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crabmuskettoday at 7:16 AM1 replyview on HN

And don't forget Thief, the king of medieval stealth punk fantasy loot games.

Self promo: I wrote a tiny post about an interesting technical detail of Thief's game engine - the world is actually solid, and gameplay areas are carved out of it like caves.

https://crabmusket.net/2025/the-solid-universe-of-thief-the-...

More here:

https://nothings.org/gamedev/thief_rendering.html#csg


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thaumasiotestoday at 8:10 AM

> I wrote a tiny post about an interesting technical detail of Thief's game engine - the world is actually solid, and gameplay areas are carved out of it like caves.

This is true of Unreal Tournament too. How unusual is it?

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