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Show HN: Web swing through midtown NYC (swingnyc.com)
joelres 23 hours ago [-]
Very 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)
mips_avatar 1 days ago [-]
I'm not sure it would be more fun, but you could probably ingest openstreetmaps data so it's actually a real manhattan
1970-01-01 1 days ago [-]
Best Clamber-Man video game ever.

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

shahahmed 1 days ago [-]
it's actually web slinging spider person
totaldude87 7 hours ago [-]
great 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
TSiege 1 days 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
shahahmed 1 days ago [-]
thanks for trying it - yeah i might update the distance logic to be forward facing only, good point
jonasmst 1 days ago [-]
Haha this is fun, man, well done. As someone who's never been to NYC, how accurate is this, the buildings and streets?
shahahmed 1 days ago [-]
the blocks and building scales are accurate - based on OpenNYC, but the building styles / shapes are generic
7734128 1 days 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.

shahahmed 1 days ago [-]
thank you for the rec, will try, and thanks for playing!
montebicyclelo 1 days ago [-]
Fun, and enjoyed the track it uses:

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

shahahmed 1 days ago [-]
thanks! yes i was a big fan of the song
ryankrage77 1 days 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.
shahahmed 1 days 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
sjacob 1 days ago [-]
Just played this while sitting in a midtown building. Fun.
shahahmed 1 days ago [-]
did you find your building? this was based on OpenNYC
jeromechoo 1 days ago [-]
That was pretty fun actually. Very thoughtful snapping to the nearest possible building to ensure you never end up falling into the nether.
shahahmed 1 days ago [-]
really helped to add the signifier of which building would be snapped. glad you enjoyed it!
N_A_T_E 1 days ago [-]
Very cool, great job! Would love to know the stack and how the building data was processed to create these models.
mncharity 1 days ago [-]
I'm not oriented, but am puzzled by the diagonal avenue - it's like a mirrored Broadway?
shahahmed 1 days ago [-]
uh oh, is it reversed!! i will fix
Brainspackle 1 days ago [-]
Broken
shahahmed 1 days ago [-]
how so?
Brainspackle 1 days ago [-]
goosethe 21 hours ago [-]
this is so cool
yourInnernet 1 days ago [-]
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