Quinesnake
Games
quine game
SHOW HN2019
131points
17comments
#348of 2,195 in 2019
Top 16%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
5 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score +0.37.
Idea: 3 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive and spectacular technical feat
From 3 comments
This is spectacular! You had me at ``` ./quinesnake.cpp ``` The rest is just the icing on a cake :)
eps on HNAre there resources for making a quine that improve the development process or is it exactly as insanely tedious as it looks? Because this looks pretty impressive.
gatherhunterer on HNVery cool
atum47 on HN
Polyglot quine is a fun idea
From 1 comment
So it’s not just a quine, but a polyglot quine even. They are the best :)
codetrotter on HN
Objections
Colours not working on one commenter's setup, making the food hard to find
From 1 comment
This is really neat! Unfortunately the color isn't working for me for some reason, which makes locating the initial food quite difficult. Any idea what could cause that?
Sniffnoy on HN
Requests
Report platform and curses details so the portability bug can be fixed
From 1 comment
Oh that sucks, the whole point of programs like these is that they should still be portable. Could you make a GitHub issue (or email me) with your platform, shell, compiler…
taylorconor on HN
Questions
Are there resources or tooling for making quines easier to build
From 1 comment
Are there resources for making a quine that improve the development process or is it exactly as insanely tedious as it looks? Because this looks pretty impressive.
gatherhunterer on HN