Starcraft: Ashfall (starcraft-shooter-2026.pages.dev)
195 points by debo_ 20 hours ago
gbnwl 2 hours ago
Reddit thread from about a month ago where creator introduced this: https://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/1wqdabw/i_made_t...
neko_ranger 18 hours ago
Wow someone made the youtube ad game!
butlike 3 hours ago
There's also pinball and an asteroids-like game if you click the "Arcade" button next to where it says "Ashfall Crossing"
gs17 2 hours ago
A shame if they don't recreate the Lost Viking game from Wings of Liberty itself.
dxcqcv 18 hours ago
cool, give me more
bulbar 14 hours ago
Cool visuals, but doesn't count as a game for me. Can you do anything that make sense, except selecting the upgrade?
Could be a nice little game, though. Strip the IP and let the AI implement a bit more for the user to do.
p2detar an hour ago
It’s actually very addicting once you play a couple of sessions. The scoreboard is crazy. Still don’t know how anyone makes it past wave (layer) 35-37.
andai 3 hours ago
It's like cookie clicker, with less clicking and more blood!
AngryData 2 hours ago
Once you get high enough you can switch commanders which gives additional upgrades and active powers.
an0malous 2 hours ago
I've been seeing a lot of Pokemon games recently as well, are companies just not enforcing their copyright/trademarks anymore?
nilamo 2 hours ago
They can't sue everyone, comrade. AI tools will hopefully trigger a rewrite of what copyright means, it's always been silly that it prevents derivitive works.
lelanthran 44 minutes ago
> AI tools will hopefully trigger a rewrite of what copyright means,
Maybe it will, but this ain't a copyright issues, it's a trademark issue.
nilamo 26 minutes ago
deadbabe an hour ago
Couldn’t they just use AI to sue at scale? No one should be too small to go after now.
creakingstairs an hour ago
bhhaskin an hour ago
ForHackernews 15 minutes ago
It's a totally original creation laundered through LLM derivative works.
larodi 2 hours ago
they may well be busy surviving AI induced chain reactions letting lots of people out of work.
temp0826 an hour ago
This is the second (probably vibecoded?) game in the last few days that I've seen using blizzard ip (the other being d2survivors.lol)
mastax 18 hours ago
Game basically plays itself but fun nonetheless
croon 10 hours ago
For 10-15 levels or so, then your upgrade choices start to matter.
I only played through it once, but I'm convinced I'd do better on a second run, and a third, etc.
karim79 9 hours ago
The satisfying pop of the zerglings alone make it fun for me.
j7ake 32 minutes ago
Game crashes when trying to fuse units
smallmancontrov 30 minutes ago
THE MERGING IS NOT COMPLETE
malfist 26 minutes ago
You must build additional pylons
buf 18 hours ago
Saw Starcraft, spent 30 minutes living the nostalgia playing this.
andai 3 hours ago
Fun game.
I have to pick a new upgrade every 3 seconds. I thought they did that to stave off boredom, but actually it increases decision fatigue. (I just wanna shoot!)
lai an hour ago
So what's the meta?
Noe2097 an hour ago
there is no meta but what we vibe
lai 26 minutes ago
I'm noticing that armor pen is super important later on. However, eventually get rekt.. I'm curious how the top person got to the layer he is in now. I'm stuck at layer 26.
no-name-here 18 hours ago
I did not touch the controls at all, and I still won with zero losses on the first level - that does not inspire confidence.
itishappy 23 minutes ago
In snowball games like this, losing a unit marks the beginning of the end. As such, you really have to go out of your way to lose units in the tutorial.
coralreef 3 hours ago
controls aren't important, upgrade/tech choices are
nafey 18 hours ago
Is this AI generated? Pretty impressive if that is the case
blueblock 18 hours ago
Definitely smells like ai. I don't think a human would spend so much time on the graphics and effects and not have streamlined the gameplay a bit.
NorthernGulch 8 hours ago
The opposite would be correct. AI generated is the norm, and it would be impressive to spend xxx hours creating this when AI can do it in 4 hours
datsci_est_2015 18 hours ago
Assets are very easily duplicated because of the editor that ships with the game. Not as impressive as it would be if it were other games with more tightly-locked assets.
dmix 17 hours ago
Great game. It took me way too long to figure out I could use keyboard to control the positioning instead of mouse.
ReptileMan 21 minutes ago
Big game hunters Terran vs 7PC zergs. Same feeling.
butlike 3 hours ago
It's nice to know Stimpack marines still roll face.
debo_ 2 hours ago
Ahhhh yeahhhh
theogravity 2 hours ago
That was pretty enjoyable. Definitely like the ads you see online but with IP people care about.
marvstazar 18 hours ago
I was wondering why there was a dragon there, is it from Wrath of the Lich King?
tdhz77 18 hours ago
Lots of fun! Wish StarCraft would come out every year
hirako2000 2 hours ago
Too busy making the new StarCraft.
spicyusername 19 hours ago
Ah, the music is so nostalgic. Really takes me back.
karim79 9 hours ago
Cool game, but isn't this going to make blizzard bring out the big guns?
jmcdonald-ut 18 hours ago
Great work on this, had a blast!
debo_ 18 hours ago
I did not make this, for the record. I just found it.
kixpanganiban 18 hours ago
Perfect, who needed to be productive anyways
gigel82 2 hours ago
Fun, but... how is this not already taken down by copyright strikes? I mean straight rips of audio assets, music, 3d assets, graphics, even the damn name...
bigwheels 15 minutes ago
See also: D2 Survivors https://d2survivors.lol/
The AI games mashups are starting to heat up.
jonenst an hour ago
Wake up, Hank. That game ain’t gonna play itself. Oh wait it does.
lofaszvanitt 7 hours ago
A mix of everything. Stolen from everywhere. We have AI, but people are still the bottleneck. They lack creativity and ideas :D. lol
seattle_spring 2 hours ago
Holy moly, just hearing those sound effects gives me a giant wave of nostalgia.
noah640090 5 hours ago
This was really fun!
johng 19 hours ago
Really cool game. Spent about 30 minutes playing it. Very fun!
theylieeasieral 13 minutes ago
slop
jdw64 2 hours ago
nice game
cyh555 16 hours ago
so nice!
lgessler 2 hours ago
This is, respectfully, slop piggybacking on nostalgic associations with stolen assets.