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Arcen Games, LLC
Company blog · arcengames.comgamesbusiness
Arcen Games, LLC is the company blog at arcengames.com, writing about games and business. Since 2011, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “Great work on Starward Rogue, team - now you're all laid off ...?”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Comments link arcengames.com mainly for its game pages, such as A Valley Without Wind and AI War, which commenters mention while discussing games. None judge the writing itself.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Arcen Games, LLC Indie game developer since 2009 Purveyor of Strategy and Adventure .Our current project. Available In Early Access January 31st, 2025. The Arcenverse Our ongoing multi-game universe. It’s actually pretty cheery, despite multiple apocalypses. I’m an optimist. Our Games Company Histor
Most-linked posts?
- Great work on Starward Rogue, team - now you're all laid off ...?3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2016-01-28
What Hacker News says?
- Factorio (a great game for the HN audience): http://www.factorio.com/ - A Valley Without Wind (I like Valley 2): https://arcengames.com/a-valley-without-wind-1-2/ - Rimworld: http://rimworldgame.com/ - Starbound: http://playstarbound.com/
Comment linking /a-valley-without-wind-1-2/
on “Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has died [pdf]”Submitted Great work on Starward Rogue, team Now you’re all laid off…? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThis is the most enjoyable and diverse AI I've been able to play against. AI Wars http://www.arcengames.com/w/index.php/aiwar-features
Comment linking /w/index.php/aiwar-features
on “Civ II game a decade old”Submitted Great work on Starward Rogue, team - now you're all laid off ...? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI think C# is in the category of "fast enough". When I was working through project Euler ( http://projecteuler.net/ ) with various languages, the only one I really had to optimize was Python (vs C/C#/Haskell). I really like Python, and for most stuff it's fast enough. Just saying the real penalty (that I noticed) is a scripting language, _if_ it's heavily arithmetically constrained. Some (non-trivial) games in C#: h…
Comment linking /w/index.php/aiwar-alienbundle
on “Benchmark: C++ vs C#”Submitted Great work on Starward Rogue, team Now you’re all laid off…? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionA few games with a programming theme that haven't been mentioned: KOHCTPYKTOP [1], Factorio [2], Manufactoria [3]. Of course, SpaceChem [4] as well, which numerous other commenters have mentioned. Here are a couple non-programming games that haven't been mentioned. A Valley Without Wind 2 [5], which is a mix of platforming and strategy; AVWW2 is a spiritual successor to an SNES game called ActRaiser [6]. Scrolls [7]…
Comment linking /w/index.php/games/valley2-features
on “Ask HN: What games do programmers play?”
