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Airport Simulator

806 pointsby apunenyesterday at 10:30 AM154 commentsview on HN

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TechSquidTVyesterday at 12:27 PM

Both me and my friend have been racing eachother to create airport simulators. Wildly on-topic for me.

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dariush624yesterday at 6:24 PM

Super fun! Gets very complicated with congestion, good work!!

westcoast49yesterday at 4:53 PM

I got a slight flashback to Blue Max, just because of the graphics.

pjmlpyesterday at 1:33 PM

Even if simple, it is quite appealing and fun, spend quite a while playing it.

gus_massayesterday at 12:52 PM

Nice and fun, but I'd like that the fame enforces a minimal turning radius.

harvieyesterday at 4:21 PM

Imagine modified version of this game having local AI voice recognition and you would have to give instructions to the air traffic over "radio" using callsigns and everything. Just like the real tower.

Aardwolfyesterday at 12:41 PM

4 successful landings before disaster struck, not a bad first day as ATC

vlovich123yesterday at 1:28 PM

The touch controls, at least on iOS, leave a lot to be desired.

murzynalbinosyesterday at 2:57 PM

This is nice. And yeah, I've crashed after 33 sec ;)

tonic_noteyesterday at 3:35 PM

the hitbox on the landing strip is kinda odd, not sure why sometimes my planes don't enter into the landing state when entering the runway

mannycalaverayesterday at 1:37 PM

this is awesome, thank you for making this. Such a neat little package - I love that there are no instructions. And the graphics are so simple and neat

mscissorstoday at 1:07 AM

Can I ask what programming language you uesd? Good game

Khira_Mossyesterday at 3:53 PM

The real simulator feature is discovering how quickly one delayed plane becomes everyone’s problem.

yangosoftyesterday at 1:24 PM

Add some color blind option, please.

I cannot distinguish the two reds/browns/greens or whatever hehe.

dssagar93yesterday at 1:54 PM

This is addictive. Enjoyed it thoroughly

grwthckrmstryesterday at 2:43 PM

Brought back fun memories! Thank you

gfalcaotoday at 3:26 AM

Addictive

mscissorstoday at 1:06 AM

Very fun game. Helps my mind relax

opentestudoxyesterday at 1:13 PM

Is this based on WebAssembly?

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arsenkkyesterday at 3:33 PM

very sticky game, love it! my record is 18 landings

ignaciovdkyesterday at 6:17 PM

Very cool!

Erenay09yesterday at 2:14 PM

the graphics reminded me OpenTTD

kbcoolyesterday at 1:20 PM

I'm kind of disappointed that this isn't a simulator for managing what happens inside the airport rather than ATC.

I'm also unsure why I feel that way as it sounds like a nightmare

tdubeyyesterday at 12:51 PM

Open up https://www.liveatc.net/ in another tab and you have a complete experience. Really fun!

mrcwinnyesterday at 2:22 PM

Nice work!

cmengeyesterday at 8:58 PM

Addictive! Made it to #16 but now got some serious PTSD about flying lol

WillowWithAWandyesterday at 4:13 PM

Now I see why ATC is such a stressful job!

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jsabess24yesterday at 12:48 PM

Sweet

JKCalhounyesterday at 1:48 PM

Cool. But, yeah, no, too stressful.

Give me a relaxing game. (I'm getting old.)

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advisedwangyesterday at 4:24 PM

The departures kind of subtract from the "flow state" feeling you get when lining things up. Sure, that's an additional challenge, but it's not that fun.