I ported Xonotic to WASM
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HN · launched Jun 8, 2026 · 6 upvotes (top 69%) · 1 view
Niche: retro gaming emulators and ports · 98 launches, 4 in the last 7 days ▼ -33% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- Hardware & robotics
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
No Porting a legacy C/C++ 3D game engine (DarkPlaces/Quake derivative) to WebAssembly and WebGL 2.0 requires deep expertise in low-level graphics programming, Emscripten toolchains, and engine architecture.
What it would actually take: The project requires compiling the C codebase using Emscripten, translating OpenGL fixed-function and custom shader calls to WebGL 2.0, and refactoring POSIX threading, audio (OpenAL to Web Audio), and networking (sockets to WebSockets/WebRTC). It demands specialized knowledge in C/C++ memory management, browser memory limits, asset packaging into virtual filesystems, and low-level graphics debugging.
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 741 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #494 of 742 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 219 days after the earliest competitor.
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