Dirty Optimization Secrets (C for Playdate)(devforum.play.date)
66 points by ibobev | 7 comments
Playdate developer forum thread sharing advanced C optimization tricks learned while building a full-speed Game Boy emulator for the Playdate.
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6 stories tagged game-dev, newest first.
![Screenshot of youtube.com: A walkable ASCII cyberpunk city in one HTML file [video]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2026/8/31/71242a14-9dcc-4066-b2d2-286e6be2e374.jpg)
A walkable ASCII cyberpunk city in one HTML file [video](youtube.com)
381 points by keithcarolus | 58 comments
YouTube video from Grow Now! Games showing a walkable ASCII-rendered cyberpunk city built in a single HTML file.
Building a Procedural Hex Map with Wave Function Collapse(felixturner.github.io)
545 points by imadr | 82 comments
Article describing how the author built procedurally generated medieval hex-tile islands using Wave Function Collapse and WebGPU, with a live demo and source code.
Put the DVD logo in the corner (2023)(eieio.games)
381 points by EndXA | 74 comments
A developer's game diary post about building a PICO-8 arcade game where you steer the bouncing DVD logo into the corner.
Flappy Dird: Flappy Bird Implemented in MacOS Finder(eieio.games)
530 points by eieio | 54 comments
Blog post from eieio.games presenting Flappy Dird, a Flappy Bird clone that runs inside the macOS Finder using folder and file names as pixels.
Factorio: Space Age(factorio.com)
1318 points by haunter | 322 comments
Factorio Friday Facts #373 blog post announcing the game's expansion, Factorio: Space Age, by kovarex and Earendel.