Play the front page of Hacker News as interactive text games
Hey HN, I hacked together this fun project that lets you play any article on the front page of Hacker News as an interactive text game. You can create a game about anything by going to infinityarcade.com/ You can also use a URL, which is what this page uses. The whole thing is open source: https://github.com/themaximal1st/InfinityArcade
In plain words
Infinity Arcade transforms any article or URL into an interactive text-based game. Users can visit the site to convert Hacker News front-page stories or custom content into playable adventures. The tool is designed for anyone interested in creative storytelling and interactive fiction, turning passive reading into engaging gameplay. The entire project is open source and freely available online.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
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Hey HN, I hacked together this fun project that lets you play any article on the front page of Hacker News as an interactive text game. You can create a game about anything by going to infinityarcade.com/<anything you want goes here> You can also use a URL, which is what this page uses. The whole thing is open source: https://github.com/themaximal1st/InfinityArcade
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