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24 alternatives to A RogueLike demo in 17 languages
A minimal "@ moving around a hardcoded map" implemented in a bunch of languages, some by me and some contributed by others. A slightly more interesting riff on the Hello World or 99 Bottles of Beer theme. More languages or improvements on existing ones would be nice :) There's a github repo at: https://github.com/nrkn/SimpleRL
SimpleRL is a minimal roguelike demo where a character moves around a hardcoded map, implemented across 17 different programming languages. Designed for developers learning new languages, it serves as a more practical… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A RogueLike demo in 17 languages launched in 2011; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hi HN! I made many small web games in the past with Unity or Phaser. But this time I wanted to make something completely on my own. So I coded a basic game framework in plain JavaScript, and used it to make Almost Pong. This was a really fun project that taught me a lot about JavaScript, and I plan to make more minimalist games with this framework. Interesting fact: Almost Pong doesn't load any assets, all sprites and sounds are generated with code. Happy to answer questions, and please let me know if you have any feedback on the game. Thanks!
2022 · lessmilk.com · its alternatives →
- 2IB
A minimal coding blog
2020 · elliotbonneville.com · its alternatives →
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Rogue-lite as a Notepad++ Plugin. Contribute to thelowsunoverthemoon/NeuroPriest development by creating an account on GitHub.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2019 · ondras.zarovi.cz · its alternatives →
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Convoy▲65A tactical roguelike inspired by Mad Max & FTL
2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
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See what it’s like to program in a language without null.
2015 · books.thoughtbot.com · its alternatives →
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I created a small typing game. Would love to get some feedback on it. What can I improve? Are there any features you're missing? Are you having fun playing it? I certainly did have fun :)
Jul 2026 · typocalypse.florianrudaj.com · its alternatives →
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Under: A simple game with procedural graphics in JavaScript and GLSL - westoncb/under-game
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hello everyone! I've finally finished my latest side project - a RPG game made in Blazor. It started as a small project to learn some Blazor (I'm .NET dev but kept mainly to backend and ASP.NET). I had such a good time coding it that at some point I decided to make a full featured game out of it. I might've have bitten off more that I could chew as RPGs have so many systems and elements but overall I think it worked out well, especially for a single person project. I want to hop on the next project soon so any comments/questions/tips than can make me better really appreciated!
2024 · whimsicalwyrm.itch.io · its alternatives →
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After six months of work, I am here again presenting Fluent – a tiny lang which is optimized for differentiable & reactive programming. Since I am not Conal Elliot, don't expect a beautiful theoretical unification of FRP and AD from first principles. Rather, a horrific monster that holds together mostly because a lot of duct-tape. The link points to the semi-interactive tour of the language, which will get the job done much better than I could in here. Hope you hate/like it!
Jul 2026 · mlajtos.github.io · its alternatives →
- 12HW
A small site created to see the hell world example in many different languages. I got tired of sites which only showed 10-30 languages. I'm sure there are some inaccuracies (some languages are not I languages per se).
May 2026 · languages.jdunn.dev · its alternatives →
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I am a developer and a huge chess lover. I play mostly puzzles on Lichess. At some point I realized that I would love to have a similar puzzle-like game app for programming, so I built one! Please try it out and give me some feedback, any kind of feedback is warmly welcomed.
May 2026 · codequizz.com · its alternatives →
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rts-blog : A blog about creating an RTS in WebGL
2017 · emnh.github.io · its alternatives →
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2020 · quicklang.net · its alternatives →
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Under: A simple game with procedural graphics in JavaScript and GLSL - westoncb/under-game
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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So, I'm learning VIM and made this yesterday, I pretend to increment it as I learn new stuff. You move with HJKL and that's it for now. Don't let the sublimes consume you. http://worms.io/vimwarrior/
2016 · its alternatives →
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I recently started to learn code and created this game with next.js. please let me know your thoughts
2024 · spendelonmuskmoney.org · its alternatives →
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Hi all! I built FlipJump, a programming language with just 1 opcode, yet capable of any computation. It started with thinking of the idea of the minimalistic language, but it's more than that - I had to set up the whole environment for it: I have written a macro-assembler, an interpreter for the binary, and a very extensive standard library. I also written about ~30 programs in it. Also, the standard library is tested. I also wrote an esolangs page: https://esolangs.org/wiki/FlipJump Tell me what you think!
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A nontrivial example for ClojureScript + Firebase. - jacobobryant/mystery-cows
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2014 · skepsi.me · its alternatives →
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A lisp-looking language with interpreter and compiler to JS - mcapodici/badlanguage
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I kept hearing about Lisp and why it was special but didn't have a great place to start. I wanted something self-contained that helped me develop intuition rather than fluency. My hope is this is helpful for casual programmers, professionals from other fields who interact with code, or engineers who haven't had much exposure to interpreters or compilers. Hope this helps anyone else who's curious about getting a sense of Lisp and what makes it special with a limited time investment! Feedback or other cool Lisp things welcome :)
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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