alt Hacker NewsShow HN: HN Game Stories – mini-documentary of games that hit the front page
Hi all, This is coolwulf and I have been working on a project. The idea is to generate video content on popular Hacker News gaming stories. So far I just started this idea and will continue contributing to the content.
Author here. Quick notes on how this works and where it's going: Each video is built by a small Python pipeline — it pulls a notable HN gaming story, drafts a tight narration script, renders it with a neural TTS voice (running locally on Apple Silicon), and cuts it over footage and original motion graphics with ffmpeg. The site itself is a deliberately HN-flavored list with a simple upvote API. It's early and very much a work in progress — right now there are a handful of episodes (Playdate, Tiny Wind, Battle for Wesnoth, an F-15 story, and a couple more). My goal is short, watchable mini-documentaries rather than auto-generated filler, so I'm iterating on pacing and writing quality more than volume. Two things I'd genuinely like feedback on: (1) which HN gaming stories you'd most want to see covered, and (2) whether the narration lands as "documentary" or still feels robotic. Footage sourcing is the part I'm most careful about, so I'm leaning more on original graphics over time. Thanks for taking a look.