Starcraft: Ashfall

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200 points | by debo_ 20 hours ago

34 comments

  • gbnwl 1 hour ago
    Reddit thread from about a month ago where creator introduced this: https://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/1wqdabw/i_made_t...
  • neko_ranger 18 hours ago
    Wow someone made the youtube ad game!
    • butlike 2 hours ago
      There's also pinball and an asteroids-like game if you click the "Arcade" button next to where it says "Ashfall Crossing"
      • gs17 1 hour ago
        A shame if they don't recreate the Lost Viking game from Wings of Liberty itself.
    • dxcqcv 17 hours ago
      cool, give me more
  • bulbar 13 hours ago
    Cool visuals, but doesn't count as a game for me. Can you do anything that make sense, except selecting the upgrade?

    Could be a nice little game, though. Strip the IP and let the AI implement a bit more for the user to do.

    • p2detar 58 minutes ago
      It’s actually very addicting once you play a couple of sessions. The scoreboard is crazy. Still don’t know how anyone makes it past wave (layer) 35-37.
    • andai 2 hours ago
      It's like cookie clicker, with less clicking and more blood!
    • AngryData 2 hours ago
      Once you get high enough you can switch commanders which gives additional upgrades and active powers.
  • an0malous 1 hour ago
    I've been seeing a lot of Pokemon games recently as well, are companies just not enforcing their copyright/trademarks anymore?
    • nilamo 1 hour ago
      They can't sue everyone, comrade. AI tools will hopefully trigger a rewrite of what copyright means, it's always been silly that it prevents derivitive works.
      • lelanthran 51 minutes ago
        > AI tools will hopefully trigger a rewrite of what copyright means,

        Maybe it will, but this ain't a copyright issues, it's a trademark issue.

        • nilamo 33 minutes ago
          It's a legal issue, and the legal part has always been bullshit regardless of which specific label happens to apply.
          • syspec 16 minutes ago
            Surprised to see this level of discourse here on HN, reads like a reddit comment.

            Copyright sucks, and Disney is bad etc, but how is using StarCraft and its assets in your random AI game okay?

            I mean, creators should be allowed to exert control over how their assets and brand are used.

      • deadbabe 1 hour ago
        Couldn’t they just use AI to sue at scale? No one should be too small to go after now.
        • creakingstairs 1 hour ago
          The court system is too bogged up as it is with the current load. So I guess we’d have to create some AI judges and lawyers :p
        • bhhaskin 1 hour ago
          Yeah the law firms just haven't caught up yet. But they will.
          • Legend2440 3 minutes ago
            Law firms are cautious about AI tools, they got burned a couple years ago by hallucinated citations.

            Citing made-up cases sure looks like lying to the court, which is a punishable offense. Lawyers have been sanctioned, fined, and in one case received a 30-day license suspension.

          • nilamo 32 minutes ago
            And when the judges get around to the case in 300 years after all the other ai court cases, we'll be beyond caring about the consequences.
      • throwaway613746 1 hour ago
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    • ForHackernews 22 minutes ago
      It's a totally original creation laundered through LLM derivative works.
    • larodi 1 hour ago
      they may well be busy surviving AI induced chain reactions letting lots of people out of work.
  • temp0826 1 hour ago
    This is the second (probably vibecoded?) game in the last few days that I've seen using blizzard ip (the other being d2survivors.lol)
  • mastax 18 hours ago
    Game basically plays itself but fun nonetheless
    • croon 10 hours ago
      For 10-15 levels or so, then your upgrade choices start to matter.

      I only played through it once, but I'm convinced I'd do better on a second run, and a third, etc.

    • karim79 9 hours ago
      The satisfying pop of the zerglings alone make it fun for me.
    • throwaway613746 1 hour ago
      [dead]
  • j7ake 39 minutes ago
    Game crashes when trying to fuse units
    • smallmancontrov 37 minutes ago
      THE MERGING IS NOT COMPLETE
    • malfist 32 minutes ago
      You must build additional pylons
  • buf 18 hours ago
    Saw Starcraft, spent 30 minutes living the nostalgia playing this.
  • andai 2 hours ago
    Fun game.

    I have to pick a new upgrade every 3 seconds. I thought they did that to stave off boredom, but actually it increases decision fatigue. (I just wanna shoot!)

  • lai 1 hour ago
    So what's the meta?
    • Noe2097 56 minutes ago
      there is no meta but what we vibe
      • lai 33 minutes ago
        I'm noticing that armor pen is super important later on. However, eventually get rekt.. I'm curious how the top person got to the layer he is in now. I'm stuck at layer 26.
  • no-name-here 18 hours ago
    I did not touch the controls at all, and I still won with zero losses on the first level - that does not inspire confidence.
    • itishappy 30 minutes ago
      In snowball games like this, losing a unit marks the beginning of the end. As such, you really have to go out of your way to lose units in the tutorial.
    • coralreef 2 hours ago
      controls aren't important, upgrade/tech choices are
  • nafey 18 hours ago
    Is this AI generated? Pretty impressive if that is the case
    • blueblock 18 hours ago
      Definitely smells like ai. I don't think a human would spend so much time on the graphics and effects and not have streamlined the gameplay a bit.
    • NorthernGulch 8 hours ago
      The opposite would be correct. AI generated is the norm, and it would be impressive to spend xxx hours creating this when AI can do it in 4 hours
    • datsci_est_2015 18 hours ago
      Assets are very easily duplicated because of the editor that ships with the game. Not as impressive as it would be if it were other games with more tightly-locked assets.
  • dmix 17 hours ago
    Great game. It took me way too long to figure out I could use keyboard to control the positioning instead of mouse.
  • butlike 2 hours ago
    It's nice to know Stimpack marines still roll face.
    • debo_ 2 hours ago
      Ahhhh yeahhhh
  • theogravity 2 hours ago
    That was pretty enjoyable. Definitely like the ads you see online but with IP people care about.
  • ReptileMan 28 minutes ago
    Big game hunters Terran vs 7PC zergs. Same feeling.
  • marvstazar 18 hours ago
    I was wondering why there was a dragon there, is it from Wrath of the Lich King?
  • tdhz77 18 hours ago
    Lots of fun! Wish StarCraft would come out every year
    • hirako2000 1 hour ago
      Too busy making the new StarCraft.
  • spicyusername 18 hours ago
    Ah, the music is so nostalgic. Really takes me back.
  • karim79 9 hours ago
    Cool game, but isn't this going to make blizzard bring out the big guns?
  • jmcdonald-ut 18 hours ago
    Great work on this, had a blast!
    • debo_ 18 hours ago
      I did not make this, for the record. I just found it.
  • kixpanganiban 17 hours ago
    Perfect, who needed to be productive anyways
  • gigel82 1 hour ago
    Fun, but... how is this not already taken down by copyright strikes? I mean straight rips of audio assets, music, 3d assets, graphics, even the damn name...
  • lofaszvanitt 7 hours ago
    A mix of everything. Stolen from everywhere. We have AI, but people are still the bottleneck. They lack creativity and ideas :D. lol
  • jonenst 1 hour ago
    Wake up, Hank. That game ain’t gonna play itself. Oh wait it does.
  • bigwheels 21 minutes ago
    See also: D2 Survivors https://d2survivors.lol/

    The AI games mashups are starting to heat up.

  • seattle_spring 2 hours ago
    Holy moly, just hearing those sound effects gives me a giant wave of nostalgia.
  • noah640090 5 hours ago
    This was really fun!
  • johng 19 hours ago
    Really cool game. Spent about 30 minutes playing it. Very fun!
  • jdw64 1 hour ago
    nice game
  • theylieeasieral 19 minutes ago
    slop
  • cyh555 16 hours ago
    so nice!
  • lgessler 2 hours ago
    This is, respectfully, slop piggybacking on nostalgic associations with stolen assets.
  • pavluu 1 hour ago
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