Jerry's Map
Shares rank 15 of 17 documentary films by recommenders
Recommended as a terrific YouTube documentary by People Make Games, praised for showing how a creative system pushes work forward.
Recommended as a terrific YouTube documentary by People Make Games, praised for showing how a creative system pushes work forward.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Favourite recent YouTube documentary
“This one of my most favourite youtube documentaries i've seen in a while”
Comment from 23 Jun 2026 in “Jerry's Map” Pushes creative process forward
“I like that his system pushes the creative process forward without relinquishing the actual creative part of it”
Comment from 23 Jun 2026 in “Jerry's Map” Terrific documentary by People Make Games
“People Make Games just did a terrific documentary on this”
Comment from 23 Jun 2026 in “Jerry's Map” Worth clicking through and watching
“consider this comment a recommendation to click through and watch it then”
Comment from 23 Jun 2026 in “Jerry's Map”
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The four most recommended other documentary films, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| You Can See Everything | 39 | 30 | 57% | 2 | — | — |
| The Thinking Game | 15 | 8 | 65% | 3 | — | — |
| HyperNormalisation by Adam Curtis | 14 | 1 | 93% | 7 | — | Approved |
| It's Quieter in the Twilight | 12 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Jerry's MapThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“This one of my most favourite youtube documentaries i've seen in a while”
“I like that his system pushes the creative process forward without relinquishing the actual creative part of it”
“consider this comment a recommendation to click through and watch it then”
“People Make Games just did a terrific documentary on this”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.