Show HN: Web swing through midtown NYC

 (swingnyc.com)

46 points | by shahahmed 3 hours ago

10 comments

  • 7734128 3 minutes ago
    Fun.

    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.

  • ryankrage77 28 minutes ago
    Is it possible to swing smoothly like the spiderman movies? Every swing seems to slam me into a building immediately, then start actually swinging.
  • jonasmst 1 hour ago
    Haha this is fun, man, well done. As someone who's never been to NYC, how accurate is this, the buildings and streets?
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    • shahahmed 1 hour ago
      the blocks and building scales are accurate - based on OpenNYC, but the building styles / shapes are generic
  • 1970-01-01 1 hour ago
    Best Clamber-Man video game ever.

    https://chinafake.fandom.com/wiki/Clamber_Man

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    • shahahmed 1 hour ago
      it's actually web slinging spider person
  • N_A_T_E 1 hour ago
    Very cool, great job! Would love to know the stack and how the building data was processed to create these models.
  • mncharity 1 hour ago
    I'm not oriented, but am puzzled by the diagonal avenue - it's like a mirrored Broadway?
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    • shahahmed 1 hour ago
      uh oh, is it reversed!! i will fix
  • jeromechoo 2 hours ago
    That was pretty fun actually. Very thoughtful snapping to the nearest possible building to ensure you never end up falling into the nether.
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    • shahahmed 2 hours ago
      really helped to add the signifier of which building would be snapped. glad you enjoyed it!
  • sjacob 2 hours ago
    Just played this while sitting in a midtown building. Fun.
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    • shahahmed 2 hours ago
      did you find your building? this was based on OpenNYC
  • Brainspackle 2 hours ago
    Broken
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  • yourInnernet 2 hours ago
    [dead]