Twitch Plays Doom
Games
twitch plays game
SHOW HN2017
Twitch Plays Doom
This is the inevitable post after jeff_harris released restful-doom…
news.ycombinator.comHow HN took it
1 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score -0.17.
Performance: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Fun to watch, especially factions forming over god mode
From 2 comments
This has been my favourite part of the entire stream, didn't expect factions forming at all!
dddanmar on HNIt looks like there are two factions forming over the control of `iddqd` command. It's a battle of trying to keep the marine alive versus killing him. Every-time someone types…
_Marak_ on HN
Mixer/Beam has much lower stream latency
From 1 comment
No agfiliation, but Mixer/Beam [0] had a much lower delay than twitch. It unfortunately has the issue of not having anywhere the popularity of twitch. [0] https://mixer.com
maccard on HN
Objections
8 second stream delay makes real-time control too slow
From 2 comments
Okay, I've been watching this for a few minutes, and... the 8 second delay is FAR too long. Doom is simply too interactive. You need to be able to control it in realtime. I…
exikyut on HNHard to play a real-time game with a 7 second delay...
wcummings on HN
God mode toggling caused fights between viewers
From 1 comment
I played it for a while, it was fun but a bit frustrating having to fight the people trying to turn god mode off.
Rampoina on HN
Requests
Lower or adjustable delay
From 1 comment
Okay, I've been watching this for a few minutes, and... the 8 second delay is FAR too long. Doom is simply too interactive. You need to be able to control it in realtime. I…
exikyut on HN
Show executing command and username on stream
From 1 comment
Okay, I've been watching this for a few minutes, and... the 8 second delay is FAR too long. Doom is simply too interactive. You need to be able to control it in realtime. I…
exikyut on HN
Consensus voting system for inputs
From 1 comment
Okay, I've been watching this for a few minutes, and... the 8 second delay is FAR too long. Doom is simply too interactive. You need to be able to control it in realtime. I…
exikyut on HN
Questions
How to reduce Twitch stream latency
From 1 comment
100% - the delay is as low as I can get it. Twitch uses RTMPE for the most part, it's always going to be a little delayed. It's a decent box, compression is on, connected to…
dddanmar on HN
Alternatives named
Twitch Plays Pokemon
From 1 comment
Yeah. This sort of feels like after Twitch Plays Pokemon when everyone was doing Twitch Plays XYZ. Someone did Twitch Plays Super Meat Boy and it was completely impossible to get…
lillesvin on HN
Mixer/Beam low-latency streaming
From 1 comment
No agfiliation, but Mixer/Beam [0] had a much lower delay than twitch. It unfortunately has the issue of not having anywhere the popularity of twitch. [0] https://mixer.com
maccard on HN