Show HN: Web swing through midtown NYC

(swingnyc.com)

48 points | by shahahmed 4 hours ago ago

22 comments

  • 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

    • shahahmed 17 minutes ago

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

  • montebicyclelo 28 minutes ago

    Fun, and enjoyed the track it uses:

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

    • shahahmed 23 minutes ago

      thanks! yes i was a big fan of the song

  • 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.

    • shahahmed 22 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 2 hours ago

      it's actually web slinging spider person

  • 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?

    • shahahmed 2 hours ago

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

  • 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.

    • 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

  • 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 2 hours 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 3 hours ago

    Broken