Show HN: Web swing through midtown NYC (swingnyc.com)

48 points by shahahmed 4 hours ago

22 comments:

by TSiege 19 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

by shahahmed 17 minutes ago

thanks for trying it - yeah i might update the distance logic to be forward facing only, good point

by montebicyclelo 28 minutes ago

Fun, and enjoyed the track it uses:

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

by shahahmed 23 minutes ago

thanks! yes i was a big fan of the song

by 7734128 an hour 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.

by shahahmed 22 minutes ago

thank you for the rec, will try, and thanks for playing!

by 1970-01-01 2 hours ago

Best Clamber-Man video game ever.

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

by shahahmed 2 hours ago

it's actually web slinging spider person

by jonasmst 2 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?

by shahahmed 2 hours ago

the blocks and building scales are accurate - based on OpenNYC, but the building styles / shapes are generic

by ryankrage77 an hour 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.

by shahahmed 21 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

by N_A_T_E 2 hours ago

Very cool, great job! Would love to know the stack and how the building data was processed to create these models.

by mncharity 2 hours ago

I'm not oriented, but am puzzled by the diagonal avenue - it's like a mirrored Broadway?

by shahahmed 2 hours ago

uh oh, is it reversed!! i will fix

by jeromechoo 3 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.

by shahahmed 3 hours ago

really helped to add the signifier of which building would be snapped. glad you enjoyed it!

by sjacob 3 hours ago

Just played this while sitting in a midtown building. Fun.

by shahahmed 3 hours ago

did you find your building? this was based on OpenNYC

by Brainspackle 3 hours ago

Broken

by shahahmed 3 hours ago

how so?

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