Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
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HN comment orderI'm quite curious as to whether the speed of light across the game space decreases instantaneously when you pick up an orb or whether the change in the speed of light propagates at the speed of... umm light. Also they definitely need to have a black hole or 2 chucked in and maybe some miniature binary stars orbiting at relativistic speeds
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Another speed of light game is 'Velocity Raptor'. Depending on how fast the dinosaur is moving, nearby objects appear to slow down, change size, and change color. The author says it is an "accurate and mathematically based depiction of the world at high velocities". You can play it here in your browser. http://www.testtubegames.com/velocityraptor.html Or read how it works here http://www.testtubegames.com/srel101.html
There is an old Science Fiction concept - slow glass(SG). 1/8 inch of SG could be formulated so it delayed light by 12 hours. So pieces were left in the sunlight to light houses at night. They even conceived of glass with a 1 year delay - that they made into bombs and artillery shells. Formulaic changes could give you years even. A fully charged piece had the energy of a year stored in it before it came out the…
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 609
- Total comments
- 180
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-11-02 | A Slower Speed of LightFirst breakout · Best thread | po | 284 | 105 |
| 2015-03-07 | A Slower Speed of Light | tcoppi | 3 | 0 |
| 2018-05-27 | A Slower Speed of Light (2012) | rbanffy | 89 | 15 |
| 2019-11-14 | A Slower Speed of Light (2013) | momonga | 2 | 0 |
| 2020-04-25 | A slower speed of light (2013) | auton1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021-03-01 | What if we could reduce the speed of light | dannyow | 2 | 1 |
| 2023-03-03 | A Slower Speed of Light | colinprince | 2 | 0 |
| 2023-08-20 | A slower speed of light (2012) | aziaziazi | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-05-12 | A Slower Speed of Light (2012)Hall induction · Latest 20+ point return | gurjeet | 223 | 59 |