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Astrial – Spherical Go on a Snub Dodecahedron

  • Hacker News

Astrial (星逐) is an online Go variant played on the surface of a sphere. The board is a subdivided snub dodecahedron — an Archimedean solid — giving 302 intersections connected as a closed spherical graph. No edges, no corners, every direction is equivalent. The topology create...

  • Published: Apr 15, 2026
  • First seen: Apr 15, 2026
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Astrial (星逐) is an online Go variant played on the surface of a sphere. The board is a subdivided snub dodecahedron — an Archimedean solid — giving 302 intersections connected as a closed spherical graph. No edges, no corners, every direction is equivalent. The topology create...

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Why it matters

Primary discovery source is Hacker News.

Key Features

  • Primary public product URL is https://astrial.app/.
  • Description: Astrial (星逐) is an online Go variant played on the surface of a sphere. The board is a subdivided snub dodecahedron — an Archimedean solid — giving 302 intersections connected as a closed spherical graph. No edges, no....
  • Listed on Hacker News as "Astrial – Spherical Go on a Snub Dodecahedron".
  • Source description: Astrial (星逐) is an online Go variant played on the surface of a sphere. The board is a subdivided snub dodecahedron — an Archimedean solid — giving 302 intersections connected as a closed spherical graph. No edges, no....
  • Source publish date is 2026-04-15.

Use Cases

  • Primary discovery source is Hacker News.
  • Hacker News mention is recent (2026-04-15).
  • Primary public product URL is https://astrial.app/.
  • Description: Astrial (星逐) is an online Go variant played on the surface of a sphere. The board is a subdivided snub dodecahedron — an Archimedean solid — giving 302 intersections connected as a closed spherical graph. No edges, no....
  • Listed on Hacker News as "Astrial – Spherical Go on a Snub Dodecahedron".

Why Now

Astrial – Spherical Go on a Snub Dodecahedron is appearing on fresh discovery surfaces, so it is worth reviewing while momentum is still forming. Confidence is currently low (41/100), so treat this as an early signal rather than a settled trend.

Community Signals

Trend score

94.6

24h momentum

Rising

Hacker News points

3

Rising

Facts / Signals / Inference / Unknowns

Facts

  • Listed on Hacker News as "Astrial – Spherical Go on a Snub Dodecahedron".
  • Source description: Astrial (星逐) is an online Go variant played on the surface of a sphere. The board is a subdivided snub dodecahedron — an Archimedean solid — giving 302 intersections connected as a closed spherical graph. No edges, no....
  • Source publish date is 2026-04-15.
  • Description: Astrial (星逐) is an online Go variant played on the surface of a sphere. The board is a subdivided snub dodecahedron — an Archimedean solid — giving 302 intersections connected as a closed spherical graph. No edges, no....
  • Primary public product URL is https://astrial.app/.

Signals

  • Hacker News mention is recent (2026-04-15).
  • Primary discovery source is Hacker News.

Inference

Trust data is still pending

The evidence pipeline has not produced enough structured trust blocks for this product yet.

Unknowns

  • Documentation is not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.
  • No tagline is stored on the current product record.
  • Pricing details are not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.
  • Recent changelog or release history is not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.

Evidence Snapshots

Astrial – Spherical Go on a Snub Dodecahedron

Listed on Hacker News as "Astrial – Spherical Go on a Snub Dodecahedron".

Astrial – Spherical Go on a Snub Dodecahedron official profile

Primary public product URL is https://astrial.app/.

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