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Let's port Diablo to SerenityOS!

Andreas Kling · demo · Watch on YouTube

Operating systems & kernelsSoftware practice, open source & careersC, C++, Rust, Go & systems languages

What it is

Andreas Kling ports the game Diablo to SerenityOS, his from-scratch Unix-like operating system, using the devilutionX project. The roughly 80-minute session shows what porting third-party software to the OS involves.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters recommend it as a demonstration of SerenityOS's hackability and fast iteration across all layers of the system.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “A good preview of this hackability is in his Diablo port”

    Shows hackability of SerenityOS by porting Diablo in one sitting.

    mythz, 2021-05 · Recommendation · in “I quit my job to focus on SerenityOS full time”

  2. “the video on porting Diablo to SerenityOS in an hour is pretty interesting to watch”

    Interesting look at what porting software is like.

    arduinomancer, 2021-05 · Recommendation · in “I quit my job to focus on SerenityOS full time”

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

Topics: serenityos, andreas kling, porting, c++, diablo, os hacking

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