Show HN: Asterogue, my sci-fi roguelike, is now playable on the web

Re:Show HN: Asterogue, my sci-fi roguelike, is now playable ... by modeless on Friday November 08, 2024 @12:33PM (#42088695)

Glad to see more web games! The zero install/instant load aspect is such a huge advantage for the web. I am interested to see people's experience with monetization on web vs app stores.

These days it's possible to do almost any mobile game as a web game. I recently discovered this very polished (despite the cartoony graphics) battle royale: https://gooberdash.winterpixel.io/ and the creator has an HN post describing how they did it (Godot with wasm threads): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40372308

Another good source on the technical aspects of porting to the web is Sebastian Altonen, a very good graphics programmer who works at a company called HypeHype doing a kind of TikTok-but-Roblox hybrid. He is currently porting from WebGL to WebGPU and posting a lot about it here: https://x.com/SebAaltonen

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Re:Show HN: Asterogue, my sci-fi roguelike, is now playable ... by nightowl_games on Friday November 08, 2024 @09:08PM (#42092046)

Thanks for posting my game. Seeing this post get traction while my posts on HN got none was a bit of a heart breaker.

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Re:Show HN: Asterogue, my sci-fi roguelike, is now playable ... by modeless on Friday November 08, 2024 @09:14PM (#42092068)

Well, I can understand why HN might go for a sci-fi roguelike over a game aimed at kids, even if it is technically impressive. If you made a blog post about a couple of interesting technical or business details you might get traction that way.

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Re:Show HN: Asterogue, my sci-fi roguelike, is now playable ... by Confirm2754 on Saturday November 09, 2024 @03:04AM (#42093169)

Stunning physics and guidance! It's a nice casual game

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Re:Show HN: Asterogue, my sci-fi roguelike, is now playable ... by chrisco255 on Saturday November 09, 2024 @03:58AM (#42093353)

Game is super fun multiplayer experience, def recommend.

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Re:Show HN: Asterogue, my sci-fi roguelike, is now playable ... by bee180 on Saturday November 09, 2024 @05:27PM (#42097310)

No need to be rude to OP. Their game is very nice, and is no more or less deserving of success than yours.

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