Show HN: Ported the 1999 game Bugdom to the browser and added a bunch of mods https://ift.tt/CBZp0fi

Show HN: Ported the 1999 game Bugdom to the browser and added a bunch of mods I think the very first video game I ever played was Bugdom by Pangea Software, which came with the original iMac. There was also a shooter called Nanosaur, but my 7-year-old heart belonged to the more peaceable Bugdom, which featured a roly-poly named Rollie McFly needing to rescue ladybugs from evil fire ants and bees. Upon seeing the port to modern systems ( https://ift.tt/0GlNyhf ), I figured it should be able to run entirely in-browser nowadays, and also that AI coding tools "should" be able to do this entire project for me. I ended up spending perhaps 20 hours on it with Claude Code, but we got there. Once ported, I added a half-dozen mods that would have pleased my childhood self (like low-gravity mode and flying slugs & caterpillars mode), and a few that please my current self (like Dance Party mode). https://ift.tt/Jn7cvyl February 9, 2026 at 12:07AM