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Super Dario

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HN · launched Jul 13, 2026 · 397 upvotes (top 1%) · 0 views

Niche: indie video games · 203 launches, 20 in the last 7 days ▼ -23% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Horizontal
  • Hobby / open-source project

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Could you build this?

Yes Without distinct branding or context beyond being a Mario clone or light retro parody, 2D platformers can be entirely generated and vibe-coded with HTML5 Canvas/Phaser or Godot in a few days.

Discussion

20 comments analyzed.

Competitors mentioned: Doctor Dario (doctordario.ai), M3 and Sonnet models, Gemini, OpenPose with ControlNet, Retro Diffusion models

Concerns raised: LLM hallucination issues with function names and long context windows, AI compression/information testing not core strength, Tedious and error-prone image-to-image workflow setup, Unclear if joke or genuine AI limitation showcase, One-shot claims may be inaccurate

Feature requests: Open source the code, Ability to move and jump simultaneously, Share the prompts used

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 52 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #2 of 53 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Looks like the first mover among its competitors.

  • dario-shabi · github · 2026-09-24 · 26 upvotes · similarity 0.60
  • superba · github · 2026-10-16 · 31 upvotes · similarity 0.53
  • SuperJinX · github · 2026-10-02 · 367 upvotes · similarity 0.49
  • SuperJinx · github · 2026-10-11 · 16 upvotes · similarity 0.49
  • supermimic_AMP · github · 2026-10-26 · 25 upvotes · similarity 0.44
  • sakutto · github · 2026-11-05 · 112 upvotes · similarity 0.44
  • Supermercato Sottocasa · ph · 2026-09-14 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.40
  • mikey · github · 2026-09-25 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.38

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