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Show HN: Web swing through midtown NYC
- yourInnernet 2mo ago[dead]
- jeromechoo 2mo agoThat was pretty fun actually. Very thoughtful snapping to the nearest possible building to ensure you never end up falling into the nether.
- shahahmed 2mo agoreally helped to add the signifier of which building would be snapped. glad you enjoyed it!
- sjacob 2mo agoJust played this while sitting in a midtown building. Fun.
- shahahmed 2mo agodid you find your building? this was based on OpenNYC
- Brainspackle 2mo agoBroken
- shahahmed 2mo agohow so?
- Brainspackle 2mo agohttps://imgur.com/a/d6Ku9dA https://imgur.com/a/d6Ku9dA
- N_A_T_E 2mo agoVery cool, great job! Would love to know the stack and how the building data was processed to create these models.
- 1970-01-01 2mo agoBest Clamber-Man video game ever. https://chinafake.fandom.com/wiki/Clamber_Man https://chinafake.fandom.com/wiki/Clamber_Man
- shahahmed 2mo agoit's actually web slinging spider person
- mncharity 2mo agoI'm not oriented, but am puzzled by the diagonal avenue - it's like a mirrored Broadway?
- shahahmed 2mo agouh oh, is it reversed!! i will fix
- jonasmst 2mo agoHaha this is fun, man, well done. As someone who's never been to NYC, how accurate is this, the buildings and streets?
- shahahmed 2mo agothe blocks and building scales are accurate - based on OpenNYC, but the building styles / shapes are generic
- ryankrage77 2mo agoIs it possible to swing smoothly like the spiderman movies? Every swing seems to slam me into a building immediately, then start actually swinging.
- shahahmed 2mo agoit's possible, takes a bit of finesse. i might add an auto-swing to make it easier. you can also jump to shift momentum aggressively
- 7734128 2mo agoFun. For all people with VR headsets I'd strongly recommend the game Windlands 2. It's an awesome swinging game. The default settings are more "grapple hook" than swing, but it can be changed.
- shahahmed 2mo agothank you for the rec, will try, and thanks for playing!
- montebicyclelo 2mo agoFun, and enjoyed the track it uses: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=-tJ23mRbmps https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=-tJ23mRbmps
- shahahmed 2mo agothanks! yes i was a big fan of the song
- TSiege 2mo agovery fun. kind of hard to swing where I want. I often aim for a building in front of me but hook onto something behind me and it throws me off course
- shahahmed 2mo agothanks for trying it - yeah i might update the distance logic to be forward facing only, good point
- mips_avatar 2mo agoI'm not sure it would be more fun, but you could probably ingest openstreetmaps data so it's actually a real manhattan
- joelres 2mo agoVery fun! A few tips for others that I learned via struggle: - Use Space to air dash, do it every time after releasing a swing to position yourself for the next swing - Use WASD while swinging to steer away from your anchor point for a nicer swing curve - Otherwise, use pointer to pick your anchor (holding space did not work well for me)
- jekjek 2mo agoI think it would be more fun if you can shoot web with both hands and swing side to side not just forward.
- goosethe 2mo agothis is so cool
- totaldude87 2mo agogreat game, love it. for some reason the mouse gets locked in safari and only option is to hit esc - would suggest to point this out - even more nunaced so that folks are aware