# Hedra

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Hedra and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A 3D open world game a high school student wrote from scratch. Commenters praise its smooth performance on older PCs and say it is fun to play.

## Why people recommend it

- Impressive work for a high school project (2 comments): "now I wanna yell from the rooftops for everyone to come see your awesome work" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50213545)) "that looks very good for a high school coding project" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50200109))
- Fun to play (2 comments): "it runs smooth on my aging PC, I really enjoyed playing it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50202565)) "That looked like a really fun project" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50206588))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Grand Theft Auto V](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grand-theft-auto-v.md): 21 recommend
- [Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas.md): 10 recommend
- [Grand Theft Auto III](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grand-theft-auto-iii.md): 6 recommend
- [Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/shadow-of-mordor.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Hedra", https://hackerapproved.com/p/hedra/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).