Web swing through midtown NYC
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HN · launched Jul 22, 2026 · 79 upvotes (top 11%) · 0 views
Niche: browser-based video games · 380 launches, 21 in the last 7 days ▼ -28% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes It is a browser-based 3D swinging demo using Three.js and standard physics libraries, which AI coding assistants can generate and iterate on effectively.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Windlands 2 (VR swinging game)
Concerns raised: Swing anchor point selection catches unintended buildings behind player, Mouse gets locked in Safari, requires ESC to unlock, Difficult to steer swings precisely to desired location, Swings slam into buildings immediately instead of smooth momentum
Feature requests: Bidirectional web shooting with both hands and side-to-side swinging, Auto-swing feature to make swinging easier, Real Manhattan map data from OpenStreetMap instead of generic buildings, Smoother swing physics like Spider-Man movies
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 55 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #12 of 56 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 196 days after the earliest competitor.
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- WebsiteStars · github · 2026-09-23 · 12 upvotes · similarity 0.38
- New York Streets · ph · 2026-10-03 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.38
- Midtown Center Auto Repair · ph · 2026-10-01 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.38
- Lofi Cities · hn · 2026-09-27 · 316 upvotes · similarity 0.37
- Wink3r Swingers Club · ph · 2026-09-15 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.37
- Ghanaian street games you can play in the browser · hn · 2026-11-08 · 115 upvotes · similarity 0.36
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