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New comment by BSTRhino in "Show HN: SkiFlee (an HTML5 game)"

BSTRhino — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:24:54 +0000

Oh there is a listing, that's cool! Thank you!

New comment by BSTRhino in "Show HN: SkiFlee (an HTML5 game)"

BSTRhino — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:03:03 +0000

Oh actually that does help actually, thank you :) I kind of think of this game as a comedy and was trying to fit that theme

New comment by BSTRhino in "Show HN: SkiFlee (an HTML5 game)"

BSTRhino — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 03:29:42 +0000

Ah, actually that's a good point, yes I will add a marker or something. Thanks for playing!

New comment by BSTRhino in "Show HN: SkiFlee (an HTML5 game)"

BSTRhino — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:12:14 +0000

Haha fair enough, I have had that music in my head for days since making this game

Ah it's always interesting to see what other people come up with, thanks for sharing!

Show HN: SkiFlee (an HTML5 game)

BSTRhino — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:30:09 +0000

This is a silly little multiplayer game I made for a gamejam that involves skiiing and not crashing. Some of you who are nostalgic for the 90s might like it :)

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47621557

Points: 8

# Comments: 9

New comment by BSTRhino in "Good CTE, Bad CTE"

BSTRhino — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:20:45 +0000

Ah typo, sorry CTEs!

New comment by BSTRhino in "Good CTE, Bad CTE"

BSTRhino — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:23:37 +0000

Love CYEs, use them all the time, great article.

Easel is now an expression language (March 2026 update)

BSTRhino — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:17:09 +0000

Article URL: https://easel.games/blog/2026-mar-update

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47581286

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by BSTRhino in "Looking at Unity made me understand the point of C++ coroutines"

BSTRhino — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 23:35:07 +0000

This is one reason why I built coroutines into my game programming language Easel (https://easel.games). I think they let you keep the flow of the code matching the flow of the your logic (top-to-bottom), rather than jumping around, and so I think they are a great tool for high-level programming. The main thing is stopping the coroutines when the entity dies, and in Easel that is done by implying ownership from the context they are created in. It is quite a cool way of coding I think, avoids the state machines like the OP stated, keeps everything straightforward step-by-step and so all the code feels more natural in my opinion. In Easel they are called behaviors if anyone is interested in more detail: https://easel.games/docs/learn/language/behaviors

New comment by BSTRhino in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)"

BSTRhino — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 19:49:40 +0000

https://easel.games

A 2D game programming language with automatic multiplayer. Normally when you make a multiplayer game, you have to constantly think about how every bit of state is going to be synchronized. Easel bakes the multiplayer into the programming language itself, underneath all your code, so you can just code as if all players are in one shared world, like a singleplayer game, and Easel just makes your game multiplayer completely automatically. It’s intended as a fun way for beginners to learn to code - like a combination of Scratch and Roblox.

New comment by BSTRhino in "iPhone 17e"

BSTRhino — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:39:10 +0000

Also still on my iPhone 12 mini. A new mini would be an instant buy for me :)

New comment by BSTRhino in "Easel: What's New? (Feb 2026)"

BSTRhino — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 03:00:37 +0000

Hi everyone, I've been making Easel for nearly 4 years now. It's a beginner-friendly programming language that features automatic multiplayer, which means teenagers can make games they can actually play with each other. This is the update for this month :)

Easel: What's New? (Feb 2026)

BSTRhino — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 03:00:37 +0000

Article URL: https://easel.games/blog/2026-feb-update

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47189664

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

Autistic Job Interview Simulator Game

BSTRhino — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 10:20:02 +0000

Article URL: https://easel.games/@raysplaceinspace/logical-answer

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47059442

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by BSTRhino in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)"

BSTRhino — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 22:19:15 +0000

https://easel.games

A beginner-friendly programming language for 2D games where multiplayer is automatic. Intended to be an engaging way for teenagers to learn to code by making games they can play with their friends. Like a blend of Scratch and Roblox. I've been working on this for 3 years!

Free storage, name filtering – Easel's January 2026 update

BSTRhino — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 03:28:41 +0000

Article URL: https://easel.games/blog/2026-jan-update

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46852088

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by BSTRhino in "Adventure Game Studio: OSS software for creating adventure games"

BSTRhino — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 22:24:27 +0000

I truly loved Old Skies! It was my favourite game last year.

Show HN: The Logical Answer (an Autism Simulator)

BSTRhino — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 09:52:09 +0000

Article URL: https://easel.games/@raysplaceinspace/logical-answer

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46844920

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by BSTRhino in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)"

BSTRhino — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 19:39:50 +0000

https://easel.games

New comment by BSTRhino in "Show HN: Easel - learn to code by making games you can play together"

BSTRhino — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 11:27:04 +0000

If you're asking why Easel is a new programming language and not an existing one, the biggest reason is that building our own programming language meant we could build multiplayer into the fabric of the programming language, making multiplayer 100% automatic. There is a big difference between 99% automatic and 100% automatic. When it's 100% automatic, you really can put it in the hands of a beginner programmer on their first day of coding and they can actually make a multiplayer game. Teenagers these days spend a lot of time playing online multiplayer games and we believe that give them a tool that lets them make them themselves is an attractive enough proposition for them to choose Easel over other choices.