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#79of 3,109 in 2023
Top 3%of 2023 by points
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7 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 19 comments about the project. Thread score +0.19.
Idea: 3 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
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What people liked
Fun and original way to learn assembly
From 4 comments
Dude, this is awesome! I want to play it at work
skeptrune on HNVery impressive. Maybe most impressive is that you got your 12 year old daughter to play this! When can I expect the CHERI version? :-D
IshKebab on HNMy favorite HN comment of all time was by cperciva 16 years ago: ``` cperciva on July 18, 2007 "Did you win the Putnam?" Yes, I did. ``` But my new favorite announcement is this…
tomcam on HNWell I am going to introduce this at my work.
Levitating on HN
Compared favorably to Core War and similar games
From 2 comments
I'm surprised no one has mentioned that this is very similar to Core War.[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_War
tankenmate on HNCoreWar is definitely one of ideal programming games (since I like assembly coding). Not many games like it these days, unfortunately, perhaps the closest one is Zachtronics'…
anta40 on HN
Objections
Gender and age assumptions about the daughter's interest
From 3 comments
What I find interesting is how we tend to view the world as a mirror of ourselves. If I'm interested in buffer overflows and programming than my daughter must be highly…
corethree on HN>You are implying that the creator of the project is pushing this onto their daughter merely for his own vanity - where do you get that from? I browsed a few pages on the site,…
corethree on HNNot all paths have the odds stacked against you. Put yourself in her shoes. What does she like? What are her interests? What is she good at? Don't be so blinded by love that you…
corethree on HN
Requests
A CHERI version
From 1 comment
Very impressive. Maybe most impressive is that you got your 12 year old daughter to play this! When can I expect the CHERI version? :-D
IshKebab on HN
Questions
Whether kids find assembly too technical
From 2 comments
It's not an unusual age to get into computers now. It's an unusual subject though! Back in the 8 bit days you didn't have the option of writing 3D games and websites and apps and…
IshKebab on HNYeah, I were programming 6502 assembly at 12. Not that easy to do for a 12 year old now with today's computers
Max-q on HN
Alternatives named
Core War
From 2 comments
I'm surprised no one has mentioned that this is very similar to Core War.[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_War
tankenmate on HNCore War is a game played in a memory arena of a virtual machine supporting a simple simulated assembly language. I first saw it described in a 1984 issue of Scientific…
todd8 on HN
TIS-100
From 1 comment
CoreWar is definitely one of ideal programming games (since I like assembly coding). Not many games like it these days, unfortunately, perhaps the closest one is Zachtronics'…
anta40 on HN
Tierra
From 1 comment
Reminds me of Tierra[1], the "virtual life" simulator. Haven't read the history of Tierra but wouldn't surprise me if he was inspired by Core War when creating it. [1]:…
magicalhippo on HN
Human Resource Machine
From 1 comment
I had a friend who loved games but claimed he didn't have the mind for coding and yet he was tricked into doing it via the game Human Resource Machine and some of his solutions…
djmips on HN