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A retro arcade style tower climber where your only weapon is a shield

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#26 of 69 on Oct 21

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points · since listing → Oct 21, 15:22 UTC

Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Oct 28, 07:21 UTC).

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listed Oct 21, 07:21 UTC

Traction (points) over time

012ListedOct 21, 15:22 UTC · 2 points · 0 comments · 8h after listing
1 reading (one per daily ingest run). Dots are recorded values; lines just connect them — nothing in between is measured.

Key statistics

Traction
2points
Comments
0
Rank in GAME this week
#19of 50 HN
Rank overall this week
#291of 944 HN
Sector hit rate
9.1%5/55 · 7D
Traction line
Below10+ points
First reading
2Oct 21, 15:22 UTC
Last reading
2Oct 21, 15:22 UTC
Readings
1over 8h

Launch-day race · #26 of 69 Show HN launches on 2026-10-21

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  3. #26A retro arcade style tower climber where your only weapon is a shield2 points
  4. #27See AI trends heat up in real time2 points
  5. #28What if Instinct and GrokBot had a baby?2 points
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