TOtosh·Jun 12, 2026Submission
2 points · Open discussionAnuken
Mindustry
Java2019–2026
Anuken / Mindustry
Mindustry
The automation tower defense RTS
11Distinct people
11Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
29.8KGitHub stars
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The automation tower defense RTS
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This week on Hacker News
Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.
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Observed mentions: 2019-10-18 22:20:01 UTC to 2026-06-12 09:27:53 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
11 sourcesThere are many open-source games. There are few large-scale high-polish open source games because it's difficult to build a business model around that. Unlike non-game software, games are ~exclusively consumer-facing, so you can't sell support or use them as a loss leader, and they're standalone applications that are difficult to monetize with online features or to use as the core of a closed-source commercial product.
That said, there are still lots of great projects out there (some of which have even had commercial success), for example:
- https://github.com/a327ex/SNKRX
- https://github.com/beyond-all-reason/Beyond-All-Reason
- https://github.com/endless-sky/endless-sky
- https://github.com/Anuken/Mindustry
In Why isn't There a open-source (project) game?I have lost too many hours of my life to this game, before finally moving on to Factorio. But then, the creator of Mindustry seems to have lost too many hours of their life to the Android Gradle plugin:
https://github.com/Anuken/Mindustry/commit/5548e727501793479...
In Mindustry: Automation Tower Defense RTS with Deep Strategy and ModdingMindustry: Automation Tower Defense RTS with Deep Strategy and Modding
75 points · Open discussionDoes it make sense to publish Deb packages for this game?
Also this commit: https://github.com/Anuken/Mindustry/commit/5548e727501793479...
In Mindustry: Open-source automation tower defense gameMy point was to counter this idea that open-source === unprofitable, but another example is Mindustry https://github.com/Anuken/Mindustry.
In Show HN: Recompyle – A JavaScript developer-friendly console / debuggerNot sure what qualifies as 'highly successful', 'from the start', etc. but Mindustry[0] is GPL, is actively updated, accepts and includes contributions from third parties and is available commercially.
[0] https://github.com/Anuken/Mindustry
In Publishing free software video gamesMindustry – The Automation Tower Defense
2 points · Open discussionMindustry: A open-source sandbox tower defense game
40 points · Open discussionMindustry[1] is an open source game that works perfect on mobile, especially if you have a big screen. You can find it on app stores or download it manually.
It's like factorio but more tower-defense and round-based. Much more approachable while still being really fun.
[1] https://github.com/Anuken/Mindustry
In US video game sales have record quarter as consumers stay at homehttps://anuke.itch.io/mindustry is an open source game with some similarities to Factorio
Here is the pathfinder code:
https://github.com/Anuken/Mindustry/blob/master/core/src/io/...
In New pathfinding algorithm