Show HN: Web swing through midtown NYC
52 points by shahahmed 5 hours ago | 23 comments

mips_avatar 6 minutes ago
I'm not sure it would be more fun, but you could probably ingest openstreetmaps data so it's actually a real manhattan
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TSiege 47 minutes ago
very 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
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shahahmed 45 minutes ago
thanks for trying it - yeah i might update the distance logic to be forward facing only, good point
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montebicyclelo 56 minutes ago
Fun, and enjoyed the track it uses:

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=-tJ23mRbmps

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shahahmed 50 minutes ago
thanks! yes i was a big fan of the song
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7734128 2 hours 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.

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shahahmed 50 minutes ago
thank you for the rec, will try, and thanks for playing!
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1970-01-01 3 hours ago
Best Clamber-Man video game ever.

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

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shahahmed 3 hours ago
it's actually web slinging spider person
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jonasmst 3 hours 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 3 hours ago
the blocks and building scales are accurate - based on OpenNYC, but the building styles / shapes are generic
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ryankrage77 2 hours 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.
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shahahmed 49 minutes ago
it'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
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N_A_T_E 3 hours ago
Very cool, great job! Would love to know the stack and how the building data was processed to create these models.
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mncharity 3 hours ago
I'm not oriented, but am puzzled by the diagonal avenue - it's like a mirrored Broadway?
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shahahmed 3 hours ago
uh oh, is it reversed!! i will fix
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jeromechoo 4 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 4 hours ago
really helped to add the signifier of which building would be snapped. glad you enjoyed it!
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sjacob 4 hours ago
Just played this while sitting in a midtown building. Fun.
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shahahmed 4 hours ago
did you find your building? this was based on OpenNYC
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Brainspackle 4 hours ago
Broken
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shahahmed 4 hours ago
how so?
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yourInnernet 5 hours ago
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