Show HN: Web swing through midtown NYC

(swingnyc.com)

47 points | by shahahmed 3 hours ago

11 comments

  • TSiege 11 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

    • shahahmed 10 minutes ago

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

    • montebicyclelo 20 minutes ago

      Fun, and enjoyed the track it uses:

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

      • shahahmed 15 minutes ago

        thanks! yes i was a big fan of the song

      • 7734128 44 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.

        • shahahmed 15 minutes ago

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

        • 1970-01-01 2 hours ago

          Best Clamber-Man video game ever.

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

          • shahahmed 1 hour ago

            it's actually web slinging spider person

          • 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?

            • shahahmed 1 hour ago

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

            • ryankrage77 1 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.

              • shahahmed 13 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

              • 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.

                • mncharity 2 hours ago

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

                  • shahahmed 1 hour ago

                    uh oh, is it reversed!! i will fix

                  • 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.

                    • shahahmed 3 hours ago

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

                    • sjacob 3 hours ago

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

                      • shahahmed 3 hours ago

                        did you find your building? this was based on OpenNYC

                      • Brainspackle 2 hours ago

                        Broken