Hey! If you’re a fan of platformer games, and maybe even a fan of web crawlers, we have a treat for you!
Follow along with CCBot as you crawl webpages, stomp 404 ghosts, obey robots.txt, and create an archive of the public web! The game has 30+ levels, more easter eggs than you can shake a Wiimote at, and an original chiptune soundtrack by our friend SID 200 OK!
Use the “Watch Live” feature to watch other players having fun.
To play: https://game.commoncrawl.org/
Video of a level: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OhcerwqtlcyflzVhA9gG6_HN7Eo...
Research papers involving Common Crawl’s data: https://commoncrawl.org/research-papers
Credits: Claude, @malteos, @thunderpoot, and Grogmar Thunderfist, and many others.
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50455680
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