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.
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!
[+] [-] eatonphil|4 years ago|reply
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.
[+] [-] mrdoob2|4 years ago|reply
[+] [-] kenjinp|4 years ago|reply
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
[+] [-] meheleventyone|4 years ago|reply
[+] [-] keyle|4 years ago|reply
On one side you got audio chat like any business application, on the other side you got some kind of animal crossing sandbox.
If you added file sharing and whiteboard thingie, where does it stop?
[+] [-] hypertexthero|4 years ago|reply
[1]: https://hypertexthero.com/gta-online-meeting/
[+] [-] BrandiATMuhkuh|4 years ago|reply
I will try it soon. I think the game changer for any conference tool will be special audio. Very awesome that https://skittish.com/ as well as https://www.gather.town/ have that.
Great work!
[+] [-] meheleventyone|4 years ago|reply
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PannerNode
[+] [-] loves_mangoes|4 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] azlen|4 years ago|reply
Glad they exist, and I hope they may inspire people to build more creative, fun, and playful spaces for themselves and their friends :)
[+] [-] pugworthy|4 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] jasonpeacock|4 years ago|reply
Or a way to zoom out & zoom back in?
Otherwise I'm worried people will never explore far enough to see everything that's available.
[+] [-] waxpancake|4 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] indiv0|4 years ago|reply
More general than just sharing music videos though.
[+] [-] rexreed|4 years ago|reply