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Beakdown: a game inspired by Joust

A remake inspired by playing Joust on the BBC Micro.

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  • HN submitter novlrdotcom Source ↗

Earliest dated source: 28 Jul 2026

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The author used to play Joust with their little brother on a BBC Micro. While experimenting with Claude Opus 5, they made Beakdown, a modern take on it: fly, flap and land on your enemies to "settle the pecking order". It works with touch (tap or hold either side) or a keyboard, in the browser.

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  • Hacker News: Show HN: Beakdown – a game inspired by Joust/SkirmishBlog or write-upbeakdown.fun

    Play the game.

  • Hacker News discussion (11 points)Forum threadnews.ycombinator.com
    HN submitter: novlrdotcomPosted 28 Jul 2026

    The Show HN post.

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