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Show HN: Explore the Star Wars galaxy in a fully interactive 3D experience(starwarsgalaxy.co)
8 points by kyleconrad 11y ago|0 comments
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by kyleconrad 12y ago
Haha I know, I know - I tried to get a few different domain names before settling on this one. Fingers crossed that there's enough context around the link (and whatever metadata those filters need) to make sure it doesn't get igno
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by kyleconrad 12y ago
Oh man, thanks for the link! Super excited about that. I like the idea of individual characters, I could see having locations with different colored markers for their origins/birthplace. That wouldn't be super super difficult to b
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by kyleconrad 12y ago
Ohhhh I love this idea. Days of Future Past, Age of Apocalypse... hmmm. Might have to look into those events to check out some locations.
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by kyleconrad 12y ago
Agreed entirely - there's a set of Google Maps utility tools that Google put out that tie into the API and I'm actually using the markers with labels one to show the markers as it is now. They also have a library that can cluster
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by kyleconrad 12y ago
Yeah, I actually just changed it to a simple zoom with no pan about an hour ago. I was using an interval to adjust the zoom function with the Google Maps API, but everyone said it seemed super choppy. Unfortunate, because I was hoping that
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by kyleconrad 12y ago
Cross-posted this to Designer News, but just wanted to share it here as well as I just finished building and deploying this morning. Ever since Marvel announced their API, I've been looking to find something to build using it. A friend
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Show HN: World of X – An Interactive Exploration of the World of Marvel's X-Men(world-of-x.com)
44 points by kyleconrad 12y ago|13 comments
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by kyleconrad 12y ago
Because they're the ones hiring agencies, deciding mood and content based on presented ideas, and then approving and revising design throughout the process.
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by kyleconrad 12y ago
Clients drive design 99.9% of the time. Clients like it because they think the cool kids are doing it. Clients also like gimmicky scroll effects and parallax.