Serious Sam handled massive amounts of enemies on 56k modem connections(staniks.github.io)

361 points by sklopec 2 years ago | 142 comments

A technical article by Marko Stanić analyzing the Serious Engine's networking model, explaining how Serious Sam handled large numbers of enemies over 56k modem connections.

Leaving Neovim for Zed(stevedylan.dev)

289 points by mxstbr 2 years ago | 252 comments

Making a game on a custom bytecode VM in 7 days and 3kB(laurent.le-brun.eu)

71 points by laurentlb 10 months ago | 11 comments

I Fought the IRS for Over $12K and won(mikekasberg.com)

33 points by LorenDB 1 year ago | 37 comments

Let's compile like it's 1992 (2014)(fabiensanglard.net)

298 points by sysoleg 2 years ago | 101 comments

Tech takes the Pareto principle too far(bobbylox.com)

226 points by bobbylox 1 year ago | 86 comments

I love software rendering(jamesfmackenzie.com)

337 points by speckx 10 days ago | 212 comments

A personal blog post by James Mackenzie about his love of software-rendered 3D graphics in classic MS-DOS and PC games like Quake.

VVVVVV Source Code(github.com)

385 points by radeeyate 1 year ago | 72 comments

GitHub repository by Terry Cavanagh hosting the source code of the indie platformer game VVVVVV, with desktop and mobile versions.

I learned Vulkan and wrote a small game engine with it(edw.is)

599 points by eliasdaler 2 years ago | 240 comments

Elias Daler's blog post on learning Vulkan and building a small game engine with two demo games in three months, with code on GitHub.

AI is mass decompiling games. That's both awesome and scary(popcar.bearblog.dev)

64 points by popcar2 12 days ago | 54 comments

A personal blog post arguing that AI tools are enabling mass decompilation of video games, which the author sees as both exciting and worrying.

Fuck it, make it anyway(joelotter.com)

504 points by JayOtter 1 month ago | 495 comments

A personal blog essay by indie game developer Joel Auterson encouraging people to make their creative projects anyway despite doubts.

City building games have a Soul Problem pt.2(radical-elements.com)

150 points by lexx 23 days ago | 143 comments

Blog post by Alex Lingris, the second part of an essay arguing city-building games like Cities: Skylines 2 lack soul.