I open sourced Athena Crisis, a game built with React and CSS
Hey HN! I'm so excited to open source Athena Crisis under the MIT-License and fund contributions to the game and the genre. If you like the game and want to support its development, please check it out on Steam or on athenacrisis.com.
I open sourced Athena Crisis, a game built with React and CSS launched on May 14, 2024 with 74 votes, #588 of 4,539 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
In plain words
Athena Crisis is an open-source game built with React and CSS, released under the MIT License. It is a tactical strategy game available on Steam and athenacrisis.com. The creator has made the source code freely available and accepts contributions, offering a way for developers to support both the game's development and the broader strategy game genre.
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Athena Crisis is a modern retro turn-based game built using JavaScript, React and CSS.
Today we’re open-sourcing the code of Athena Crisis under the MIT License, and together with Polar we’re funding $10,000 worth of improvements towards the game! Athena Crisis is an example of how to build a high-quality video game using only JavaScript, React, and CSS. By open-sourcing Athena Crisis, we are following through on our commitment to open source our core technology and help push the Web forward as a game development platform. You can try a demo at athenacrisis.com . You’ll still need to buy Athena Crisis to play the campaign and experience all of Athena Crisis – the art, music, and other content aren’t open source. Fans of the game can offer their improvements, build additional…from cpojer.net
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