StarCraft
Games
browser rts game
SHOW HN2015
320points
96comments
#47of 2,565 in 2015
Top 2%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
10 positive, 20 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 6 critical, out of 39 comments about the project. Thread score +0.13.
Execution: 3 for, 3 againstIdea: 1 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive recreation that feels like the real game
From 3 comments
Amazing work! I put this in full screen, and at times, playing the 'Protect Athena' level, I even forgot it wasn't the real thing. Must have taken you a lot of tuning :)
thomasahle on HNFunny thing, I tried to play SC on a LAN last week. No go on my MacBook though. Wine gives graphics glitches and VMWare Fusion was too slow on my ageing MBP. I downloaded version…
unicornporn on HNAmazing work! Red Alert next??
vegancap on HN
Cheat codes still work
From 1 comment
Even the cheat codes still work!
songgao on HN
Objections
Gather function not yet working; many features missing
From 2 comments
Is it just me, or it's the "gather" function to mine resources is not working? Really nice apart from that.
S4M on HNAs someone who still plays the game sometimes, this will take way too much effort to reproduce satisfactorily. Cursors need to change on mouseover, or when a command is selected.…
iopq on HN
Hard to polish controls like cursors and hotkeys
From 1 comment
As someone who still plays the game sometimes, this will take way too much effort to reproduce satisfactorily. Cursors need to change on mouseover, or when a command is selected.…
iopq on HN
Requests
Multiplayer support
From 2 comments
Funny thing, I tried to play SC on a LAN last week. No go on my MacBook though. Wine gives graphics glitches and VMWare Fusion was too slow on my ageing MBP. I downloaded version…
unicornporn on HNthis is awesome! please continue and get multiplayer but also don't get busted by blizzard...
tallerholler on HN
Replace assets so the project is legally safe
From 2 comments
I would commit a change that removes the assets and see what pull request you get. or even better i'd make it load assets from a theme then anyone can theme it.
jlebrech on HN> What will Blizzard normally do if they accuse me pirating their assets? Most likely, they will tell you: "shut it all down or we'll sue you into bankruptcy". I recommend taking…
zyxley on HN
Questions
Does it run without downloading the repo?
From 2 comments
Anybody got this running without downloading the whole lot and hosting it locally? http://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/gloomyson/StarCraft/blob/master/index.html…
jpatokal on HNFor those wishing to play without downloading: Open http://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/gloomyson/StarCraft/blob/master/index.html in FF (or Chrome without its…
hitekker on HN
Can Blizzard sue a non-US developer?
From 2 comments
Can they sue him if he's not in the US though? How is that legally possible?
Kiro on HNHe's not from the US so what exactly is he risking here apart from the repo being taken down?
Kiro on HN
Alternatives named
Stratagus open source engine
From 2 comments
Depending on what you're trying to accomplish if you make an entire game engine from scratch that can open up the files from StarCraft (and you DON'T distribute them), I think…
giancarlostoro on HNYou don't need to be nervous. Blizzard asking you to take down your copy of their assets is inevitable. No need to sweat it more than that, it's a fact of life. Here's something…
kzrdude on HN
littlewargame HTML5 RTS
From 1 comment
Cool. Anybody looking for an HTML5 Startcraft-esque multiplayer game might want to check out http://littlewargame.com
Mizza on HN
OpenTTD and RttR engine remakes
From 2 comments
See also https://www.openttd.org a remake of Transport Tycoon Deluxe.
ponytech on HNYou don't need to be nervous. Blizzard asking you to take down your copy of their assets is inevitable. No need to sweat it more than that, it's a fact of life. Here's something…
kzrdude on HN