Play 90s classic X-Com
UFO Defense in the browser via WASM
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HN · launched Mar 19, 2026 · 5 upvotes (top 89%) · 0 views
Niche: browser-based video games · 380 launches, 21 in the last 7 days ▼ -28% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- Hardware & robotics
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Partial Porting the existing OpenXcom C++ codebase to WebAssembly with SDL/Emscripten requires specialized systems and cross-compilation skills beyond basic prompting.
What it would actually take: This project compiles the open-source OpenXcom C++ engine into WebAssembly using Emscripten. The builder must configure Emscripten toolchains to map SDL2 graphics, audio, and POSIX filesystem calls to HTML5 Canvas, Web Audio, and browser IndexedDB for saved games. It requires C/C++ build engineering, debugging WASM memory layout, and handling asset loading for original game files.
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 770 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #705 of 771 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 138 days after the earliest competitor.
- Live 3D satellite tracker and the declassified Pentagon UFO archive · hn · 2026-08-23 · 69 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- Rust / Red Alert inspired WASM game in the browser (open source) · hn · 2026-06-29 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- Second Strike, a 200-player world war on a 3D globe in the browser · hn · 2026-10-04 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- Best Old School UFO Website · hn · 2026-05-09 · 11 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- Alien Abducto-rama: a FUN browser game I made with my kids · hn · 2026-01-24 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.51
- Voidfall · hn · 2026-07-14 · 11 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- The Simpsons Hit and Run Running in the Browser (WASM/WebGL) · hn · 2026-04-15 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- Odd Orbit · ph · 2026-10-30 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.48
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