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.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderIf you're interested in the story behind the game's creation, Eric Chahi (the original programmer) gave a postmortem talk at the Game Developers' Conference a year or so ago: http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1014630/Classic-Game-Postmortem... If you're unfamiliar with the game, there's an essay/review of it here: http://www.actionbutton.net/?p=431 (press the "fist" button at the top-right of the page to cycle through a variety of ironically ugly colour schemes until you find one you like)
Played at the time on an Amiga 500 without knowing anything about it beforehand, it blew my mind about what it was possible to accomplish with a videogame, from an artistic and mechanical standpoint. The story is told without a line of text, and yet you can easily piece together what's going on; there is a single weapon, but combat is innovative and cinematic; some puzzles are ingenious and based exclusively on player's observation skills and execution. The fact that…
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
- 407
- Total comments
- 53
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12-23 | "Another World" (game) Code ReviewFirst breakout · Best thread | aw3c2 | 260 | 22 |
| 2013-09-26 | Another World Code Review | 9999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016-05-15 | "Another World" source code review (2011)Latest 20+ point return | theunamedguy | 146 | 31 |