This is very well written. I have fairly low interest in video games and rarely read gaming content, but read this all the way through. That’s an achievement in itself!
I figured the engineering crowd here would enjoy the technical journey and I am so grateful it got to front page so that I may talk about the technical side which I enjoy doing. I am not a hermit by nature and posting on HN really was a cry for someone to ask me a question about the backend. So I really appreciate all the technical questions gives me an opportunity to get into the weeds a bit.
To be able to write this well and this engagingly is a real talent. And it worked - I sent this to three friends who I always gently mock for playing games that are, effectively, spreadsheets. Two of them said it looks exactly like the sort of thing they will enjoy!
benstopics|15 days ago
saaaaaam|15 days ago