# Termcraft

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Termcraft and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Readers bookmarked it and look forward to playing this terminal-first 2D survival sandbox. Critics find the 2D view hard to read, with unclear player motion and a slow, unskippable Nether fortress search.

## Why people recommend it

- Appealing despite low expectations (1 comments): "Didn't expect to want this, but here we are. Bookmarked." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47489041))
- Readers look forward to playing (1 comments): "good stuff! Looking forward to play with!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50249484))

## What people warn about

- Sprites look like lollipops (1 comments): "Right now they look a bit like a lollipop." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47472540))
- Player motion hard to see (1 comments): "Kind of hard to see the player's motion" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47474116))
- Nether fortress search takes long (1 comments): "finding the nether fortress will sure take time in 2d world and will render it unskippable" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47472510))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [QBasic Gorillas](https://hackerapproved.com/p/qbasic-gorillas.md): 19 recommend
- [Duskers](https://hackerapproved.com/p/duskers.md): 8 recommend
- [Nibbles (QBasic game)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nibbles.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

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