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amirrajan.net is a personal blog at amirrajan.net about games and programming. Since 2012, 11 different Hacker News readers have linked it 31 times, most often “How I Clawed My Way to the #1 Spot in the US App Store”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Developer blog by Amir Rajan following the making of the browser game A Dark Room. HN readers link it as a behind-the-scenes account of the game's development.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- How I Clawed My Way to the #1 Spot in the US App Store2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2014-03-06
- A letter to the fans of A Dark Room2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2013-11-26
- Revenue Updates for A Dark Room et. al2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-11-16
- Getting Featured by Apple2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-11-21
What Hacker News says?
I'm in the same boat right now. I quit my job and am on a "learning" sabbatical right now myself. Some of the reasons you stated where mine too.. maybe some of the lessons I've learned so far may help: http://amirrajan.net/meta/2013/07/14/rebooting-life/
Comment linking /meta/2013/07/14/rebooting-life/
on “I quit my job”Submitted Revenue Updates for A Dark Room et. al as a story · 35 points
HN discussionWe wanted to add more to the game, but at some point you have to pull back on your urge to tack on more things. So from that standpoint ADR is done. If your rank is low, release, and release often. Don't sweat the reviews (use them as a means to gain feedback from the people who've downloaded the game). You can also make your app free for a couple of days which will bring in new eyes (you lose your rank if you do th…
Comment linking /a-dark-room/
on “A Dark Room: The Best-Selling Game That No One Can Explain ”Submitted Perception is Reality - .Net OSS is DOA as a story · 6 points
HN discussionIt's fantastic to see this game finally get recognized. Amir is a great developer and it has been a lot of fun to watch the game progress over the past few months. He's maintained a developer blog throughout the process. It's a really interesting read: http://amirrajan.net/a-dark-room/ I first learned of A Dark Room when Amir presented it to the local Dallas Ruby group. His presentation on development in RubyMotion…
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on “A Dark Room: The Best-Selling Game That No One Can Explain ”Submitted Getting Featured by Apple as a story · 4 points
HN discussionYou're right. The var keyword isn't dynamic typing. The dynamic keyword is though. dynamic C# 4.0 can do mixins, method missing, etc: http://amirrajan.net/Blog/dynamic-c-sharp
Comment linking /Blog/dynamic-c-sharp
on “Why C# is the best language for mobile development”Submitted App Store vs. Google Play as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThat is a false statement. dynamic C# 4.0 can do mixins: http://amirrajan.net/Blog/dynamic-c-sharp
Comment linking /Blog/dynamic-c-sharp
on “Why C# is the best language for mobile development”Submitted Iterative Game Development – How I Made $12k Off of an Unfinished Mobile Game as a story · 3 points
HN discussionAny similarities to the bird flocking algorithm when compared to a force directed graph? Here's a link to a force directed graph I did in HTML5: http://amirrajan.net/Home/FdgHtml5
Comment linking /Home/FdgHtml5
on “Show HN: HTML5 Bird Flocks Simulation in CoffeeScript”Submitted Lessons Learned from Making a Number One Game, a Dark Room as a story · 3 points
HN discussionAnd yes, this is the official iOS release of the game. More info here: http://amirrajan.net/a-dark-room/
Comment linking /a-dark-room/
on “I ported the minimalist text adventure we all know and love, A Dark Room, to iOS”Submitted How I Clawed My Way to the #1 Spot in the US App Store as a story · 3 points
HN discussionA more detailed account of the journey for those that are interested: http://amirrajan.net/a-dark-room/#adarkroomstory
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on “A Dark Room's unique journey from the web to iOS”Submitted A letter to the fans of A Dark Room as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Getting Featured by Apple as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Revenue Updates for a Dark Room Et Al as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Dark Room for iOS: #1 in the App Store as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted If You Are *Reading* This, You Are Not Blind as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted NodeJS by Example as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Microsoft Manifesto as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Lessons from Dragon Ruby Author and Indie Star Amir Rajan as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Dark Room for iOS (dev log) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Detailed download numbers documenting A Dark Room's rise to #1 Paid App as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Dark Room iOS dev log: what it took to make, its rise to top 10 RPGs, its fall as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted My thoughts on TDD. How to get started. How to improve the dialog. as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted GTD - Genin Tsuikyu Dammit as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why So Mean? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Rebooting Life as a story · 1 points
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