Lightsaber Battle

Games

browser lightsaber battle game

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38points
35comments
#1,459of 3,515 in 2024
Top 42%of 2024 by points

How HN took it

RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical

4 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 12 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score -0.23.

Execution: 0 for, 7 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 against

The thread, comment by comment

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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Funny and entertaining, people laughed at it

    From 2 comments
    • I laughed. Then I laughed at the sound effects. Then I laughed at what happened when I left the tab open in the background.
      flkiwi on HN
    • lmao - Is someone making the lightsaber sounds with their mouth?
      frenchie4111 on HN

Objections

  • Multiple XSS vulnerabilities; name validation is client-side only

    From 3 comments
    • Seems like there are some XSS vulnerabilities :D
      zlies on HN
    • Yep. Directly renders HTML input and the ‘name’ validation is clientside only.
      pfgallagher on HN
    • Ah, the importance of not relying on front-end validation.
      notum on HN
  • No mobile support

    From 1 comment
  • Tracking link opened and privacy concerns raised

    From 1 comment
    • Somehow I ended up here: https://grabify.link/track/K0U70F
      wcerfgba on HN

Requests

  • Add more features such as actual fighting and winning or losing

    From 2 comments
    • I wish I could actually fight something and win/loose! (Pretty cool for a laugh)
      gwbas1c on HN
    • I’ll definitely add more to this
      jeanmayer on HN
  • Mobile-friendly support

    From 1 comment

Questions

  • Why Firefox blocked 100+ pop-ups

    From 1 comment
    • Was wondering why firefox said it blocked 100+ pop ups
      recov on HN

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