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Armok Invaders

BaronWable · demo · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

A short demo of a playable Space Invaders game built inside Dwarf Fortress, with a downloadable map. It shows the game's mechanics used as a computing substrate.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as an impressive example of building computation inside Dwarf Fortress.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “Though I see he has a new project (Armok Invaders) that looks pretty awesome.”

    New Dwarf Fortress computing project that looks pretty awesome

    Natsu, 2016-02 · Recommendation · in “Working Calculator in Super Mario Maker [video]”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: dwarf fortress, space invaders, turing complete, game hacking

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