Hacker News: iweczekhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=iweczekHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sun, 21 Jun 2026 09:22:32 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by iweczek in "Pirates, a naval warfare game inspired by Sid Meier's Pirates"]]>Added a few enhancements over the weekend: 1. Wind dynamics 2. Opponent selection or random 3. Support for mobile and touch devices 4. Difficulty level selection 5. Sounds for firing cannon and ship getting hit 6. Survival mode for seeing how many ship you can sink with increasing difficulty

Multiplayer coming soon...

]]>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:25:59 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48541780iweczekhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48541780https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48541780<![CDATA[New comment by iweczek in "Pirates, a naval warfare game inspired by Sid Meier's Pirates"]]>should work now on mobile and ipad, are you not seeing the controls on the bottom?

]]>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:22:23 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48541738iweczekhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48541738https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48541738<![CDATA[New comment by iweczek in "Pirates, a naval warfare game inspired by Sid Meier's Pirates"]]>try harder difficulty level

]]>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:20:45 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48541715iweczekhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48541715https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48541715<![CDATA[New comment by iweczek in "Pirates, a naval warfare game inspired by Sid Meier's Pirates"]]>that is in now, check it out

]]>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:20:32 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48541710iweczekhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48541710https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48541710<![CDATA[New comment by iweczek in "Pirates, a naval warfare game inspired by Sid Meier's Pirates"]]>ok, working on multiplayer, how many people/ships should be allowed at one time?

]]>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:22:54 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48530755iweczekhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48530755https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48530755<![CDATA[New comment by iweczek in "Pirates, a naval warfare game inspired by Sid Meier's Pirates"]]>just fixed that, it is all on one screen now

]]>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 02:47:20 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48523712iweczekhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48523712https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48523712<![CDATA[New comment by iweczek in "Pirates, a naval warfare game inspired by Sid Meier's Pirates"]]>thanks for sharing the video!

]]>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:19:20 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48522877iweczekhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48522877https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48522877<![CDATA[New comment by iweczek in "Pirates, a naval warfare game inspired by Sid Meier's Pirates"]]>i like the idea of a progression, and multiplayer is coming

]]>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:18:50 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48522872iweczekhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48522872https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48522872<![CDATA[New comment by iweczek in "Pirates, a naval warfare game inspired by Sid Meier's Pirates"]]>there is a difficulty level now

]]>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:18:08 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48522869iweczekhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48522869https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48522869<![CDATA[New comment by iweczek in "Pirates, a naval warfare game inspired by Sid Meier's Pirates"]]>interesting, what Linux btw, Ubuntu?

]]>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:17:55 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48522867iweczekhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48522867https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48522867<![CDATA[New comment by iweczek in "Pirates, a naval warfare game inspired by Sid Meier's Pirates"]]>Love the feedback, just wondering how to implement that. More difficult means your ship moves slower? you reload slower? your hits cause less damage? Need to think about that...

]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:39:57 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509737iweczekhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509737https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509737<![CDATA[New comment by iweczek in "Pirates, a naval warfare game inspired by Sid Meier's Pirates"]]>Thanks for playing! That's an interesting idea, thanks.

]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:37:53 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509717iweczekhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509717https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509717<![CDATA[New comment by iweczek in "Pirates, a naval warfare game inspired by Sid Meier's Pirates"]]>on a mac, windows, or linux? I have tested it in both browsers only on the mac but I don't see any reason why it would not work on a different OS since it is only HTML5 canvas

]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:34:20 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509691iweczekhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509691https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509691<![CDATA[New comment by iweczek in "Pirates, a naval warfare game inspired by Sid Meier's Pirates"]]>thanks, will do!

]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:32:08 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509672iweczekhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509672https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509672<![CDATA[New comment by iweczek in "Pirates, a naval warfare game inspired by Sid Meier's Pirates"]]>omg, thanks for reminding me about 4d boxing! that was so much fun

]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:31:29 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509663iweczekhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509663https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509663<![CDATA[New comment by iweczek in "Pirates, a naval warfare game inspired by Sid Meier's Pirates"]]>Thanks for the feedback, adding wind dynamics is on top of my list :)

]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:28:58 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509638iweczekhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509638https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509638<![CDATA[New comment by iweczek in "Pirates, a naval warfare game inspired by Sid Meier's Pirates"]]>Thanks for playing and the feedback. I plan on adding wind dynamics very soon. Letting you choose opponent instead of random should be easy. Multiplayer with more than 1 would be interesting, I like that idea!

]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:23:11 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509588iweczekhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509588https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509588<![CDATA[New comment by iweczek in "Pirates, a naval warfare game inspired by Sid Meier's Pirates"]]>I plan on adding wind dynamics. The largest ship has 1 more cannon, do you think I should add more? or perhaps longer range on the larger ship cannons?

]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:19:06 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509548iweczekhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509548https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509548<![CDATA[New comment by iweczek in "Pirates, a naval warfare game inspired by Sid Meier's Pirates"]]>yes, i also always chose the Sloop and would usually win.

]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:17:36 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509532iweczekhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509532https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509532<![CDATA[New comment by iweczek in "Pirates, a naval warfare game inspired by Sid Meier's Pirates"]]>Nice, I still remember that map even though I haven't played the game in decades :) tinywind looks very cool, thanks for sharing.

]]>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:15:26 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509505iweczekhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509505https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48509505