Fun! It could use some work on a path finder algorithm though. Having to manually lead around the (many) fences and tables and other obstacles is more annoying than just clicking at my goal and having it figure out the way there.
It also makes my elderly MBP 2015 heat up and make tons of fan noise. I'm not sure if it would be a great fit for family stuff with even older and less powerful machines.
I've been attempting to create my own virtual multiplayer world using similar technologies now for the last few months: https://firmament.kenny.wtf/
The tooling and communities in typescript/web land are so good now that even a complete game dev noob like me can create pretty amazing experiences (I think, I've yet to create anything amazing...). I can't wait to see how this space evolves and the toolings/communities around them mature even more
The nice thing about WebAudio is that it has spatial audio built into it. It’s really pretty trivial to implement basic spatialisation. That said you generally want a fiddly layer of manual management on top.
Pony Town is a classic! It's crazy how popular it is for how sparse the featureset is, I guess it's a testament to the value proposition of sites like this.
As someone who has developed similarly playful online spaces with spatial audio I am pleasantly surprised with Skittish. They really "get it" when it comes to essence of digital places in a way that virtually no other apps in the space seem to understand
Glad they exist, and I hope they may inspire people to build more creative, fun, and playful spaces for themselves and their friends :)
The fact that you can just walk forever in any direction is a real issue. People will wander off, get lost, and have no clue how to get back to the "online event"
FYI, if you have video autoplay disabled, the video at the top of the page never starts playing, and there doesn't seem to be a way to start playing it (Safari 15.1)
Hi! I work on Skittish. There's a minimap (and spatial audio, chat, emotes, and a bunch of other settings/features) in the full Skittish app that didn't make it into the demo. Create a new event and try it out!
When I try to sign in, though, I get "This browser is not supported or 3rd party cookies and data may be disabled" at the signin page. I'm using Chrome. It might be my ad blocker, but I've disabled everything I can see.
Also on Firefox (no ad blockers) I just get forwarded back to the login page without any progress.
It also makes my elderly MBP 2015 heat up and make tons of fan noise. I'm not sure if it would be a great fit for family stuff with even older and less powerful machines.