THE VIDEO SHELF · non-euclidean geometry
Spherical Geometry Is Stranger Than Hyperbolic - Hyperbolica Devlog #2
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 HN readers recommended it
Recommended among the nice visual explorations and tech demos of non-Euclidean geometry for games.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- CodeParade
- Topic
- non-euclidean geometry
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2026
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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Code Parade on Youtube has some nice tech demo for non-euclidean 3D game engine. "Non-Euclidean Worlds Engine" - [LINK] "Spherical Geometry Is Stranger Than Hyperbolic" - [VIDEO]
wodenokoto on Hacker News · 2021-01
In Show HN: Sokyokuban, a puzzle game in a non-Euclidian worldThere’s another game being developed in a semi-3D hyperbolic geometry called Hyperbolica. The dev makes some fantastic videos [1]. [1] [VIDEO]
chairmanwow1 on Hacker News · 2021-02
In HyperRogue: A puzzle roguelike in a non-Euclidean worldHyperbolica is mostly about the opposite, a hyperbolic universe, but there may be some section to the game that will be in a spherical universe. There's definitely some devlog video set in a spherical universe: [VIDEO] The end of the video suggests this will be …
jerf on Hacker News · 2022-01
In Geometry from Another Universe
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