Quake ported to safe Rust
Shares rank 19 of 78 video games by recommenders
Fun, impressive port of Quake to safe Rust, with a browser build and visual diff harness; multiplayer is not working.
Fun, impressive port of Quake to safe Rust, with a browser build and visual diff harness; multiplayer is not working.
17 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 12
- criticize it
- 5
- approval share
- 71%
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: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 12 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2.4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
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
Fun and impressive to play
“I enjoyed playing around for a bit... it's impressive.”
Comment from 9 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Quake ported to safe Rust, playable in browser” “Impressive! I had 20 good minutes of memories”
Comment from 11 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Quake ported to safe Rust, playable in browser” “ok this beats my doom minesweaper mashup”
Comment from 9 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Quake ported to safe Rust, playable in browser” - Comment from 9 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Quake ported to safe Rust, playable in browser”
Improves on original, verified by diffs
“It does have various improvements over the original version.”
Comment from 9 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Quake ported to safe Rust, playable in browser” “the author even supplied a "proof" visual diff harness”
Comment from 9 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Quake ported to safe Rust, playable in browser”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Seen as trivial or pointless
“The endavour doesn't have much value at all except as an experiment”
Comment from 9 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Quake ported to safe Rust, playable in browser” “this is a trivial project for an LLM, and kind of pointless”
Comment from 9 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Quake ported to safe Rust, playable in browser” “I don't see any need for this.”
Comment from 9 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Quake ported to safe Rust, playable in browser” Called AI-generated slop
“Another slop project highly likely to be abandoned in about a month.”
Comment from 9 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Quake ported to safe Rust, playable in browser” “it's the playable allegory of the cave but in vibecoded rust”
Comment from 9 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Quake ported to safe Rust, playable in browser”
Other video games people recommend
The four most recommended other video games, 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.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helldivers 2 | 50 | 34 | 60% | 10 | 1.9 yrs3 owners | — |
| GPU building game | 49 | 16 | 75% | 2 | — | — |
| Triple-A Minesweeper | 40 | 25 | 62% | 1 | — | — |
| Quake II | 33 | 8 | 80% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Quake ported to safe RustThis page | 12 | 5 | 71% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
13 of the 17 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Impressive! I had 20 good minutes of memories”
“I enjoyed playing around for a bit... it's impressive.”
“even I find this impressive & fun”
“It does have various improvements over the original version.”
“would be even greater if multiplayer worked as well”
“I say just do it and have fun and don't be shy about doing show and tell about it.”
“The endavour doesn't have much value at all except as an experiment”
“it's the playable allegory of the cave but in vibecoded rust”
“this is a trivial project for an LLM, and kind of pointless”
“I don't see any need for this.”
“Another slop project highly likely to be abandoned in about a month.”
“ok this beats my doom minesweaper mashup”
“the author even supplied a "proof" visual diff harness”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.