying information on a computer screen for over 30 years: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/IBM_PC_5150.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/IBM_PC_5...
cwyers 11y ago
Nostalgia.
kazinator 11y ago
> What makes someone think that vibrant green text on a straight black background is a good idea? Past exposure to gorgeous green monochrome monitors, of course. The page exudes mystical allure on this account alone.

mikerichards 11y ago

I'd love to see a canonical Clojure version since it would be very anti-OO, as opposed to this CLOS heavy version. I wonder if it would be natural to use multi-methods in the Clojure version too.

ilurkhere 11y ago

Jolly good article.