# Game Programming Patterns by Robert Nystrom

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Game Programming Patterns by Robert Nystrom and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People call it hard to oversell and a great, helpful resource on game programming patterns, and praise the result of its Markdown-based presentation as beautiful and successful.

## Why people recommend it

- Highly recommended, hard to oversell (1 comments): "I think it is difficult to oversell the bob nystrom game patterns book" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46228132))
- Helpful, valuable resource for learners (2 comments): "Here are two resources I found quite helpful" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48689015)) "That was a great resource." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48576542))
- Beautifully made presentation and format (1 comments): "the author used Markdown and the result was beautiful and successful" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46024289))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Crafting Interpreters by Robert Nystrom](https://hackerapproved.com/p/crafting-interpreters.md): 60 recommend
- [Clean Code by Robert C. Martin](https://hackerapproved.com/p/clean-code.md): 31 recommend
- [The Pragmatic Programmer by Hunt and Thomas](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pragmatic-programmer.md): 28 recommend
- [How to Design Programs by Felleisen, Findler, Flatt and Krishnamurthi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/how-to-design-programs.md): 18 recommend
- [Mastering Emacs by Mickey Petersen](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mastering-emacs.md): 17 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1430231505?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9781430231509) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Game Programming Patterns by Robert Nystrom", https://hackerapproved.com/p/game-programming-patterns/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).