Entombed
Games
raycaster game
SHOW HN2026
37points
6comments
#1,453of 4,366 in 2026
Top 34%of 2026 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 1 comments about the project.
Idea: 1 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Impressive what developers do with limited hardware like the Atari 2600 comparisons
From 2 comments
Ah yes, Lode's raycaster tutorial, the classic writeup keeps generating interesting projects. Such as this one. The human ingenuity never ceases to amaze me. Take what's…
krige on HNThe 2600 VCS is really interesting. It didn't even have a framebuffer, so painting pixels was done scanline by scanline and you had to be done with your scanline in a certain…
busfahrer on HN
Requests
Remake of the C64 game Scarabaeus
From 1 comment
I wish someone would remake this weird game from the C64 that has stayed in my head since forever: Scarabaeus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FusuIst21E4
Scapeghost on HN
Questions
Whether the Doom fire algorithm counts as cellular automata
From 1 comment
This looks very similar to the Doom fire algorithm (later), except that one is applied to a fixed buffer over and over again every frame. > it is tempting to view the algorithm…
tomxor on HN
Alternatives named
Doom fire algorithm
From 1 comment
This looks very similar to the Doom fire algorithm (later), except that one is applied to a fixed buffer over and over again every frame. > it is tempting to view the algorithm…
tomxor on HN
Scarabaeus (C64)
From 1 comment
I wish someone would remake this weird game from the C64 that has stayed in my head since forever: Scarabaeus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FusuIst21E4
Scapeghost on HN