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Cave game tech test
Nizzotch · 0 HN recommenders · 0 recommendation months
Recommended by 0 Hacker News commenters across 0 months (2013–2022).
SignalTube analysis
Among 9 other demo videos tagged Indie game development, the mean is 1.3 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 0 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 0 distinct months; the peer average is 1.3 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
0% of its 3 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2013–2022; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 3 minutes 2 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2009-05-13.
- Channel / speaker
- Nizzotch
- Verified runtime
- 3m 2s
- YouTube upload date
- 2009-05-13
- Hacker News mention years
- 2013–2022
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other demo videos in Indie game development. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cave game tech testCurrent video | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | 3m 2s | 2009-05-13 |
| Hyperbolica: A Non-Euclidean Adventure [Old Trailer]demo · CodeParade | 3 | 3 | 75% | No recorded overlap | 0m 51s | 2020-05-02 |
| Creating Prelude of the Chambereddemo · Nizzotch | 2 | 2 | 67% | No recorded overlap | 5m 51s | 2011-08-31 |
| How I implemented MegaTextures on real Nintendo 64 hardwaredemo · James Lambert | 2 | 2 | 50% | No recorded overlap | 8m 51s | 2023-09-16 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Goodbye Zachtronics”. Its short rationale: Early prototype from Notch's blog account of Minecraft's origins.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “How Minecraft Was Born”. Its short rationale: Notch's early 2009 video of the Infiniminer-style project.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Skycraft: Minecraft clone in WebGL”. Its short rationale: Notch's 2009 prototype compared to a modern voxel demo.