Show HN: PyWolf3D, a wolfenstein3D clone written from scratch in Python

From the project page “All code present in this project was written by me, without AI code generation or coding agents”

mangasmango 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

looks great i have done something similar in the past using the same book but with html canvas and javascript for a free puzzle game I made, raycasting is so fascinating to me

	▲	BSPtree 38 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It really is. Sometimes I think of it as 1D raytracing: indeed of tracing rays for a grid, you trace them for a line in the central horizon of the screen :)

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ScreenWardenApp 21 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Wow, this takes me back. I'm curious how much time you have in this?

	▲	BSPtree 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Glad you like it! About 1.5-2 months. I wanted to build a raycaster so I decided to rewrite my fav DOS game while at it!

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vivzkestrel 19 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

- stupid question: can you write a 3d game in c++ or python from scratch without using a GPT?

	▲	orangeboats 17 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Are you saying that indie 3D games never existed prior to 2023?
	▲	BSPtree 13 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Ummm... Of course you can! Consider using opengl libraries like pyopengl. But I would write my own rasterizer (and I did)! With python though that path is much harder.
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