Astro Hacker News - A 3D voxel game engine written in APL

Vedor |next [-]

APL game engine is indeed an unusual thing. I don't know much about APL, and never used it (toyed with J back in the days though). I am really interested in the development process and the challenges posed by using APL for that kind of project.

Also, I really appreciate that the ReadMe file doesn't try to sell this project as something more than it actually is - a buggy passion project. Such honesty is, I feel, relatively rare nowadays.

renyicircle |root |parent |next [-]

The author has written two blog posts about their game (the latter is more about APL than the game itself though). You may find these interesting

https://homewithinnowhere.com/posts/2026-03-06-voxel-game.ht...

https://homewithinnowhere.com/posts/2026-05-10-one-line.html

hallole |root |parent |next [-]

Sweet, thank you! Don't know why they didn't post this, it's the bit I'm most interested in.

kcroarkin |root |parent [-]

Author here. A video of me presenting this will be uploaded in a week or so, will reply with it here if it’s of use.

Vedor |root |parent |previous [-]

Oh, nice, thank you!

DrewADesign |root |parent |next |previous [-]

It’s crazy what people make games out of. When I was in a game design university program, one of my classmates used to make complete games (including a JRPG style adventure game) using excel formulas. Not even VBA, which would still be insane… just a bunch of formulas.

threethirtytwo |root |parent |previous [-]

Is this what programming has become? We no longer admire the technical achievement itself and we only admire honesty.

Because any technical achievement is easily replicated by AI.

Littice |next |previous [-]

A voxel world is a pretty good sales pitch for APL: the weird-looking part is the notation, not the model.

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eric_khun |previous [-]

shameless plug, been working a a voxel editor to create voxels that you could use to decorate a home for a a little creature you have to take care of(a la sims). if anyone has some feedbacks, would be happy to take them!

https://kamio.ai/studio

arendtio |root |parent [-]

Why not make a Show HN? In this thread, it feels a bit misplaced, even though it looks cool.