Kandria
Games
action rpg
SHOW HN2023
487points
127comments
#58of 3,109 in 2023
Top 2%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
33 positive, 20 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 56 comments about the project. Thread score +0.54.
Idea: 7 for, 2 againstDocs: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive ambition and polish
From 2 comments
So I bought it and have been playing a while (just found Sahil) and I have to say, I'm super impressed by the ambition of the game. It's kind of a mix of Celeste and Fallout, I'd…
amalgamated_inc on HNWow looks beautiful, congratulations. Would love to learn about the development experience, specially taking into consideration that you've used Lisp.
joamag on HN
Good to see a commercial Lisp game
From 2 comments
This is dope as heck. I used to contribute to the common lisp SDL2 bindings. Great to see a polished game on Steam written in Common Lisp! Recently saw one in Haskell too. And…
agentultra on HNCommon Lisp is pretty cool, and to my knowledge this is the first major game title using it that is actually released.
Shinmera on HN
Open source release is welcome
From 2 comments
This is really great to see. I’m looking forward to learning from your work. Thanks for making it public. Long Live Lisp!
jes on HNCongratulations on the release! I've been following the development blog for a fair while and backed the kickstarter and am very happy to see this game finally getting released…
10987654321 on HN
Objections
No Mac version
From 1 comment
Very cool. Is any of this exposed at the user level in any way for modding/experimentation or is that just too unworkable in production? Also, curious if there was a toolchain…
jshaqaw on HN
No console support such as Switch
From 2 comments
Are there any plans to support consoles (ps5, switch)?
tumdum_ on HNHi, looks really great! Would really love to see it available for Nintendo Switch. As a casual gamer, I don’t like to lock myself away and play games, so I only really play games…
aetherspawn on HN
Requests
Switch or console port
From 2 comments
Are there any plans to support consoles (ps5, switch)?
tumdum_ on HNHi, looks really great! Would really love to see it available for Nintendo Switch. As a casual gamer, I don’t like to lock myself away and play games, so I only really play games…
aetherspawn on HN
Linux or GOG availability
From 1 comment
Wow, looks awesome! I love these indie sidescrollers. Will it be available for Linux, maybe on GOG?
amalgamated_inc on HN
Questions
Whether the game can be hacked or modded
From 2 comments
Forgive me if this is a dumb question, if I install this through Steam can I hack on it?
carapace on HNVery cool. Is any of this exposed at the user level in any way for modding/experimentation or is that just too unworkable in production? Also, curious if there was a toolchain…
jshaqaw on HN
Why it is written in Common Lisp
From 1 comment
Hey, why does it matter if it's made in 'common lisp' ?
keldami on HN
Alternatives named
Celeste
From 2 comments
I was going to comment controls looked like the mega hit "Celeste" and then I found this comment on HN, from 6 months ago, by the dev of Kandria: "I wanted to create something…
TacticalCoder on HNSo I bought it and have been playing a while (just found Sahil) and I have to say, I'm super impressed by the ambition of the game. It's kind of a mix of Celeste and Fallout, I'd…
amalgamated_inc on HN
Knytt
From 1 comment
Reminds me of Knytt. Is it more like Knytt than Celeste ? I didn't Celeste.
johnchristopher on HN
Fallout
From 1 comment
So I bought it and have been playing a while (just found Sahil) and I have to say, I'm super impressed by the ambition of the game. It's kind of a mix of Celeste and Fallout, I'd…
amalgamated_inc on HN