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Spherical Geometry Is Stranger Than Hyperbolic - Hyperbolica Devlog #2

CodeParade · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Recreational & visual mathIndie game developmentComputer graphics & rendering

What it is

CodeParade's short devlog on how spherical geometry looks in 2D and 3D and why it feels so unusual, part of the Hyperbolica series on a non-Euclidean game.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended among the nice visual explorations and tech demos of non-Euclidean geometry for games.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “Code Parade on Youtube has some nice tech demo for non-euclidean 3D game engine.”

    Nice tech demos of non-Euclidean game engines.

    wodenokoto, 2021-01 · Recommendation · in “Show HN: Sokyokuban, a puzzle game in a non-Euclidian world”

  2. “The dev makes some fantastic videos”

    Fantastic devlog videos for a hyperbolic game.

    chairmanwow1, 2021-02 · Recommendation · in “HyperRogue: A puzzle roguelike in a non-Euclidean world”

  3. “One of the better ones, in my opinion, because it has "normal" objects in it”

    Video exploration of spherical geometry with normal objects.

    jerf, 2022-01 · Recommendation · in “Geometry from Another Universe”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: spherical geometry, hyperbolica, game development, codeparade, math visualization

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