frontpage.
newsnewestaskshowjobs

Made with ♥ by @iamnishanth

Open Source @Github

fp.

Open in hackernews

Show HN: Browser grand strategy game for hundreds of players on huge maps

https://borderhold.io/play
2•sgolem•1h ago
Hi HN,

I've been building a browser-based multiplayer strategy game called Borderhold.

Matches run on large maps designed for hundreds of players. Players expand territory, attack neighbors, and adapt as borders shift across the map. You can put buildings down, build ships, and launch nukes.

The main thing I wanted to explore was scale: most strategy games are small matches, modest maps, or modest player counts, but here maps are large and game works well with hundreds of players.

Matches are relatively short so you can jump in and see a full game play out.

Curious what people think.

https://borderhold.io/play

Gameplay:

https://youtu.be/nrJTZEP-Cw8

Discord:

https://discord.gg/xVDNt2G5

Comments

sgolem•1h ago
One of the main challenges has been making the map simulation work for hundreds of simultaneous players without the server becoming a bottleneck.

Most interactions are event-driven and the map state updates incrementally, which keeps things manageable even when many borders are shifting at once.

I've successfully tested this with 4096^2 maps and 1024 players and in those tests framerates were stable at 144 FPS, with the server ticking steadily at the standard 10 TPS.

It is built on Rust and Bevy. I'm happy to answer any questions.

Creating the Novacene (2026 preprint, co-authored with Claude)

https://zenodo.org/records/19037963
1•Aileenka•4m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Paseo – Run coding agents from your phone, desktop, or terminal (FOSS)

https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo
1•boudra•7m ago•0 comments

REWARD.FARM - Complete tasks, get paid fast. Reward farming marketplace

https://reward.farm
1•oxad•10m ago•1 comments

Agents over Bubbles

https://stratechery.com/2026/agents-over-bubbles/
1•swolpers•12m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: What is it like being in a CS major program these days?

3•tathagatadg•13m ago•0 comments

TikTok and Meta risked safety to win algorithm arms race, whistleblowers say

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqj9kgxqjwjo
1•dijksterhuis•14m ago•0 comments

LoKI – Local AI Assistant for Linux and WSL

https://schneider-ki.com/
2•Knuddl•17m ago•0 comments

Do you have a Substack newsletter that you wish was NOT a Substack newsletter?

https://mastodon.nz/@danslevin/116235863844560347
1•doener•18m ago•0 comments

Apple's MacBook Neo Modded to a 1 TB SSD

https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/macbooks/apples-macbook-neo-modded-to-a-1-tb-ssd-breaking-th...
2•top_sigrid•21m ago•0 comments

Google's Gemini threatened me once disagreed with the "trump-putin-orban" axis

https://gemini.google.com/share/fdf648344c11
1•drops•23m ago•0 comments

Move over, Labubu. The new Silicon Valley status symbol is a tiny Apple computer

https://sfstandard.com/2026/03/12/mac-mini-bro-new-matcha-latte-guy/
1•MrJagil•31m ago•0 comments

Third places are disappearing as the world goes more online – The Week

https://theweek.com/culture-life/third-places-disappearing
1•janandonly•31m ago•0 comments

Belgian prime minister calls for EU to normalise ties with Russia

https://www.ft.com/content/4ce01938-a671-4433-83a7-dada2b3bac01
1•KnuthIsGod•32m ago•0 comments

Show HN: cn-variants – Tailwind CSS variants in 3 lines of code

https://npmx.dev/package/cn-variants
1•bastianplsfix•39m ago•0 comments

Capacity Is the Roadmap

https://yusufaytas.com/capacity-is-the-roadmap/
12•yusufaytas•42m ago•0 comments

ZippyType – A typing speed trainer with adaptive code-syntax drills

https://zippytype.vercel.app
1•afundeveloper•43m ago•0 comments

Laws of UX – in the age of AI vibe coding

https://lawsofux.com/
1•dheerajmp•45m ago•0 comments

Why Cloudflare rule order matters?

https://www.brzozowski.io/web-applications/2025/03/11/why-cloudflare-rule-order-matters.html
2•redfr0g•46m ago•0 comments

Never knew news websites could survive without ads

https://text.npr.org/
3•dheerajmp•46m ago•2 comments

Google.org Future of Work: 5 years of impact and lessons for the AI era

https://blog.google/company-news/outreach-and-initiatives/google-org/future-of-work-impact-report/
1•salkahfi•48m ago•0 comments

Custom AI Smart Speaker

https://openhome.com
1•edf13•49m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Ten YoE as a software engineer, what's next with LLMs coming in fast?

4•Tmkly•51m ago•2 comments

Finding Hope in the Shape of Failure: Bottling Infinity in Distributed Systems

https://forkracefold.com/
1•taylorbuley•53m ago•0 comments

WebMCP

https://github.com/webfuse-com/awesome-webmcp
2•tonysurfly•55m ago•0 comments

Given a narrator

https://andrewshawcare.com/given-a-narrator/
1•andrewshawcare•56m ago•0 comments

Mr. Nobody for Putin

https://ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/02/27/gospodin-nikto-za-putina-a188312
1•profstasiak•59m ago•1 comments

Ask HN: Did GitHub remove Opus and Sonnet from their Copilot Pro subscription?

4•lgl•1h ago•3 comments

Web Rewind – A Touch of Nostalgia

https://www.web-rewind.com/
1•mistat•1h ago•0 comments

Echoed – A Lightweight Discord Alternative

https://echoed.gg/
1•shaongitbd•1h ago•0 comments

The State of Allocators in 2026

https://cetra3.github.io/blog/state-of-allocators-2026/
2•ashvardanian•1h ago•0 comments