# High schooler built 3D open-world game Hedra from scratch

A developer says they wrote Hedra, a 3D open-world game, entirely from scratch while in high school. The Hacker News post highlights the project as an impressive technical and creative achievement by a young programmer. It matters as an example of ambitious independent game development and self-taught engineering.

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## Sources

### Technology
- [Hacker News](https://github.com/maxilevi/project-hedra/tree/pre-ai) — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:44:36 +0000