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| Hexagonal Grids (2013) (redblobgames.com) | ||
| recommended by 2 users | 2019 | 337 points by skilled | games | original thread | | ||
| 2 users recommended this thread. What they said: |
| type_enthusiast Dec 8, 2020 | on: Hexagonal Grids (2013) | context |
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mkl Oct 20, 2023 | on: Hexagonal Grids | context
This is great, and there are a lot of past discussions about it (and other articles on the site): https://hn.algolia.com/?q=redblobgames 709 points | 10 years ago | 69 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5809724 462 points | 9 years ago | 39 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8941588 368 points | 3 years ago | 74 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25340425 337 points | 5 years ago | 46 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19184412 174 points | 6 years ago | 18 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14627711 174 points | 8 years ago | 15 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9537009 |
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This is from 2013, so I guess it comes up every so often (2019: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19184412). But, I've had it bookmarked since the first time I saw it come up. It's a great article for anyone who's ever played a hexagonal game or has thought about making a hexagonal game.
The source site also has a lot of great stuff on applications of computer science to less-thought-of aspects of game development (by which I mean people usually think of pixel-blasting 3D engines as "game development", but there's a lot more to it)