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52 pointsby shahahmedtoday at 4:25 PM23 commentsview on HN

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mips_avatartoday at 8:44 PM

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

TSiegetoday at 8:03 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

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montebicyclelotoday at 7:54 PM

Fun, and enjoyed the track it uses:

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

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7734128today at 7:31 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.

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1970-01-01today at 6:10 PM

Best Clamber-Man video game ever.

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

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jonasmsttoday at 6:17 PM

Haha 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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ryankrage77today at 7:06 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.

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N_A_T_Etoday at 6:06 PM

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

mncharitytoday at 6:10 PM

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

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jeromechootoday at 5:01 PM

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

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sjacobtoday at 5:04 PM

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

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Brainspackletoday at 5:31 PM

Broken

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yourInnernettoday at 4:40 PM

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