I'm not oriented, but am puzzled by the diagonal avenue - it's like a mirrored Broadway?
Show HN: Web swing through midtown NYC
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#12Haha 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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#13I'm not oriented, but am puzzled by the diagonal avenue - it's like a mirrored Broadway?
uh oh, is it reversed!! i will fix
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#14Haha this is fun, man, well done. As someone who's never been to NYC, how accurate is this, the buildings and streets?
the blocks and building scales are accurate - based on OpenNYC, but the building styles / shapes are generic
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#15Best Clamber-Man video game ever. https://chinafake.fandom.com/wiki/Clamber_Man
it's actually web slinging spider person
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#16Broken
how so?
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#17Is 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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#18Fun.
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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#19Fun, and enjoyed the track it uses:
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#20Fun, and enjoyed the track it uses: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=-tJ23mRbmps
thanks! yes i was a big fan of the song