Show HN: Web swing through midtown NYC

https://www.swingnyc.com/

by shahahmed • 6 hours ago

59 24 6 hours ago

jeromechoo• 5 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.

shahahmed10• 5 hours ago

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

sjacob• 5 hours ago

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

shahahmed10• 5 hours ago

did you find your building? this was based on OpenNYC

Brainspackle2• 5 hours ago

Broken

shahahmed10• 5 hours ago

how so?

Brainspackle2• 3 hours ago

https://imgur.com/a/d6Ku9dA

N_A_T_E• 4 hours ago

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

1970-01-01• 4 hours ago

Best Clamber-Man video game ever.

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

shahahmed10• 4 hours ago

it's actually web slinging spider person

mncharity• 4 hours ago

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

shahahmed10• 4 hours ago

uh oh, is it reversed!! i will fix

jonasmst• 4 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?

shahahmed10• 4 hours ago

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

ryankrage77• 3 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.

shahahmed10• 2 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

7734128• 3 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.

shahahmed10• 2 hours ago

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

montebicyclelo• 2 hours ago

Fun, and enjoyed the track it uses:

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

shahahmed10• 2 hours ago

thanks! yes i was a big fan of the song

TSiege• 2 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

shahahmed10• 2 hours ago

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

mips_avatar• 1 hour ago

I'm not sure it would be more fun, but you could probably ingest openstreetmaps data so it's actually a real manhattan

joelres• 39 minutes 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)

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