catcopter
Games
multiplayer browser game
SHOW HN2026
How HN took it
11 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 7 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score +0.22.
Design: 1 for, 3 againstIdea: 3 for, 1 againstExecution: 2 for, 1 againstPerformance: 1 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.
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun and dorky gameplay
From 4 comments
Was a lot of fun. What's the server backend built in? NodeJS?
rishi_devan on HNLoved it
cfontes on HNThis is absolutely ridiculous. I love it.
geooff_ on HNTeam Fortress for cats. Nice!
akman on HN
Good concept and mechanics
From 2 comments
It's pretty fun! I can see a lot of "AI-markers" in the assets, but these things can be improved over time. The concept and mechanics are quite cool, keep it going!
gosen on HNThis is fun and nice idea for a multiplayer game, but will be cool if you open sourced it. But, still good work.
modinfo on HN
Objections
Assets look AI-generated
From 2 comments
It's pretty fun! I can see a lot of "AI-markers" in the assets, but these things can be improved over time. The concept and mechanics are quite cool, keep it going!
gosen on HNBuilding creative parts of games is actually the most difficult part with AI, it's usually very sloppy and I had to do many iterations to make it less "AI-looking" because AI…
gosen on HN
Busy UI with too many popups
From 2 comments
Popups popups everywhere
avereveard on HNVery busy ui. Mmo levels of stuff vying for the players attention
RugnirViking on HN
Does not run well in Firefox
From 2 comments
Doesn't seem to work in firefox. Probably my old pc. CPU pegged on chrome version.
jnellis on HNHere's the console output. It get's stuck at 72%... "painting or something" on progress bar. THREE.BufferGeometry.toNonIndexed(): BufferGeometry is already non-indexed.…
jnellis on HN
Core gameplay feels rough with input lag
From 1 comment
The core gameplay is so 'bad'. It looks and feels like a mobile game slop you'd see in a shady popup ad. The guns seen to have broken physics, the movement has input lag. I guess…
Fizz43 on HN
Requests
Add a full screen button for mobile
From 1 comment
Please add a full screen button for mobile!
adzm on HN
Open source the game
From 1 comment
This is fun and nice idea for a multiplayer game, but will be cool if you open sourced it. But, still good work.
modinfo on HN
Change default game mode when enough players join
From 1 comment
Would be cool if the default game mode changed when there were enough players; I think everyone goes into the catnip mode just because it is default, no one is ever in the other…
adzm on HN
Questions
What is the server backend built in
From 1 comment
Was a lot of fun. What's the server backend built in? NodeJS?
rishi_devan on HN
How the cat movements and animations are created
From 1 comment
How were the cat’s movements such as its flight the motion of its wings or propeller and its head movements created? did the ai generate pre-made animation clips or are the…
algorr on HN
Alternatives named
Team Fortress
From 1 comment
Team Fortress for cats. Nice!
akman on HN
SWAT Kats
From 1 comment
Was kind of hoping this would be more like SWAT Kats
tracerbulletx on HN