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

46 points by shahahmed 3 hours ago

7734128 12 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.

ryankrage77 36 minutes 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.

jonasmst an 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 an hour ago

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

1970-01-01 2 hours ago

Best Clamber-Man video game ever.

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

shahahmed an hour ago

it's actually web slinging spider person

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 an 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

shahahmed 2 hours ago

how so?

Brainspackle an hour ago