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Mark Vasilkov

Personal blog · mvasilkov.animuchan.net · on HN as animuchanprogramminggames

Mark Vasilkov's personal blog at mvasilkov.animuchan.net covers programming and games. Since 2023, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “The Making of King Thirteen”. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.

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3mentions?
3HN people?
2023–2024first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 2 in 2024

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

The linked page holds notes on the game design of King Thirteen, a 2048-style game with chess pieces in under 13 KB. The one comment only points readers to those notes.

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.

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The author on HN?

animuchan · 631 karma · member since 2022

words: https://mvasilkov.animuchan.net codes: https://github.com/mvasilkov

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Most-linked posts?

  1. The Making of King Thirteen
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-09-25

What Hacker News says?

  1. The "notes on the game design" page tells how it works. https://mvasilkov.animuchan.net/king-thirteen

    Comment linking /king-thirteen

    on “Show HN: King Thirteen: 2048 with chess pieces, in under 13 KB”
  2. Submitted The Making of King Thirteen as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  3. https://mvasilkov.animuchan.net/ (Not a high-effort publication like many other links here, just some notes.)

    Comment linking /

    on “Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?”

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