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		n0us on Jan 13, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: 3D shooter in your terminal using raycast... It's amazing what you can do in so few lines of code. If you have the time you ought to do a tutorial on how to make this sort of game, it would be a great read.

TheMozg on Jan 13, 2016 [–]

There is a great tutorial (it's actually a series of them) which I used: http://lodev.org/cgtutor/raycasting.html

It's old and C++ but explains raycasting very well.

And there is also a similar project in just 265 JS lines: http://www.playfuljs.com/a-first-person-engine-in-265-lines/

n0us on Jan 14, 2016 | [–]

Thanks, I'll check it out.

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