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Show HN: MicroState – JavaScript City Builder

https://microstate.neocities.org
3•iaincollins•1h ago
I’ve been working on MicroState, a city builder prototype written entirely in vanilla JavaScript using the HTML5 2D Canvas API.

My goal was to see how far I could get with a 2.5D isometric style simulation with vanilla JavaScript built very simply and drawn entirely with procedural generation for maps, tiles, roads, trees, buildings, etc.

The most interesting element is probably the terrain model, which allows for fairly arbitrary terrain.

Although some of the generated graphics like trees are cached as sprites, buildings- which are much more intensive to draw - are not cached yet, and many will probably cause your CPU fan to go brrr.

It's not quite a game yet, though it is "playable" and I thought folks might find it fun to try and have suggestions for features and gameplay they'd like to see, both in single player and multiplayer.

I'll be publishing the source on GitHub soon so it's easier to submit and track features and defects (and to clone and fork).

Happy to answer any questions!

Elon Musk floats idea of buying Ryanair after calling CEO 'an idiot'

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/20/elon-musk-buying-ryanair-ceo-tesla-michael-ole...
1•cycomanic•1m ago•0 comments

I rejected "Scalability" to build a logistics nightmare (works)

https://www.indiehackers.com/post/why-i-rejected-scalability-to-build-a-logistics-nightmare-that-...
1•rosiehong•4m ago•0 comments

I Burned $160k Trying to Solve "Online Tailoring"

https://www.indiehackers.com/post/how-i-burned-160-000-trying-to-solve-online-tailoring-the-engin...
1•rosiehong•5m ago•0 comments

Sam Altman's reply to Elon Musk's tweet telling people not to use ChatGPT

https://twitter.com/sama/status/2013703158459978076
2•thunderbong•8m ago•1 comments

Scientists in Dreamland

https://theamericanscholar.org/scientists-in-dreamland/
1•Hooke•11m ago•0 comments

Show HN: X Post Analyzer – Score posts using X's open-source algorithm

https://x.kano.codes
1•tonkotsuboy_com•11m ago•0 comments

App Store and Apple TV Experiencing Outage

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/20/app-store-apple-tv-down/
2•hughmandeville•12m ago•0 comments

Is PSA airlines network down anywhere besides DCA?

1•DubDouble•14m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: How are you sandboxing your coding agents?

2•kwar13•20m ago•4 comments

Are there laws of history? (2020)

https://aeon.co/essays/if-history-was-more-like-science-would-it-predict-the-future
1•Ariarule•21m ago•0 comments

Anthropic's original take home assignment open sourced

https://github.com/anthropics/original_performance_takehome
3•myahio•26m ago•1 comments

Mike Rowe 464: Palmer Luckey–The Department of War Has a Mullet

https://music.youtube.com/podcast/csmQqaSHJrw
2•nradov•40m ago•0 comments

Vitruvius Basilica found after 500 years

https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/italy-uncovers-basilica-designed-by-vitruvius-the-father-of...
2•adeltoso•41m ago•1 comments

RSS.Social – the latest and best from small sites across the web

https://rss.social/
2•Curiositry•44m ago•0 comments

Building a JavaScript runtime in one month

https://themackabu.dev/blog/js-in-one-month
2•alexinavar•44m ago•1 comments

Carney says old world order 'is not coming back'

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly3d28p4p8o
7•kwar13•46m ago•2 comments

Blade Runner Costume Design (2020)

https://costumedesignarchive.blogspot.com/2020/12/blade-runner-1982.html
1•exvi•46m ago•0 comments

Yes, I Love Ops: Because We Do Not Fear Production

https://mollysheets.com/2023/04/15/yes-i-love-ops/
2•mooreds•48m ago•0 comments

Chinese EVs Blow Past Tesla and Tariffs En Route to Global Reign

https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/china-cars-tariffs-byd-tesla-fa18066f
3•JumpCrisscross•49m ago•0 comments

Wasabi Raises $70M in New Equity

https://wasabi.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/wasabi-raises-70m-in-new-equity-to-power-the-n...
1•marc__1•49m ago•0 comments

Macaronis and the New Romantics: Making my 18th Century 'Macaroni' wig (2015)

https://revolutionarycostumes.blogspot.com/2015/03/making-18th-century-macaroni-wig.html
1•exvi•51m ago•0 comments

SubtleCrypto: GenerateKey() Method

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto/generateKey
4•mooreds•52m ago•1 comments

Humans in the Loop

https://robbyonrails.com/articles/2026/01/20/humans-in-the-loop/
2•mooreds•53m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Wearable data and meal pics → a real coach adjusts plan every week

https://helloformafit.com/
1•nemath•55m ago•0 comments

How long do you think? I give it 3 years

4•hmokiguess•55m ago•3 comments

Humans&

https://humansand.ai/
2•flinner•56m ago•0 comments

AI startup Humans& raises $480M at $4.5B valuation in seed round

https://www.reuters.com/business/ai-startup-humans-raises-480-million-45-billion-valuation-seed-r...
2•flinner•57m ago•0 comments

"AI has taught us that people are excited to replace human beings"

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/19/ed-zitron-on-big-tech-backlash-boom-and-bust-a...
2•Brajeshwar•57m ago•0 comments

Outliner

https://outliner.com/
1•handfuloflight•58m ago•0 comments

Australia criminalises hurting feelings [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VskqOgr1OtU
1•hekkle•1h ago•0 comments