SineRider
Games
math puzzle game
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
19 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 8 critical, out of 39 comments about the project. Thread score +0.19.
Execution: 3 for, 3 againstDesign: 2 for, 3 againstIdea: 4 for, 0 againstPerformance: 2 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Beautiful art, style and polish
From 3 comments
Wow this is beautiful! I love the concept and execution. Great job!
qbasic_forever on HNThis looks great—feels very polished. I love the "hack club" concept :)
westoncb on HNThis is awesomeee
tejasag on HN
Low CPU usage for high frame rate action
From 1 comment
Surprisingly low CPU usage for such high frame rate action! Nice work :)
herpderperator on HN
Compact core game code
From 1 comment
The core game code is remarkably compact. I'm not familiar with game development, but is this usually the case? Very impressive.
rebelos on HN
Objections
Slow load time and SSL errors at launch
From 3 comments
Excruciating 3 minute load time just to press one button and then be shown a YouTube video. It would be amazing to share the link to the YouTube trailer before the 3 minutes of…
ziddoap on HNI get TLS alerts for some weird reason when connecting to the website. $ curl -i https://sinerider.com/ curl: (35) error:1404B410:SSL routines:ST_CONNECT:sslv3 alert handshake…
stevewatson301 on HNThe screen captures in the README look awesome! Unfortunately it looks like you're having some SSL issues on the site right now.
eatonphil on HN
Gameplay unclear from the demo; edit-formula option not obvious
From 2 comments
Excruciating 3 minute load time just to press one button and then be shown a YouTube video. It would be amazing to share the link to the YouTube trailer before the 3 minutes of…
ziddoap on HN[cowboy bepop theme music plays] It's not obvious you can just go back and edit the formula already. Also it will be hard to do neat tricks if the sampling positions are not…
unconed on HN
Post shared before the game was playable
From 1 comment
I think the Show HN is a bit premature, you won't get much useful feedback when it's not really playable yet
personjerry on HN
Graph sampling aliasing with high-frequency functions
From 2 comments
Fun! ...but there's layer after layer of this not working, haha: 3\cos \left(\frac {1} {x\cdot 0.0001}\right)+1.2^ {-x+12}-10
meltyness on HNLooks to be calculating fine, but the limited sampling resolution we can achieve for the graph means that "high-resolution" functions like this will look… strange. Effectively…
SigmaEpsilonChi on HN
Requests
Share the trailer or playable demo sooner
From 1 comment
Excruciating 3 minute load time just to press one button and then be shown a YouTube video. It would be amazing to share the link to the YouTube trailer before the 3 minutes of…
ziddoap on HN
Change the comic-style text font
From 1 comment
Please please change the text bubble font. Comic Sans (and derivatives) in this age is just..no.
paxys on HN
Per-pixel graph sampling for accurate rendering
From 1 comment
Looks to be calculating fine, but the limited sampling resolution we can achieve for the graph means that "high-resolution" functions like this will look… strange. Effectively…
SigmaEpsilonChi on HN
Questions
How complex do the functions get, pre-calculus or beyond?
From 2 comments
Looking forward to seeing the final result, looks very interesting so far. How complex do the functions get, does it end up getting into (pre)calculus or anything like that?
jamal-kumar on HNVery complex! I'm not exactly sure what the boundaries of pre-calc graphing are but I routinely see professional mathematicians and computer scientists stumped by the more…
SigmaEpsilonChi on HN
Is this affiliated with the 2014 sineridergame.com project?
From 2 comments
i recall seeing something similar a long time ago, with a very similar name, and found it via HN search: sineridergame.com — https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8615416 and it…
keerthiko on HNGood memory! Yes, there is a connection here. I originally built sinerider when I was just out of high school. My ambitions were much bigger than my skillset, so I never really…
SigmaEpsilonChi on HN
Alternatives named
Graphwar
From 1 comment
If you're into this, you may also be into Graphwar https://store.steampowered.com/app/1899700/Graphwar/
fullstop on HN
Line Rider
From 1 comment
Have you ever played LineRider? [0] In LineRider there is no destination, only the joy of sledding. Re: "just to press one button and then be shown a YouTube video": Instead of…
andai on HN