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Hop.earth – OpenStreetMap based car racing game

52 pointsby faebitoday at 5:55 PM27 commentsview on HN

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fasssssttoday at 6:32 PM

It’s very easy to vibe code cool three.js OSM things.

Here’s a little N64 style cozy flight sim I’m working on:

https://seattle64.benjasmin.chatgpt.site/

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vunderbatoday at 8:06 PM

I’ve seen a few attempts at making procedural racing games based on street map data from Google Maps and other sources [1] [2], but because the maps are often imprecise from a collision standpoint, the results can tend to be pretty janky.

Unfortunately I can't really give any meaningful feedback on this game because every time I try to start a race, it just shows a character parachuting down...

[1] - https://github.com/gre-42/MGame

[2] - https://steamcommunity.com/app/2599450

danirodtoday at 6:24 PM

It seems that the link points to a shared map that is being flooded by visitors, so opening the link is a sensory nightmare. Plus probably triggers some bugs due to the server overload. Visiting the frontpage and creating an empty race result in a still buggy but less buggy experience to at least understand what in the world is this.

fodkodrasztoday at 5:57 PM

Buggy to the level of unusable.

hellojomptoday at 8:48 PM

The next level of this is Ukraine street maps where you run virtual war campaigns on real streets using drones.

sgttoday at 5:59 PM

Where's the car? "F" does nothing. And I can't find any vehicle.

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ttamslamtoday at 6:10 PM

I'm so primed to enjoy this from what I can tell, but sadly too buggy to use.

edumucellitoday at 6:32 PM

Too much "vibe" in the code.

andaitoday at 6:31 PM

Reminds me of those old multiplayer Shockwave games where there was nothing to do but you'd just hang out.

Azantystoday at 6:35 PM

Dysfunctional vibeslop

bromuktoday at 8:01 PM

Feels like a single shot from an AI agent, pretty horrible and buggy

progxtoday at 6:50 PM

Cool idea, but please make it better!

Double_a_92today at 6:15 PM

Cursed buggy mess

kervtoday at 8:35 PM

f's in chat

transitivebstoday at 6:34 PM

the link should go to the base url, not an overloaded server: https://hop.earth

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Yapping7880today at 6:41 PM

Interesting idea that seems FUBAR.

sourcecodeplztoday at 6:22 PM

buggy but fun

weezingtoday at 7:51 PM

Prime example why not everyone should make games