Show HN: I made a WWI dogfight game that runs in the browser

https://www.gamedev.pl/ay/biplane-skirmish
Hello, this is one of my new games, developed with my own custom game engine. A lot of it was enabled by the latest AI models like Opus or Astra, I feel like I can finally express myself without being bogged down in asset work or programming. I hope you enjoy it :)

Comments

brenttbSep 27, 2026, 12:40 PM
Haha, this is very cool, and fun to play. It can be a bit hard to tell the planes apart for me (I'm colourblind), but not a major difficulty.
perilunarSep 26, 2026, 9:06 AM
Nice!

But lose the parachutes — fighter pilots didn't wear them in WWI

fullstackwifeSep 26, 2026, 10:51 AM
in my games I try to avoid certain topics (like violence or death), so in case of this one no pilots are getting harmed!
0xdeadbeefbabeSep 25, 2026, 5:18 PM
very cool! Wasn't WWI in black and white though?
fragmedeSep 25, 2026, 6:24 PM
I wasn't there, but I'm pretty sure the world had colors prior to the invention of color television in 1953. Again, I wasn't there, so this is merely conjecture.
vunderbaSep 25, 2026, 8:18 PM
Obligatory Calvin and Hobbes comic:

https://imgur.com/a/dNS5r5X

fullstackwifeSep 25, 2026, 6:29 PM
bw + proper cinematic filter, I'm curious how it will look, I will give it a try over the weekend, thanks! (Claude already suffered a lot working on this game...)