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KestrelEngine
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Evocation-Games / KestrelEngine

KestrelEngine

The Kestrel Game Engine

2Distinct people
3Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
61GitHub stars
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What it is

The Kestrel Game Engine

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

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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, 12:54:37 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by week3 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2020-10-09 01:32:48 UTC to 2020-12-11 21:15:38 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

0122020-10-05 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-10-12 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsOct 52020-10-12 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-10-19 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-10-19 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-10-26 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-10-26 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-11-02 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-11-02 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-11-09 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsNov 22020-11-09 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-11-16 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-11-16 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-11-23 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-11-23 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-11-30 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-11-30 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-12-07 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-12-07 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-12-14 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 commentsDec 7

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Oct 52020-10-05 00:00:00 UTC2020-10-12 00:00:00 UTC101
Oct 122020-10-12 00:00:00 UTC2020-10-19 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 192020-10-19 00:00:00 UTC2020-10-26 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 262020-10-26 00:00:00 UTC2020-11-02 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 22020-11-02 00:00:00 UTC2020-11-09 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 92020-11-09 00:00:00 UTC2020-11-16 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 162020-11-16 00:00:00 UTC2020-11-23 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 232020-11-23 00:00:00 UTC2020-11-30 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 302020-11-30 00:00:00 UTC2020-12-07 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 72020-12-07 00:00:00 UTC2020-12-14 00:00:00 UTC202

What Hacker News says

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Keep an eye on Cosmic Frontier: Override. It's not the original code, but it will be a re-release of the Override scenario in a new engine designed for data file compatibility with the whole series, plus new features. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cosmicfrontier/cosmic-f... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cosmicfrontier/cosmic-f... https://github.com/EvocationGames/KestrelEngine I gather the rights to EVN are a more complicated issue because ATMOS was a whole bunch of people, versus EVO where Peter Cartwright owned everything. Rights to the EV name still belong to Matt Burch who wasn't interested in having it used for Cartwright's rerelease. Also see discussion on reddit for more background info: https://www.reddit.com/r/evnova/comments/g5wgbl/i_discuss_co... There are a couple threads scattered around, u/evopac is Peter Cartw
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