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Starcraft: Ashfall

Starcraft: Ashfall

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Comments (99)

  • ggnore7452
    Wow, thanks to whoever posted this! I made this game.Like many, I was frustrated there's no new StarCraft coming till 2030, so I half-jokingly made the mini-game those mobile ads always promise and never deliver. Something you can play with one hand, that your friends who've never played StarCraft can just pick up.(Turns out you can squeeze a lot of extra gameplay/design on top of it.)Also, if you're going to copy Blizzard you might as well copy the whole package right, so there's a CG trailer too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVDao71LC7AHonestly didn't expect people to grind this. I designed the endgame to be layer 50 and thought ppl can get at most ~70 if they really try, and somehow there are people on the leaderboard past 100 (without cheating). That's StarCraft players for you.
  • gbnwl
    Reddit thread from about a month ago where creator introduced this: https://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/1wqdabw/i_made_t...
  • dovys
    This has made my day. Thank you! I always wanted to try one of those ad shooters, but I refuse to engage with ads
  • neko_ranger
    Wow someone made the youtube ad game!
  • iLemming
    Better than the original game - works on ultra-wide.
  • trismus
    This is the equivalent of asking an LLM for a new harry potter novel and then showing it off as if you wrote it, and it's disappointing that HN approves.
  • mikenew
    I have around 15k games in SC2 and I can honestly say; this is awful. I love it.
  • bulbar
    Cool visuals, but doesn't count as a game for me. Can you do anything that make sense, except selecting the upgrade?Could be a nice little game, though. Strip the IP and let the AI implement a bit more for the user to do.
  • an0malous
    I've been seeing a lot of Pokemon games recently as well, are companies just not enforcing their copyright/trademarks anymore?
  • mastax
    Game basically plays itself but fun nonetheless
  • temp0826
    This is the second (probably vibecoded?) game in the last few days that I've seen using blizzard ip (the other being d2survivors.lol)
  • buf
    Saw Starcraft, spent 30 minutes living the nostalgia playing this.
  • nafey
    Is this AI generated? Pretty impressive if that is the case
  • sharkjacobs
    It's not a fun game, but it's cool anyway
  • butlike
    It's nice to know Stimpack marines still roll face.
  • andai
    Fun game.I have to pick a new upgrade every 3 seconds. I thought they did that to stave off boredom, but actually it increases decision fatigue. (I just wanna shoot!)
  • no-name-here
    I did not touch the controls at all, and I still won with zero losses on the first level - that does not inspire confidence.
  • dmix
    Great game. It took me way too long to figure out I could use keyboard to control the positioning instead of mouse.
  • j7ake
    Game crashes when trying to fuse units
  • marvstazar
    I was wondering why there was a dragon there, is it from Wrath of the Lich King?
  • dclaw
    Spectacular. Mad props.
  • theogravity
    That was pretty enjoyable. Definitely like the ads you see online but with IP people care about.
  • lai
    So what's the meta?
  • tdhz77
    Lots of fun! Wish StarCraft would come out every year
  • spicyusername
    Ah, the music is so nostalgic. Really takes me back.
  • karim79
    Cool game, but isn't this going to make blizzard bring out the big guns?
  • jmcdonald-ut
    Great work on this, had a blast!
  • kixpanganiban
    Perfect, who needed to be productive anyways
  • seattle_spring
    Holy moly, just hearing those sound effects gives me a giant wave of nostalgia.
  • ReptileMan
    Big game hunters Terran vs 7PC zergs. Same feeling.
  • lofaszvanitt
    A mix of everything. Stolen from everywhere. We have AI, but people are still the bottleneck. They lack creativity and ideas :D. lol
  • noah640090
    This was really fun!
  • johng
    Really cool game. Spent about 30 minutes playing it. Very fun!
  • gigel82
    Fun, but... how is this not already taken down by copyright strikes? I mean straight rips of audio assets, music, 3d assets, graphics, even the damn name...
  • jonenst
    Wake up, Hank. That game ain’t gonna play itself. Oh wait it does.
  • lgessler
    This is, respectfully, slop piggybacking on nostalgic associations with stolen assets.
  • jdw64
    nice game
  • cyh555
    so nice!
  • bigwheels
    See also: D2 Survivors https://d2survivors.lol/The AI games mashups are starting to heat up.
  • theylieeasieral
    slop
  • pavluu
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