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60 points by shahahmed 6 hours ago | 24 comments
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joelres 1 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 2 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 3 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
shahahmed 3 hours ago [-]
thanks for trying it - yeah i might update the distance logic to be forward facing only, good point
1970-01-01 5 hours ago [-]
Best Clamber-Man video game ever.

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

shahahmed 4 hours ago [-]
it's actually web slinging spider person
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?
shahahmed 4 hours ago [-]
the blocks and building scales are accurate - based on OpenNYC, but the building styles / shapes are generic
montebicyclelo 3 hours ago [-]
Fun, and enjoyed the track it uses:

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

shahahmed 3 hours ago [-]
thanks! yes i was a big fan of the song
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.

shahahmed 3 hours ago [-]
thank you for the rec, will try, and thanks for playing!
ryankrage77 4 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.
shahahmed 3 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 6 hours ago [-]
Just played this while sitting in a midtown building. Fun.
shahahmed 6 hours ago [-]
did you find your building? this was based on OpenNYC
N_A_T_E 5 hours ago [-]
Very cool, great job! Would love to know the stack and how the building data was processed to create these models.
jeromechoo 6 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 6 hours ago [-]
really helped to add the signifier of which building would be snapped. glad you enjoyed it!
mncharity 5 hours ago [-]
I'm not oriented, but am puzzled by the diagonal avenue - it's like a mirrored Broadway?
shahahmed 4 hours ago [-]
uh oh, is it reversed!! i will fix
Brainspackle 5 hours ago [-]
Broken
shahahmed 5 hours ago [-]
how so?
Brainspackle 4 hours ago [-]
https://imgur.com/a/d6Ku9dA
yourInnernet 6 hours ago [-]
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