alt Hacker NewsShow HN: Homegames. An open-source game platform I've been making for 8 years
I'm making a platform for simple open source games you can play anywhere.
Games are all just JavaScript classes and you can read the source of every game on the platform.
I started working on initial "games" (mostly rendering tests) in 2018 and eventually built all of the platform stuff around it to make it easy to share games.
There's also an in-browser editor available for you to make and publish games all from the browser.
Would love some feedback on the games and studio features as well as the platform overall. All of the code is available at https://github.com/homegamesio
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I like the concept and tried to play some games by starting or joining sessions, either nothing happened or I got disconnected straight away?
Anyway nice concept. I’m also making web games (see my post history) so if anyone wanted to connect and discuss, send me an email (in profile too)
Does everything need a "session"? Is it possible to have fully static games/exports?
Does anyone remember "Shoot 'Em Up Construction Kit" on the Amiga?
Nice! Some fun making big chains explodey things :)
Nice idea. I found a couple of interesting games on this.
Thanks for sharing! Cool that you haven't stopped working on this project after that long time. It gives me inspiration to work on my projects which I can't find time to finish.
Wow nice.
Could not play any of the games - too many requests errors. Why do they need "sessions", are they not running client-side?