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Game theory illustrated by an animated cartoon game
an interactive guide to the game theory of why & how we trust each other
Most cited
Posts that commenters keep linking to, ranked by how many different people have cited them in Hacker News comments. 13 posts.
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Making Crash Bandicoot (2011)
As one of the co-creators of Crash Bandicoot, I have been (slowly) writing a long series of posts on the making of everyone’s favorite orange marsupial. You can find them all below, so enjoy.…
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No Graphics API
A deep dive into graphics APIs, shader languages and GPU architecture, exploring a simpler design for modern hardware. By Sebastian Aaltonen.
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CSS Minecraft
A Minecraft clone made with pure HTML & CSS – no JavaScript.
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Image Dithering: Eleven Algorithms and Source Code (2012)
Dithering is still a surprisingly applicable technique, not just for practical reasons (such as preparing a full-color image for output on a non-color printer), but for artistic reasons as well. Dithering also has applications in web design, where it is a useful technique for reducing images with high color counts to…
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Making video games (without an engine) in 2025
Thoughts, tools, and libraries I use to make games
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Uncovering the mechanics of The Games: Winter Challenge
An investigation into The Games; Winter Challenge
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Standard patterns in choice-based games (2015)
When I was analysing the structures of CYOA works a few years back, I began to recognise some strong recurring design patterns. I came up with some home-brewed terminology, but didn’t ever la…
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Technicalities of Homeworld 2 Backgrounds
Just kidding. Of course, I have something to say about this. In the company, we look at the art of Homeworld from time to time and bow to the creators of this masterpiece. Once, we talked about how great the background look and how interesting this sketched style is. There is something…some details seem…special to us: