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So, you want to make a game engine (2023) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: unity, unreal engine, game engines

2.

Show HN: Minesweeper Raycasted (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-25 | tags: minesweeper, raycast, show hn

3.

Check out this nifty 3D Playdate game demo (engadget.com)

2026-07-22 | by Anna Washenko | tags: playdate, cristina ramos, mirror's edge

4.

A new coding contest challenges developers to fit an entire game onto a 1.44MB floppy disk (techspot.com)

2026-07-20 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: floppy disk, 2p game arcade, game development

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Korean outfit hosting 1.44MB game development contest to honor the floppy disk — entrants must confine entire fileset, including resources, engine, and library, to miniscule storage format (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-18 | by Mark Tyson | tags: floppy disk, game development, 2p_game_arcade

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Roblox launches an AI-powered game creation feature in its mobile app (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-16 | by Lauren Forristal | tags: roblox, build, ai models

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The third Xbox price hike in 15 months raises all models by at least $100 (techspot.com)

2026-06-26 | get Xbox Series X Console → | tags: xbox, microsoft, game consoles

8.

Epic Games Announces Lore Open-Source Version Control System (slashdot.org)

2026-06-17 | get GitHub Desktop → | tags: epic games, lore, version control

9.

Epic Games announces Lore version control system (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-17 | get Unreal Engine Lore Tracker → | tags: epic games, lore, version control

10.

Curry Barker Has ‘Such a Cool Idea’ for ‘Obsession 2’ (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-15 | tags: curry barker, obsession 2, game development

11.

Pac-Man, but you're the ghost (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-14 | get Pac-Man Ghost Plush Toy → | tags: pac-man, ghost ai, maze game

12.

Shepherd's Dog: A Game by the Most Dangerous AI Model (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-13 | get AI Model T-Shirt → | tags: anthropic, shepherd's dog, ai model

13.

Bitsy (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-11 | get Bitsy Game Engine → | tags: bitsy, itch.io, github

14.

Bitburner, programming-based incremental game (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-28 | get Bitburner Game Guide Book → | tags: bitburner, incremental game, programming

15.

A Markdown-based test suite (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-18 | by Julio Merino | get Markdown Test Suite Book → | tags: endbasic, ai agents, space invaders

16.

Europe May Soon Get a Non-U.S. Alternative to Unreal Engine (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-09 | get Unity Software Development Kit → | tags: unreal engine, europe, non-u.s.

17.

The Visible Zorker Lets You Peer Under the Hood to See How Games Worked in the 80s (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-02 | get Vintage Text Adventure Game Kit → | tags: zorker, 80s games, game development

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Google Exec Says Your Favorite Video Games Are Secretly Made With AI (futurism.com)

2026-04-24 | by Frank Landymore | get AI Game Development Kit → | tags: google cloud, ai in gaming, game development

19.

Roblox’s AI assistant gets new agentic tools to plan, build, and test games (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-16 | by Aisha Malik | get Roblox Developer Hub Kit → | tags: roblox, roblox assistant, ai tools

20.

Game devs explain the tricks involved with letting you pause a game (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-16 | get Game Development Pause Button Kit → | tags: game development, game design, user experience

21.

I learned Unity the wrong way (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-16 | get Unity Official Learning Kit → | tags: unity, game development, learning

22.

A Better Ludum Dare; Or, How to Ruin a Legacy (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-16 | tags: ludum dare, legacy, game jam

23.

Bevy game development tutorials and in-depth resources (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-09 | get Unity Game Development Book → | tags: bevy, game development, tutorials

24.

C# in Unity 2026: Features Most Developers Still Don't Use (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-06 | get Unity C# Programming Guide → | tags: unity, unity 2026, game development

25.

Binary obfuscation used in AAA Games (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-05 | get Obfuscated Game Development Toolkit → | tags: binary obfuscation, aaa games, game development

26.

I Built an Open-World Engine for the N64 [video] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-28 | get N64 Development Kit → | tags: n64, open-world engine, video game development

27.

Looking at Unity made me understand the point of C++ coroutines (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-21 | get Unity C# Coroutine Guide → | tags: unity, c++, coroutines

28.

The Impact of AI on Game Dev Jobs. Open to Work Crisis (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-21 | get AI Game Development Toolkit → | tags: game development, openai, jobs

29.

Google's Genie 3 AI can generate playable worlds, but they still fall apart after a minute (techspot.com)

2026-03-13 | get AI World Builder Kit → | tags: google, genie 3, project genie

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Google improves Project Genie world consistency, but developers still can't build games with it (techspot.com)

2026-03-13 | get Google Cloud Game Development Kit → | tags: google, project genie, genie 3