Classic Video Poker v2
Get picks like this daily. Today's launch numbers, the top launches, AI and tech news, and a daily opportunity pick, straight to your inbox.
Want to reach these readers? Sponsor an issue.
Classic Video Poker (CVP) is a lightweight, browser-based retro video poker game which originally hit the front page of HN on Oct 4, 2023: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37763098I've finally managed to release version 2. The delay was mostly due to fear of upsetting the user base with breaking changes.Version 2 includes:- Frictionless accounts: added registration so you can save progress but no personal info or email.- Deep play stats: Track lifetime RTP (Return to player), max win/loss streaks, winning hand counts and more.- Leaderboards & Cash out: Cash out wins above the free play level, feeding into leaderboards for bank balance, RTP% (after 50 hands of play), and leaderboards that reward grinders- Mobile stability - I've completely rewritten the communications routines both on server/client side. Mobile can be flaky, so the client handles silent auto-retries in the background without interrupting gameplay.- Updated UI: New crisp graphics for playing cardsObligatory tech stack info: serverside PHP / MySQL & client is coded in Godot 3.5.I'd love to hear your feedback & I hope you all enjoy the new version!Play it here: https://www.classicvideopoker.com/classicvideopokerv2/
HN · launched Mar 21, 2026 · 6 upvotes (top 71%) · 0 views
Niche: browser-based video games · 380 launches, 21 in the last 7 days ▼ -28% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
Visit website ↗ Source listing ↗
More like this: all 380 launches in browser-based video games →
Could you build this?
Yes Classic video poker is a turn-based card game with simple state machines, standard poker hand evaluation logic, and 2D canvas rendering that AI tools can generate effortlessly.
Discussion
9 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Godot 3.5 (for WASM stability)
Concerns raised: Godot 4 WASM support is flaky with increased build size, Audio only playing from left speaker, Godot WASM/WebGL support historically spotty
Feature requests: Stereo audio support
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 146 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #129 of 147 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 130 days after the earliest competitor.
- poker-game · github · 2026-10-23 · 23 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- governor-of-poker-game-enhancement · github · 2026-11-10 · 102 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- Multi-player poker on SSH · hn · 2026-07-15 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- Poker Unity · ph · 2026-10-01 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.44
- Betsfans Ai Poker · ph · 2026-10-16 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.43
- poker-app · github · 2026-10-23 · 22 upvotes · similarity 0.43
- Reel Rogue · hn · 2026-01-25 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- PokerClubHub - The First Licensed Online Poker Club Platform · yc · 2026-07-27 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.42
The niche, labels, vibe code rating and competitor comparison on this page are analysis by Nicheloom. If you use them, please credit nicheloom.com. How you may use our data.