Freeciv-Earth
Games
strategy game
SHOW HN2016
63points
12comments
#611of 2,264 in 2016
Top 27%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
4 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score +0.22.
Execution: 2 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive feature and fast loading
From 2 comments
Well that is pretty damn impressive! Well done!
mhuffman on HNIt loaded really fast on my macbook pro in FF. Thanks for that!
erikb on HN
Fun idea for playing on familiar places
From 2 comments
I would love to see how a battle for my neighborhood would go. Please enable geolocation.
oaf357 on HNIf you're in the suburbs, it seems like the barbarian spawn rate might be too high. (And, by "barbarian", I mean "children".) But, I agree. I've often thought how cool it would…
SwellJoe on HN
Objections
Map attribution to OSM was incorrect, since imagery is Mapbox
From 1 comment
The satellite/aerial imagery you show on the first page is strictly a Mapbox product, it isn't something from OSM. So attributing OSM on that slippy is incorrect. Do you pull OSM…
maxerickson on HN
Barbarian spawn rate seems too high in suburbs
From 1 comment
If you're in the suburbs, it seems like the barbarian spawn rate might be too high. (And, by "barbarian", I mean "children".) But, I agree. I've often thought how cool it would…
SwellJoe on HN
Requests
Enable geolocation to start on own neighborhood
From 1 comment
I would love to see how a battle for my neighborhood would go. Please enable geolocation.
oaf357 on HN
Questions
Whether an install is needed to play Freeciv
From 1 comment
Looks cool, but I get a Network error, "Unable to communicate with the civclientlauncher servlet. Error: error OK null". Do I have to install something first? Edit: I've never…
bubblesorting on HN