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Show HN: After 3 years of coding I made a StarCraft BroodWar 2.5D Online Viewer

by apineda on 11/24/23, 8:21 PM with 3 comments

Hello HN,

I'm excited to introduce my hobby project https://www.blacksheepwall.tv. It's a unique way to watch StarCraft replays. I have an announcement video on youtube https://youtu.be/pHkWn7E0I_Y

You will still need a local server component to serve install files to your browser but otherwise its all hosted online. It's built on top of OpenBW which is an open source re-implementation of the SC1 engine.

It features elevated terrain, plugins, macros, 3d models ( user provided ), all of it has been a joy to work on and a great for learning and sharpening the saw. Technologies include three.js / webgl, typescript, and WASM.

I'm particularly proud of the plugins and macros that extracted away a lot of the convoluted logic into a modular system where I could work independently on features.

If you don't have replays check out cwal.gg or repmastered.app to download a few.

Thanks for reading :)

  • by fiatjaf on 11/26/23, 9:15 AM

    Would be nice to see some screenshots because I am on the phone and now I am very curious to reach for my computer but can't.