Just noticed that this URL will get flagged/blocked by network admin content filters ;)
Show HN: World of X – An Interactive Exploration of the World of Marvel's X-Men
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Re: Show HN: World of X – An Interactive Exploration of the World of Marvel's X-Men
#12Cross-posted this to Designer News, but just wanted to share it here as well as I just finished building and deploying this morning. Ever since Marvel announced their API, I've been looking to find something to build using it. A friend of mine is big on MeteorJS, so I decided to combine the two - using Meteor, the Marvel API, and the Google Maps API, I put together this interactive map that lets you explore the world…
Great work! Please also create this for alternate timelines, i.e. Age of Apocalypse :D
Ohhhh I love this idea. Days of Future Past, Age of Apocalypse... hmmm. Might have to look into those events to check out some locations.
Re: Show HN: World of X – An Interactive Exploration of the World of Marvel's X-Men
#13Great work! I saw your map on The Next Web [1], so it looks like you're already getting some good press. My first thought was this map reminded me of Cerebro, so I expected to be able to find individual characters too. That could be a nice next step. And after that, maybe some map overlays to show the geographic distribution and progression of various Marvel Universe events. Then ? And finally, profit! [1] http://the…
Oh man, thanks for the link! Super excited about that.
I like the idea of individual characters, I could see having locations with different colored markers for their origins/birthplace. That wouldn't be super super difficult to build out, either, as there's a lot of information there to pull from.
Someone else in another comment suggested doing locations based on events/alternate timelines, which sounds pretty similar to this idea, and also could be very cool. Just a matter of doing research - the Marvel API is great for single data points (i.e. character, series, single comic), but gets super overwhelming (and a little useless for this kind of thing) when you search for an event or the like. But yeah, definitely doable as a Phase II kind of thing.
Re: Show HN: World of X – An Interactive Exploration of the World of Marvel's X-Men
#14Just noticed that this URL will get flagged/blocked by network admin content filters ;)
Haha I know, I know - I tried to get a few different domain names before settling on this one. Fingers crossed that there's enough context around the link (and whatever metadata those filters need) to make sure it doesn't get ignored/blocked.