GIgilad·Dec 15, 2019Submission
Killersheep – Silly game to show off the new features of Vim 8.2
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killersheep
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vim / killersheep
killersheep
Silly game for Vim 8.2
2Distinct people
2Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
516GitHub stars
What to know before exploring
What it is
Silly game for Vim 8.2
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Where it is used
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What people are saying
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Also in these discussions
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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 3-hour interval2 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2019-12-12 17:24:12 UTC to 2019-12-15 19:36:06 UTC.
Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.
View mention counts and date ranges
| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 15:00 | 2019-12-12 15:00:00 UTC | 2019-12-12 18:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 12, 18:00 | 2019-12-12 18:00:00 UTC | 2019-12-12 21:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 12, 21:00 | 2019-12-12 21:00:00 UTC | 2019-12-13 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 13, 00:00 | 2019-12-13 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-12-13 03:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 13, 03:00 | 2019-12-13 03:00:00 UTC | 2019-12-13 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 13, 06:00 | 2019-12-13 06:00:00 UTC | 2019-12-13 09:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 13, 09:00 | 2019-12-13 09:00:00 UTC | 2019-12-13 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 13, 12:00 | 2019-12-13 12:00:00 UTC | 2019-12-13 15:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 13, 15:00 | 2019-12-13 15:00:00 UTC | 2019-12-13 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 13, 18:00 | 2019-12-13 18:00:00 UTC | 2019-12-13 21:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 13, 21:00 | 2019-12-13 21:00:00 UTC | 2019-12-14 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 14, 00:00 | 2019-12-14 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-12-14 03:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 14, 03:00 | 2019-12-14 03:00:00 UTC | 2019-12-14 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 14, 06:00 | 2019-12-14 06:00:00 UTC | 2019-12-14 09:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 14, 09:00 | 2019-12-14 09:00:00 UTC | 2019-12-14 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 14, 12:00 | 2019-12-14 12:00:00 UTC | 2019-12-14 15:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 14, 15:00 | 2019-12-14 15:00:00 UTC | 2019-12-14 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 14, 18:00 | 2019-12-14 18:00:00 UTC | 2019-12-14 21:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 14, 21:00 | 2019-12-14 21:00:00 UTC | 2019-12-15 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 15, 00:00 | 2019-12-15 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-12-15 03:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 15, 03:00 | 2019-12-15 03:00:00 UTC | 2019-12-15 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 15, 06:00 | 2019-12-15 06:00:00 UTC | 2019-12-15 09:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 15, 09:00 | 2019-12-15 09:00:00 UTC | 2019-12-15 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 15, 12:00 | 2019-12-15 12:00:00 UTC | 2019-12-15 15:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 15, 15:00 | 2019-12-15 15:00:00 UTC | 2019-12-15 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 15, 18:00 | 2019-12-15 18:00:00 UTC | 2019-12-15 21:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
2 sourcesThe really big news is that vim is now a game engine too;-)
> To show what is possible with popup windows (and because I sometimes get bored fixing bugs), I created a silly game. This uses popup windows that move across the display, text properties to highlight the animals and even sound to make it more fun!
https://github.com/vim/killersheep
In Vim 8.2