<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>AmIDev</author><text>How many people were working on repl.it before the first public release, and for how long?&lt;p&gt;I have been following Repl.it since it&amp;#x27;s first release. We were quite amazed when repl.it was released. We, a bunch of students, were building a project very similar to what repl.it was in it&amp;#x27;s initial days, during the same time period. we never managed to get our project to an usable stage, and eventually everyone abandoned it.</text><parent_chain><item><author>amasad</author><text>Repl.it co-founder here -- happy to answer questions :)&lt;p&gt;This is just coming out and lots of users are building impressive games; here is quick small sample of things I found interesting:&lt;p&gt;- Super Mario: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@JONASRAINS&amp;#x2F;SMOB3-Python&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@JONASRAINS&amp;#x2F;SMOB3-Python&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;- Pacman: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@argthe1st&amp;#x2F;Pacman&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@argthe1st&amp;#x2F;Pacman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;- Flappy Bird (hold space to fly): &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@rennecastro&amp;#x2F;FlappyBird&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@rennecastro&amp;#x2F;FlappyBird&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;- Dungeon game: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@AbrahamTinajero&amp;#x2F;VOLTHEGAME-V-061&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@AbrahamTinajero&amp;#x2F;VOLTHEGAME-V-061&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;- LOVE2D Ant: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@Essentuan&amp;#x2F;AntLove&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@Essentuan&amp;#x2F;AntLove&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;- Evolution simulator: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@dumfing&amp;#x2F;OutpaceEvolution&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@dumfing&amp;#x2F;OutpaceEvolution&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;- Doom style 3D maze: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@KatyaDelaney&amp;#x2F;GameJam-3DMAZE&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@KatyaDelaney&amp;#x2F;GameJam-3DMAZE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m personally bullish on Pyxel -- the pico-8-like Python environment.  Here is one of the example games running: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@amasad&amp;#x2F;jumper&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@amasad&amp;#x2F;jumper&lt;/a&gt; (make sure to check the sweet asset editor; instructions in the comment).&lt;p&gt;Also, I forgot to mention in the post but this works great with friends on Multiplayer -- you&amp;#x27;ll be able to interact with the same machine and output. Earlier this morning I watched YouTube with a bunch of random Twitter users: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;amasad&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1108804242393821184&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;amasad&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1108804242393821184&lt;/a&gt; ^^</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Repl.it GFX: Native graphics development in the browser</title><url>https://repl.it/site/blog/gfx?ref=updates</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>Lerc</author><text>Why do you go the path of using LD_PRELOAD?&lt;p&gt;Could you not provide an alternate DISPLAY environment variable pointing to a little proxy X11&lt;p&gt;Either way it&amp;#x27;s a neat hack.  Is the source for the redirector available?  It would undoubtedly have wider applications.</text><parent_chain><item><author>amasad</author><text>Repl.it co-founder here -- happy to answer questions :)&lt;p&gt;This is just coming out and lots of users are building impressive games; here is quick small sample of things I found interesting:&lt;p&gt;- Super Mario: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@JONASRAINS&amp;#x2F;SMOB3-Python&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@JONASRAINS&amp;#x2F;SMOB3-Python&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;- Pacman: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@argthe1st&amp;#x2F;Pacman&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@argthe1st&amp;#x2F;Pacman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;- Flappy Bird (hold space to fly): &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@rennecastro&amp;#x2F;FlappyBird&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@rennecastro&amp;#x2F;FlappyBird&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;- Dungeon game: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@AbrahamTinajero&amp;#x2F;VOLTHEGAME-V-061&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@AbrahamTinajero&amp;#x2F;VOLTHEGAME-V-061&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;- LOVE2D Ant: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@Essentuan&amp;#x2F;AntLove&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@Essentuan&amp;#x2F;AntLove&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;- Evolution simulator: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@dumfing&amp;#x2F;OutpaceEvolution&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@dumfing&amp;#x2F;OutpaceEvolution&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;- Doom style 3D maze: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@KatyaDelaney&amp;#x2F;GameJam-3DMAZE&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@KatyaDelaney&amp;#x2F;GameJam-3DMAZE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m personally bullish on Pyxel -- the pico-8-like Python environment.  Here is one of the example games running: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@amasad&amp;#x2F;jumper&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;repl.it&amp;#x2F;@amasad&amp;#x2F;jumper&lt;/a&gt; (make sure to check the sweet asset editor; instructions in the comment).&lt;p&gt;Also, I forgot to mention in the post but this works great with friends on Multiplayer -- you&amp;#x27;ll be able to interact with the same machine and output. Earlier this morning I watched YouTube with a bunch of random Twitter users: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;amasad&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1108804242393821184&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;amasad&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1108804242393821184&lt;/a&gt; ^^</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Repl.it GFX: Native graphics development in the browser</title><url>https://repl.it/site/blog/gfx?ref=updates</url></story>