Show HN: Web swing through midtown NYC

 (swingnyc.com)

69 points | by shahahmed 15 hours ago

15 comments

  • joelres 9 hours ago
    Very fun! A few tips for others that I learned via struggle: - Use Space to air dash, do it every time after releasing a swing to position yourself for the next swing - Use WASD while swinging to steer away from your anchor point for a nicer swing curve - Otherwise, use pointer to pick your anchor (holding space did not work well for me)
  • mips_avatar 10 hours ago
    I'm not sure it would be more fun, but you could probably ingest openstreetmaps data so it's actually a real manhattan
  • TSiege 11 hours 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
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    • shahahmed 11 hours ago
      thanks for trying it - yeah i might update the distance logic to be forward facing only, good point
  • 1970-01-01 13 hours ago
    Best Clamber-Man video game ever.

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

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    • shahahmed 13 hours ago
      it's actually web slinging spider person
  • jonasmst 13 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?
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    • shahahmed 13 hours ago
      the blocks and building scales are accurate - based on OpenNYC, but the building styles / shapes are generic
  • 7734128 11 hours 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.

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    • shahahmed 11 hours ago
      thank you for the rec, will try, and thanks for playing!
  • montebicyclelo 11 hours ago
    Fun, and enjoyed the track it uses:

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

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    • shahahmed 11 hours ago
      thanks! yes i was a big fan of the song
  • ryankrage77 12 hours 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.
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    • shahahmed 11 hours 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
  • sjacob 14 hours ago
    Just played this while sitting in a midtown building. Fun.
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    • shahahmed 14 hours ago
      did you find your building? this was based on OpenNYC
  • jeromechoo 14 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.
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    • shahahmed 14 hours ago
      really helped to add the signifier of which building would be snapped. glad you enjoyed it!
  • N_A_T_E 13 hours ago
    Very cool, great job! Would love to know the stack and how the building data was processed to create these models.
  • mncharity 13 hours ago
    I'm not oriented, but am puzzled by the diagonal avenue - it's like a mirrored Broadway?
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    • shahahmed 13 hours ago
      uh oh, is it reversed!! i will fix
  • goosethe 7 hours ago
    this is so cool
  • Brainspackle 13 hours ago
    Broken
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  • yourInnernet 14 hours ago
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