I teleported to a place where I've never been and discovered that I was falling from the sky with a parachute -- from the darkness, and into more darkness. Looking around, I could see others below.
The parachute then disappeared without any drama and I was not falling.
I tried to walk up to some other players, but when I reached one of them I fell below the surface they were standing on.
A note at the bottom of the screen appeared for a moment suggesting that that pressing F would enter car mode some such thing, so I pressed F and a little bell sounded, while the scroller indicated that I'd used the Primary Action.
But I kept trying as I walked through the vast darkness. Ahead, way up there, it appeared that there was something like a road with some other players near it; a few were standing around and some were walking seemingly aimlessly.
As I walked towards the road, my elevation seemed to be increasing -- like I was atop of some invisible ramp.
Eventually, I snapped up to the top surface of the road. For just one instant I was eye-to-eye with another player.
And then I heard a man scream as the world turned grey. I soon recognized that this was my death.
A strange game. The only way to win is not to play.
jbl0ndie 23 hours ago [-]
So that's either Hotel California by The Eagles, or that time when I tried Second Life and got stuck between the wall and the spiral staircase in the training level. I'm probably still there. Strange indeed.
w4yai 23 hours ago [-]
Such a beautiful and accurate description of the experience. Thank you.
fassssst 1 days ago [-]
It’s very easy to vibe code cool three.js OSM things.
Here’s a little N64 style cozy flight sim I’m working on:
Nice! I flew by my childhood home a few times. My request would be to let it fly slower. I wanted to look around but passed by everything too quickly.
fassssst 24 hours ago [-]
Thanks! You can hold Ctrl on desktop to fly slower, will add speed controls for mobile.
Also working on a photo mode :)
arkensaw 21 hours ago [-]
I'm also working on an N64 style cozy flight game, but not over seattle. Also I am far less further along than you
1 days ago [-]
brendanlevy 1 days ago [-]
Amazing - I was just working on something like this in Godot for my kids. Would love to collaborate.
fassssst 1 days ago [-]
Also making this for my son! I'll add an in-game write up with a prompt guide; it took a lot of guidance and taste to get it to this point, and a few billion tokens.
taude 1 days ago [-]
That's pretty neat. Was fun seeing Seattle rendered this way
adamq_q 1 days ago [-]
This is super cool!
thenthenthen 19 hours ago [-]
Wow impressive!
vunderba 1 days ago [-]
I’ve seen a few attempts at making procedural racing games based on street map data from Google Maps and other sources [1] [2], but because the maps are often imprecise from a collision standpoint, the results can tend to be pretty janky.
Unfortunately I can't really give any meaningful feedback on this game because every time I try to start a race, it just shows a character parachuting down...
I think doing this type of work makes you really respect the game devs that pioneered the genre. a lot of little things matter in terms of making it feel right, whether you're going for realistic or more arcade like.
for my version I leaned arcade: during the race you can jump higher, it gives in game direction hints, and the whole track has a ribbon on it so it's obvious where to go. however, every hour the track changes to a different stretch of Philly roads and it can definitely highlight your point.
The art direction and sense of scale are important, and successful games seem to be quite good at tricking you into thinking the visual scope is bigger than it is, while the smaller/tighter areas are easier to navigate in-game. The real world is surprisingly huge.
(I don't want to spam my game but you can find it in my recent comment history)
I love this.
Just cancelled a trip to Austria. At least I can drive the K pass now. Going off road, rolling and then carrying on is a really nice touch. It has RV There Yet vibes.
danirod 1 days ago [-]
It seems that the link points to a shared map that is being flooded by visitors, so opening the link is a sensory nightmare. Plus probably triggers some bugs due to the server overload. Visiting the frontpage and creating an empty race result in a still buggy but less buggy experience to at least understand what in the world is this.
fodkodrasz 1 days ago [-]
Buggy to the level of unusable.
sgt 8 hours ago [-]
More vibe coded slop hitting HN
sgt 1 days ago [-]
Where's the car? "F" does nothing. And I can't find any vehicle.
faebi 1 days ago [-]
It's very buggy. A full reload helps. Don't press too many buttons until you land. Then press F until the car appears. only enter when it stops. That's my experience with it
NSUserDefaults 1 days ago [-]
I didn't find the buggy.
faebi 1 days ago [-]
Hold `B`
ttamslam 1 days ago [-]
I'm so primed to enjoy this from what I can tell, but sadly too buggy to use.
edumucelli 1 days ago [-]
Too much "vibe" in the code.
tweepy 16 hours ago [-]
Hack back browser button, should be flagged.
Azantys 1 days ago [-]
Dysfunctional vibeslop
andai 1 days ago [-]
Reminds me of those old multiplayer Shockwave games where there was nothing to do but you'd just hang out.
Yapping7880 1 days ago [-]
Interesting idea that seems FUBAR.
1 days ago [-]
bromuk 1 days ago [-]
Feels like a single shot from an AI agent, pretty horrible and buggy
transitivebs 1 days ago [-]
the link should go to the base url, not an overloaded server: https://hop.earth
faebi 1 days ago [-]
I wanted a nice mountain route on start :-)
Double_a_92 1 days ago [-]
Cursed buggy mess
LukaD 24 hours ago [-]
That's honestly pretty rough. Starting a race in a region where it's night time is pointless when you see almost nothing at night. Holding X to summon a vehicle does not seem to work. Can we have less completely broken vibe coded stuff please?
arikrahman 23 hours ago [-]
Nice premise, I can see this being developed out more for open world style games.
progx 1 days ago [-]
Cool idea, but please make it better!
moomoo11 23 hours ago [-]
doesnt seem to work
weezing 1 days ago [-]
Prime example why not everyone should make games
ponor 17 hours ago [-]
Pooo
ponor 17 hours ago [-]
Хз
kerv 1 days ago [-]
f's in chat
sourcecodeplz 1 days ago [-]
buggy but fun
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shevchukmaks7 21 hours ago [-]
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shevchukmaks7 21 hours ago [-]
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hellojomp 1 days ago [-]
The next level of this is Ukraine street maps where you run virtual war campaigns on real streets using drones.
Rendered at 21:04:03 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) with Vercel.
The parachute then disappeared without any drama and I was not falling.
I tried to walk up to some other players, but when I reached one of them I fell below the surface they were standing on.
A note at the bottom of the screen appeared for a moment suggesting that that pressing F would enter car mode some such thing, so I pressed F and a little bell sounded, while the scroller indicated that I'd used the Primary Action.
But I kept trying as I walked through the vast darkness. Ahead, way up there, it appeared that there was something like a road with some other players near it; a few were standing around and some were walking seemingly aimlessly.
As I walked towards the road, my elevation seemed to be increasing -- like I was atop of some invisible ramp.
Eventually, I snapped up to the top surface of the road. For just one instant I was eye-to-eye with another player.
And then I heard a man scream as the world turned grey. I soon recognized that this was my death.
A strange game. The only way to win is not to play.
Here’s a little N64 style cozy flight sim I’m working on:
https://seattle64.benjasmin.chatgpt.site/
Also working on a photo mode :)
Unfortunately I can't really give any meaningful feedback on this game because every time I try to start a race, it just shows a character parachuting down...
[1] - https://github.com/gre-42/MGame
[2] - https://steamcommunity.com/app/2599450
for my version I leaned arcade: during the race you can jump higher, it gives in game direction hints, and the whole track has a ribbon on it so it's obvious where to go. however, every hour the track changes to a different stretch of Philly roads and it can definitely highlight your point.
The art direction and sense of scale are important, and successful games seem to be quite good at tricking you into thinking the visual scope is bigger than it is, while the smaller/tighter areas are easier to navigate in-game. The real world is surprisingly huge.
(I don't want to spam my game but you can find it in my recent comment history)