Handmade Hero Day 021 - Loading Game Code Dynamically

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended as a clear, from-scratch demonstration of how simple code hot-reloading is with plain OS facilities.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Molly Rocket

Topic

hot reloading game code

Format

tutorial

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

2

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2021–2024

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• The first time I learned about dynamic loading was while watching an episode of Casey Muratori's Handmade Hero - a series where he builds a video game, in C, from scratch. He compiles the game code as a dll and dynamically loads it at runtime …

• In one of the earlier episodes of the Handmade Hero series, Casey Muratori writes a hot-reloading functionality for C from scratch in about an hour (while giving detailed explanations of what he's doing). The following two episodes then improve upon the initial results. [VIDEO]