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New comment by saint_angels in "A social network where posts are minigames generated from tweet-sized prompts"

saint_angels — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 19:07:18 +0000

Other AI-generated game platforms are focusing on quality and personal consumption. I tried to do the reverse: a social network where each game is scrappy, WarioWare-like, and intended to be shared with friends and remixed.

  Made for kicks.

A social network where posts are minigames generated from tweet-sized prompts

saint_angels — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 19:07:18 +0000

Article URL: https://gamecrumbs.online/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49769295

Points: 3

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New comment by saint_angels in "Creatine raises brain energy levels and slows cognitive decline: study"

saint_angels — Sun, 31 May 2026 18:38:08 +0000

that should be perfectly fine

The Joy of Barely Understanding Foreign Media

saint_angels — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:02:05 +0000

Article URL: https://saint-angels.github.io/essays/comprehensible_input/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47586756

Points: 1

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Show HN: Cycle – inverse-Pomodoro for macOS that nags you to rest

saint_angels — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 22:50:38 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/saint-angels/CYCLE

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47472342

Points: 2

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New comment by saint_angels in "Ask HN: Share your personal website"

saint_angels — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:30:17 +0000

https://saint-angels.github.io/

Show HN: I hated making Anki cards on mobile, so I built a Telegram bot for it

saint_angels — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 13:33:59 +0000

I've used Anki for years, first for studying Chinese and now for German. Previously, I would never create flashcards on the go, because it's so cumbersome on the mobile Anki app. Instead I would send words to myself on telegram, and then process them at home.

So I got tired of it, and built a telegram bot for creating German flashcards on the go. No languages except German are supported for now.

How it works: - You send a German word or a sentence to the bot. - It uses an LLM to automatically generate a flashcard, complete with a mnemonic, translation, etc. - You customize and save the card in the chat. - And then export your collected cards directly as an Anki Package (.apkg) file for easy import.

Pricing: To cover the LLM API costs and to make the project sustainable, it's $4.99/month after the first 30 cards.

If this sounds useful, check it out and tell me what you think!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45092594

Points: 2

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New comment by saint_angels in "The importance of making games during a game engine's development"

saint_angels — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 12:02:43 +0000

> Perhaps things are different now.

hehe, no. Things are pretty much the same. Source: I'm working with Unity daily.

New comment by saint_angels in "The importance of making games during a game engine's development"

saint_angels — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 10:05:35 +0000

> There are far more games that were made with Unity, not Unreal, I would even say an order of magnitude more.

that's correct. As the saying goes, it's easier to start making a game in Unity, but it's easier to finish it in Unreal. Most games in Unity are pretty small, or unfinished.

New comment by saint_angels in "The importance of making games during a game engine's development"

saint_angels — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 10:01:37 +0000

it's possible to make good and big games in Unity, but you can't rely on many Unity features in that case. Like, I'm sure there is barely any "Unity" in Genshin Impact, I bet they replaced most of the engine with custom tooling.

New comment by saint_angels in "The importance of making games during a game engine's development"

saint_angels — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 09:55:20 +0000

thanks for sharing this, I guess Gigaya was announced and axed in such a short timeframe, that I've completely missed it

New comment by saint_angels in "The importance of making games during a game engine's development"

saint_angels — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 09:19:46 +0000

Unity is a prime example of getting it wrong, as they aren't making their own games with their engine. When you go beyond small experiments with it, you realize that many undercooked, janky, abandoned features were driven by business needs, not developer needs. If there is only one reason why unity was never as good as Unreal for "serious" game development - it's this.

New comment by saint_angels in "Ask HN: What are you looking forward to reading in 2023?"

saint_angels — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 18:27:12 +0000

- finishing Atomic Habits(worth the hype, imo)

- Pale Fire, Nabokov

- Speaker for the Dead - I thought the first book was just ok, but praise for the sequel made me interested

- House Of Leaves

- Godel Escher Bach

New comment by saint_angels in "Ask HN: What are some of the best books you have read in 2022?"

saint_angels — Sat, 29 Oct 2022 10:12:02 +0000

- The Network State, by Balaji S. Srinivasan

- The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964

- The Minimalist Entrepreneur, by Sahil Lavingia

- Shoe Dog, by Phil Knight

New comment by saint_angels in "Amsterdam looks incredibly realistic in the new Call of Duty"

saint_angels — Sat, 22 Oct 2022 18:21:39 +0000

can't find anything on "morphine", but animation blending is something that Unity/Unreal/etc had for a while. Although, I don't think any publicly available engine solves this like Ubisoft ML models do. Usually it requires at lot of work to look seamless

New comment by saint_angels in "Amsterdam looks incredibly realistic in the new Call of Duty"

saint_angels — Sat, 22 Oct 2022 16:22:40 +0000

I think the main problem here is with transitions between animation states and matching each animation to the context. If ML motion matching[1] becomes popular in the industry, I think it would smooth out these issues a lot.

[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16CHDQK4W5k

New comment by saint_angels in "Coinbase Announces 18% Layoffs"

saint_angels — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 18:52:22 +0000

I use it to receive money from another country and exchange for USD in a local exchange point. It may sound like a boring case, but if you find yourself in a foreign country without working bank cards, it might save your ass

New comment by saint_angels in "Coinbase Announces 18% Layoffs"

saint_angels — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 13:21:49 +0000

I'm receiving part of my salary in USDT, and find it valuable. Traditional banking system doesn't work well for everyone.

New comment by saint_angels in "Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?"

saint_angels — Wed, 25 May 2022 17:13:14 +0000

Coincidentally, I've never played Torment and installed it just 2 days ago.

Disco's world is depressing, but because the world is so dark, any light in the game stands out so much more. It's depressing world make good people in it and any small kindness matter.

New comment by saint_angels in "Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?"

saint_angels — Wed, 25 May 2022 16:58:55 +0000

never heard about NORCO, but steam reviews look great. I'll try it when I'd be itching for a point n click