alt.hn

7/22/2026 at 4:25:08 PM

Show HN: Web swing through midtown NYC

 https://www.swingnyc.com/

by shahahmed

7/22/2026 at 8:44:08 PM

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

by mips_avatar

7/22/2026 at 8:03:57 PM

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

by TSiege

7/22/2026 at 8:05:28 PM

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

by shahahmed

7/22/2026 at 7:31:19 PM

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.

by 7734128

7/22/2026 at 8:00:29 PM

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

by shahahmed

7/22/2026 at 6:17:25 PM

Haha this is fun, man, well done. As someone who's never been to NYC, how accurate is this, the buildings and streets?

by jonasmst

7/22/2026 at 6:20:03 PM

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

by shahahmed

7/22/2026 at 7:06:57 PM

Is it possible to swing smoothly like the spiderman movies? Every swing seems to slam me into a building immediately, then start actually swinging.

by ryankrage77

7/22/2026 at 8:01:57 PM

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

by shahahmed

7/22/2026 at 6:06:01 PM

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

by N_A_T_E

7/22/2026 at 6:10:58 PM

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

by mncharity

7/22/2026 at 6:19:23 PM

uh oh, is it reversed!! i will fix

by shahahmed

7/22/2026 at 5:01:57 PM

That was pretty fun actually. Very thoughtful snapping to the nearest possible building to ensure you never end up falling into the nether.

by jeromechoo

7/22/2026 at 5:04:32 PM

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

by shahahmed

7/22/2026 at 5:04:48 PM

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

by sjacob

7/22/2026 at 5:06:06 PM

did you find your building? this was based on OpenNYC

by shahahmed

7/22/2026 at 5:31:30 PM

Broken

by Brainspackle

7/22/2026 at 4:40:15 PM

[dead]

by yourInnernet