[HN Gopher] Show HN: Vim Tutorial as RPG
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Show HN: Vim Tutorial as RPG
Author : kouh
Score : 65 points
Date : 2022-09-23 11:50 UTC (11 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (vim-adventures.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (vim-adventures.com)
| smilindave26 wrote:
| This is great. I haven't used Vim in years - at least not
| seriously. I'm surprised as much by how much I remember as how
| much I've forgotten
| dashtiarian wrote:
| Remember that you're paying for a subscription. Years ago I
| bought this thinking the subscription agreement is just there so
| the author can pull the plug if hosting the project became
| unprofitable. Nope. It was a subscription to make more money,
| which is understandable, but is not worth it imho.
| PeterisP wrote:
| Previous threads from 2013
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5689971 and 2012
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3877880
|
| If nothing has changed, I dislike that it is not upfront about
| the paywall that comes after you've spent some time on the very
| basics; it would be honest to disclose that before people start.
| forgotpwd16 wrote:
| I knew there're will be a paywall as soon as I saw "special
| offer" on homepage. The numerous paid vim tutorials-like-games
| have taught me to immediately recognize something like this.
| Snarwin wrote:
| If you want to play an RPG that will get you used to moving
| around with hjkl, you can also try a traditional roguelike like
| nethack [1] or dcss [2].
|
| [1] https://www.nethack.org/ [2] https://crawl.develz.org/
| rco8786 wrote:
| I learned Vim on this game 6-8 years ago. I highly recommend it
| to anyone wanting to dive in!
|
| _edit_ There was not a paywall when I did it. Bummer.
| asicsp wrote:
| Note that 'Show HN' is for original authors of the site
| showcasing their product. Are you the owner of vim-adventures?
| molticrystal wrote:
| They are not the author of the software, that is
| https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=doronlinder
|
| At a glance this seems to be an interesting program, and they
| even did a talk about how they are successfully monetizing at
| VimConf 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soxBUGYOaLA
| kouh wrote:
| Good to know, thanks. I'm not the author, just stumbled upon it
| today.
| prettyStandard wrote:
| This is how I learned vim. Money well spent.
| mid-kid wrote:
| This thing is ancient, I tried playing this for a bit way before
| I actually started on my Vim journey some 7 years ago. My dad
| introduced me to this, and I didn't really see the point to it,
| never really came back to it either, so I have no idea how useful
| it actually is, but I'm glad it's still around.
|
| I'm sure there's better Vim learning tools these days. Though it
| should be noted that learning to use hjkl doesn't remotely begin
| to cover the expressiveness of vim keybinds for editing, and I
| think this tool at least goes more in depth than most others.
| NyxWulf wrote:
| This does cost money, but if you are serious about learning vim,
| this is an excellent game, and reasonably priced. One benefit I
| found is that the game creates a curriculum that exposes you to
| things you wouldn't otherwise try in your day to day, simply
| because you don't know them.
|
| It helped improve my vim muscle memory substantially. Well done
| imo.
| dllthomas wrote:
| It's reasonably priced if you consider it both a game and a
| learning resource. If you already know vim fluently and just
| want it as a clever puzzle game, $25 is a reasonable purchase
| price but steep for a 6 month license. I have bounced off it
| several times over the years, after initially clicking the card
| icon intending to pay.
| codesnik wrote:
| well, it sure does know how to beep
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