Athena Crisis

Games

turn-based strategy

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276points
90comments
#240of 3,515 in 2024
Top 7%of 2024 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

13 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 8 mixed, 23 critical, out of 55 comments about the project. Thread score -0.11.

Design: 3 for, 10 againstPerformance: 2 for, 7 againstExecution: 3 for, 3 againstIdea: 2 for, 2 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Playable demo embedded in landing page is impressive

    From 3 comments
    • I was going to be fairly underwhelmed, I mean, yeah it's a web game of course you can play it on its website, wooplidoo. But actually having a demo directly in the middle of the…
      iraldir on HN
    • Firefox, Windows 11 on a fairly modern computer. * I don't know what to do when all my units have played. Is there a next turn button ? * The info/goal/next unit buttons are…
      PetitPrince on HN
    • I absolutely love when products have interactive versions of their product right in their product pages. The game looks really good, love the art style and the readability of it…
      intruder on HN
  • Art style and color palette appealing

    From 3 comments
    • Your game looks great! Love the color palette, I’ll keep an eye on this for sure. Sorry for the curveball, but I’d be really interested in hearing about the process of finding…
      npinsker on HN
    • Nice graphics! I lost badly, and have desire to return.
      adamredwoods on HN
    • I absolutely love when products have interactive versions of their product right in their product pages. The game looks really good, love the art style and the readability of it…
      intruder on HN
  • Full-featured browser game

    From 2 comments
    • Wow, I haven't seen a browser game this full-featured since CrossCode. Were there any completely unexpected challenges on the web?
      pie_flavor on HN
    • I just watched parts of your "How Not to Build a Video Game" talk and I am blown away. I have not seen anyone build a game at this level with css. Do you know of any other games…
      zoidb on HN

Objections

  • Poor performance and crashes in Firefox and mobile browsers

    From 5 comments
    • I tried it out, but it froze up my browser on Firefox + Windows on a pretty well-resourced desktop. The page loaded fine, but when I hit "Play" everything ground to a halt, and…
      mtlynch on HN
    • It's unusably slow for me in Firefox/Linux, as in multiple seconds per frame with the CPU at 100%.
      Narishma on HN
    • me too (FF and Windows) it was so slow I nearly ended the FF process, would hardly scroll
      123pie123 on HN
    • Opening the link crashed Chrome on iOS in a little over a second here.
      alwa on HN
    • On my iPad it consistently crashes after I play 1 round.
      yreg on HN
  • Lacks tutorial and unclear controls, end-turn button hard to find

    From 4 comments
    • Very cool demo, but I think it needs a NUX as I have no idea what to do. I randomly clicked stuff but I have no idea if anything accomplished anything.
      mashlol on HN
    • Firefox, Windows 11 on a fairly modern computer. * I don't know what to do when all my units have played. Is there a next turn button ? * The info/goal/next unit buttons are…
      PetitPrince on HN
    • I've always known it as FTE (First Time Experience). Agreed, the controls aren't entirely intuitive. I didn't know I had to click on the wait icon to 'end' that char's 'turn'.…
      theogravity on HN
    • Works great for me on Vivaldi on Android and Linux but I couldn't figure out how to end my turn on desktop. There should probably be a help dialog for that when you don't have…
      dagurp on HN
  • Too similar to Advance Wars

    From 2 comments
    • It does, and it's a very good game, but this feels like plagiarism with how similar it is -- artwork style, mechanics, even UI is essentially identical to the GBA games
      alacritas0 on HN
    • Is it inspired in Advance Wars?
      germandiago on HN
  • Music plays by default and is jarring

    From 2 comments
    • I was going to be fairly underwhelmed, I mean, yeah it's a web game of course you can play it on its website, wooplidoo. But actually having a demo directly in the middle of the…
      iraldir on HN
    • Firefox, Windows 11 on a fairly modern computer. * I don't know what to do when all my units have played. Is there a next turn button ? * The info/goal/next unit buttons are…
      PetitPrince on HN

Requests

  • Add tutorial or new user experience

    From 3 comments
    • Very cool demo, but I think it needs a NUX as I have no idea what to do. I randomly clicked stuff but I have no idea if anything accomplished anything.
      mashlol on HN
    • I've always known it as FTE (First Time Experience). Agreed, the controls aren't entirely intuitive. I didn't know I had to click on the wait icon to 'end' that char's 'turn'.…
      theogravity on HN
    • Personally, I'm somewhat charmed that it threw me into battle without an explicit tutorial… although that's probably because I'm familiar with Advance Wars. However, even for me,…
      comex on HN
  • Add fast forward for AI moves against humans

    From 2 comments
    • Is there a "fast forward" for the AI actions? The thing that will turn me off a game like this faster than anything else is being forced to sit through and watch the individual…
      vidarh on HN
    • This is literally the reason why I never liked advance wars. It's painfully slow (especially against a human) and you have to wait for every single unit move, and because I'm…
      TheRoque on HN
  • Fix Stripe checkout on iOS Safari

    From 1 comment
    • This is the third time I’ve seen your beautiful game now. So I decided to pull the trigger and buy early access. Unfortunately after filling out the stripe form on iOS Safari the…
      vinnymac on HN
  • Disable music by default

    From 1 comment
    • Firefox, Windows 11 on a fairly modern computer. * I don't know what to do when all my units have played. Is there a next turn button ? * The info/goal/next unit buttons are…
      PetitPrince on HN

Questions

  • Is there multiplayer?

    From 1 comment
    • Had fun killing an hour there, fun gameplay. Is there multiplayer?
      greentext on HN
  • How to build structures and end turn?

    From 2 comments
    • Demo was tough, but fun, so I bought the game! How do I build structures in the prequel campaign? Is it an action on the Pioneer on specific land squares?
      ukuina on HN
    • I tried the demo but after using every move on every unit nothing happens
      tsukurimashou on HN

Alternatives named

  • Advance Wars

    From 2 comments
    • Nice work! This reminds me of the "Advance Wars" game series on GBA.
      tesrx on HN
    • It does, and it's a very good game, but this feels like plagiarism with how similar it is -- artwork style, mechanics, even UI is essentially identical to the GBA games
      alacritas0 on HN
  • Wargroove

    From 1 comment
    • Check out Wargroove if you like this sort of game
      dagurp on HN
  • Operation Combat

    From 1 comment
    • The earliest one I've played was Operation Combat on the Amiga in 1991. https://youtu.be/uC845vxdyuY
      Sohcahtoa82 on HN

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