I like that this is on the front page and there are no comments. I imagine because everyone is busy exploring and didn't yet go back to the comments to see what people think. Good sign!
LorenDB 17 hours ago [-]
Well, clearly you and I have made it out alive :)
SamBam 13 hours ago [-]
I only managed to get out once I had earned all 9 badges...
swyx 13 hours ago [-]
ah so you havent discovered the secret 10th badge yet, have you
onehair 16 hours ago [-]
clearly xD
latexr 12 hours ago [-]
Badge Guide (to avoid spoilers, encoded with rot13¹):
* Cannonball!: Tb ba gur qvivat obneq va gur cbby. Fbhgurnfg sebz gur fgnegvat cbfvgvba.
* Treasure Hunter: Teno n zrgny qrgrpgbe gura frnepu arne gur yrsg fvqr bs gur ibyyrlonyy svryq. Abegujrfg sebz gur fgnegvat cbfvgvba.
* Goal!: Fpber n tbny jvgu gur fbppre onyy. Fbhgurnfg sebz gur fgnegvat cbvag.
* S'more Please: Teno n znefuznyybj sebz gur ohpxrg naq chg gurz va gur ovt sver. Gnxrf nobhg gra frpbaqf. Abegurnfg sebz gur fgnegvat cbvag.
* Cat Person: Crg gur png va gur ubhfr. Abegujrfg arne gur fgnegvat cbvag.
* Take a Seat: Fvg ba gjb punvef.
* Slide!: Tb ba gur ovt fyvqr. Rnfg sebz gur fgnegvat cbvag.
* Beachcomber: Svaq nyy gur frnfuryyf.
* Green Thumb: Jngre gur irtrgnoyrf. Fbhgujrfg arne gur fgnegvat cbvag.
Is there anything to the weird book in the treehouse or is it just for flavor? It seems to be alluding to something but I can't figure it out.
krackers 8 hours ago [-]
There's mention of the cave and a "convergence point". I tried looking all around the cave, but there doesn't seem to be anything there (although you can find the drawings on the walls)
Edit: I looked at the source though and I don't see anything else clickable in the cave... No hidden secret badge either, maybe it is just for ambiance.
notsylver 6 hours ago [-]
There's also a locked door in one of the buildings, but I couldn't figure out what either mean if anything. It would be cool if the radio was used for something though
krackers 5 hours ago [-]
Yeah I saw that too, but the list of all accessible rooms is also in the code and the only scenes I see are
It would be really cool if there were some secrets, but alas it appears not (unless it's obfuscated in the source as well)
nickvec 11 hours ago [-]
Why not encode the badge names as well in rot13?
mh- 7 hours ago [-]
They've been encoded twice for extra protection.
latexr 2 hours ago [-]
Because then you’d need to decode the full message and might read something you didn’t mean to. This way you can decode just the individual ones you want.
The badge names aren’t secret, they’re available in the book in the house even before you unlock them.
steve_adams_86 8 hours ago [-]
The encoding is too advanced
quantummagic 7 hours ago [-]
With Firefox, moving the cursor is really unresponsive and difficult, at least with my touch-pad. Taking many swipes to move even a little bit in each direction. It's a much more enjoyable experience with Chrome.
testfrequency 4 hours ago [-]
This is why I could never commit to a Gecko based browser. There’s just too many daily sites I don’t have the patience to debug if it’s me or them.
maccard 35 minutes ago [-]
I've used Firefox as a daily driver for 20 years now (that's terrifying to say). I have to switch to another browser about once a month (although at a previous job I had to use $INTERNAL_WEBSITE in edge permanently). I have 0 issues with daily sites
testfrequency 5 minutes ago [-]
20 years of Firefox consistent use is actually impressive. Thank you for your service!
TonyStr 2 hours ago [-]
Haha, this is hardly a daily site, is it? I can't remember the last time I experienced a firefox-specific browser issue before this. 95%+ of my issues usually come from ublock
testfrequency 30 minutes ago [-]
No doubt, OP’s site is niche (and very cool!), but between weird graphical rendering I’ve experienced in the past with Firefox and WebGL, among a number of just flat out broken forms - I just gave up.
I want Gecko to succeed as Chromium being a bully in the web space has been unfortunate, though I’m even more rooting for Ladybird.
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rendaw 6 hours ago [-]
Me too, mouse.
johnfn 11 hours ago [-]
This is so good! Using mouse motion as a control scheme is particularly genius - how did no one think of this before? I particularly like the points where the mouse control is taken away from you, i.e. when you float downstream, or when you go down a slide. It's also particularly genius how the mouse can 'teleport' around the screen (i.e. when you go into a door and come out somewhere else).
This idea could even be taken further - it would be really cool to have terrain that is more difficult to traverse. I'm also intrigued by the lack of walls. I think something like a hedge maze would be really fun!
KerrickStaley 16 hours ago [-]
I love this! It reminds me of https://cursordanceparty.com/ which was built by a friend about 15 years ago and is still online :)
accCer 11 hours ago [-]
It was fun rick rolling you all on the piano. Vibe coded a little script that would play all kinds of melodies including rick roll. I eventually attracted a whole audience of cursors emoji reacting to it.
tikimcfee 15 hours ago [-]
I had fun on the internet again. Thank you internet people <3
chrisshroba 14 hours ago [-]
This is such a breath of fresh air. I feel like I'm back on Club Penguin!
fatthor123 14 hours ago [-]
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ggambetta 53 minutes ago [-]
This is so well made! In the car racing track there's an overpass, and the cursor correctly Z-orders depending on whether you're coming from the upper or lower part of the track. Respect.
rohitpaulk 7 hours ago [-]
Nice one. Pleasantly surprised that this has nothing to do with Cursor the IDE
lacoolj 7 hours ago [-]
Lol Zed > Cursor but this Cursor > Zed
danielrmay 15 hours ago [-]
Brilliant. If you needed proof the internet is still alive, here you go. I feel like Neal's creations are the result of creatively iterating on "what if" and "why not".
hadrien01 14 hours ago [-]
I'm really watching 12 Angry Men through a small window in a wonderfully cute browser game, I love it!
jbombadil 17 hours ago [-]
I think there's a case for a corporate class action lawsuit against Neal for employee productivity loss every time every time a new game is published.
> There is an urban myth that the release of Dragon Quest III caused a law to be passed in Japan banning the sale of Dragon Quest games or video games in general except on certain days such as weekends or national holidays. When III was released in Japan, over 300 schoolchildren were arrested for truancy while waiting in stores for the game to be released. The rumor claims there was a measurable dip in productivity when a Dragon Quest game was released and although muggings of Dragon Quest titles became so widespread that there were hearings in the Japanese Diet, no law was ever passed.
Aeolun 12 hours ago [-]
Arrested for truancy?
LeoPanthera 12 hours ago [-]
Truancy is a crime in many countries, including the USA.
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buzzerbetrayed 11 hours ago [-]
An offense, sure. But it’s not a “crime” in the US.
thayne 10 hours ago [-]
Not for the student. But at least in some states, parents can potentially face jail time if their children miss enough school.
portmanteur 9 hours ago [-]
Kamala Harris bragged about enforcing this law against parents in California. That’s the only way that I know that it’s an actual law that gets enforced because I had never heard of laws like this before, and I grew up in US public schools in the South.
Gigachad 7 hours ago [-]
I seem to remember some similar discussion about when google put pacman in the google doodle.
0x3444ac53 14 hours ago [-]
Lmao it's blocked on my corporate wifi
echelon 14 hours ago [-]
That's a crime. Your HR/IT are certifiably not fun.
swyx 13 hours ago [-]
dont make them the scapegoats. who was it that said "behind every rule on that wall is an idiot who made it necessary"
only-one1701 10 hours ago [-]
Found the manager
andrew_lettuce 10 hours ago [-]
Never Let common sense and trust do the job when another policy in the employee handbook can do the job!
nzeid 6 hours ago [-]
I'm a huge neal.fun fan but I still worried that this was some scammy LLM coding YouTube clickbait.
Love the joystick for mobile users.
ultratalk 2 hours ago [-]
Strangely enough, when I enter the "convergence point" book, my cursor gets an American flag, even though it wasn't American before. Has anyone else seen this?
TheGRS 14 hours ago [-]
Well this is one of the most adorable things I've seen in a while. Thank you for sharing a little joy. So many little details I love, falling off the waterfall, the cursor size fading into the background, the flashlight in the cave. Haven't explored it all but going to share this right away.
fatthor123 14 hours ago [-]
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Nautman 13 hours ago [-]
I think it's incredible that you can feel a human connection with someone on the other side of the world purely by moving your cursors together. Just had a "game" of soccer with random people.
Well done, Neal!
npw55036 57 minutes ago [-]
That's awesome! It seems like all the rooms are accessible, but the football area is a bit laggy; the interaction feels like there's a lot of delay.
ebbi 14 hours ago [-]
So much fun! I ended up playing beach volleyball with a bunch of people from around the world! :D excellent!
fatthor123 14 hours ago [-]
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ebbi 14 hours ago [-]
Unfortunately it's the start of my work day so I had to force myself to close the tab! Will give it another go after work...
SamBam 13 hours ago [-]
Find treasure hunting equipment on the beach...
bhresko1 17 hours ago [-]
I absolutely love this. Kind of gives me Club Penguin vibes.
jborichevskiy 13 hours ago [-]
I got taken back to Club Penguin as well. Especially clicking into the cave or treehouse and getting transported into a little side pocket of the map. Amazing work!
dtmooreiv 5 hours ago [-]
100%, briefly playing this brought me right back to that for a second. I'm glad others felt that same vibe.
asimovDev 1 hours ago [-]
I love the cave paintings of cursor cavepeople
deweywsu 10 hours ago [-]
SO much better than the metaverse, at 1/1000000th the cost!
I saw this experiment decades ago on the internet and it was to a music concert, i always wanted to do a cursor moshpit
RugnirViking 2 hours ago [-]
pretty hard to click through the cookie consent form because the browser hijacks the mouse and doesnt let it move to the right place. ended up using tab to click through it.
pred_ 2 hours ago [-]
And the cookie consent form is one of those that require you to click a gazillion toggles. Hasn't it been established now that opt-out must be no harder than opt-in?
RugnirViking 10 minutes ago [-]
the law unambiguously says that, yes. However, companies these days seem to respond to enforcement, not the text of the law. They are all using the same few cookie banner libraries/providers, so that they have herd protection (if the eu wants to crack down on it, it has to do it to hundreds/thousands of companies simultaneously). It seems neal chose that route also.
lucy_hnatchuk 2 hours ago [-]
genuinely had a blast,felt like being a kid on a playground again.
tokioyoyo 12 hours ago [-]
Reminded me of Club Penguin days.
idk1 2 hours ago [-]
Well, that was absolutely delightful. What a tonic.
rollyboo 2 hours ago [-]
A really enjoyable journey ;) Felt like a kid again, cheers!
tschwimmer 12 hours ago [-]
Does anyone know how he is implementing country detection? I'm certain it's not GeoIP since my current IP address (and physical location) is different than the country it's showing me from.
GeoIP services can sometimes be wrong, they are essentially just lookup tables for IP subnets. I have a VPS in the Netherlands which most GeoIP providers detect as being in Czechia, for example. I assume whichever one the site is using just has the wrong country listed for your IP.
jp0d 9 hours ago [-]
It's the same for me. I'm in Australia and on my work laptop I'm connected to an American VPN. It's showing my location as USA. I was wondering how it's detecting the country.
zhainya 5 hours ago [-]
This probably would have been fun if it worked.
latexr 2 hours ago [-]
Clearly it is working for many people. Perhaps if you share your setup and what exactly is the issue you’re facing, someone may have a suggestion. “It doesn’t work” is just about the worse “bug report” one can make.
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ceroxylon 15 hours ago [-]
When I see the domain of a post is neal.fun, I instantly get a huge grin because I know I am about to be delighted. Thank you Neal! The beach yurt with the mushroom soup was a hilarious touch.
Jordan-117 5 hours ago [-]
Weirdly, this seems to kill my wifi connection after a minute or so (Firefox on Linux).
0xferruccio 12 hours ago [-]
Incredibly well done by Neal as usual!! Always has new fun experiments that are always completely new concepts
only-one1701 10 hours ago [-]
He's done it again folks
topherjaynes 16 hours ago [-]
Well, lads, 10 laps, been a day, going to sleep.
throw5 15 hours ago [-]
I really had fun with this one. You know what would make it even cosier? Being able to choose a small avatar for ourselves. The mouse pointer as your icon feels a very impersonal at the moment. Having avatars would make it feel more like we're all hanging out together in this wonderland.
stronglikedan 15 hours ago [-]
It's not what you asked for, but right click to choose an enhanced icon. (EDIT: Oops that appears to just be a temporary emoticon)
devilbunny 13 hours ago [-]
You can put the hat on. It's in the main camp building in a bedroom. Your cursor will be wearing a hat from then on.
ZeWaka 12 hours ago [-]
You can also put other clothes on, like sunglasses and shorts.
devilbunny 11 hours ago [-]
Can you don multiple items? Didn't try.
krackers 6 hours ago [-]
Yeah you can. You buy them with seashells.
eranation 7 hours ago [-]
Just spent 20 minutes of my life, I don't want them back, was worth every second.
lacoolj 7 hours ago [-]
Bug report. If i click a book on the phone my pseudo cursor goes away! :(
nickvec 7 hours ago [-]
The depth of this project is amazing. So many details that you can click into!
qainsights 7 hours ago [-]
I thought cursor.com camp :)
dakolli 7 hours ago [-]
NO AI !
ygyooo 3 hours ago [-]
That is so interesting!
bovermyer 12 hours ago [-]
I loved the impromptu dance party I had in this with a bunch of people just bouncing on the stage.
null_ptr1 8 hours ago [-]
Ok, that's super cute. Dance on the dance floor!
kami23 15 hours ago [-]
This reminds me of the old internet for some reason I can't really nail down, but maybe the club penguin-ess of it.
greengreengrass 11 hours ago [-]
Came to say the say thing. Strong Club Penguin feeling as soon as I saw that “off duty” sign on the lifeguard tower
benjian 5 hours ago [-]
coolest website i've seen in a while! absolutely loving this!
latexr 13 hours ago [-]
For the beach volleyball, aim to click only when the ball is in its downward trajectory.
deviantony 15 hours ago [-]
I love Neal's creations so much !
thatguymike 16 hours ago [-]
Well this is incredibly joyful, well done.
xnx 17 hours ago [-]
Any tips for getting the right-click menu to work with a touchpad?
I two-finger tap, but the menu immediately disappears.
52-6F-62 16 hours ago [-]
Click + hold. Then move onto an option
xnx 16 hours ago [-]
Argh. No luck.
52-6F-62 9 hours ago [-]
:(
WillieCubed 13 hours ago [-]
The art style here is really charming. Thanks for the whimsy today!
darshanmakwana 16 hours ago [-]
This is awesome! Where can I find the music from the DJ booth? I can listen to that all day
buremba 15 hours ago [-]
I don't usually like my cursor to be hijacked but man, I like this one.
parentheses 12 hours ago [-]
Legit first post I've wanted to upvote in a long time.
asadm 14 hours ago [-]
I wonder whats the multiplayer stack here. I haven't looked yet.
tiffanyh 14 hours ago [-]
Cool, but wow - my iPhone heats up super fast while on that site.
antdke 14 hours ago [-]
That was a lot of fun. Brought back some nostalgia :)
nerdsniper 16 hours ago [-]
The last seashell is eluding me. Otherwise I got all the badges.
lbebber 15 hours ago [-]
Near the title sign, on the center of the camp, is where I found the last one I missed
fatthor123 14 hours ago [-]
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_air 14 hours ago [-]
Grab a metal detector to the left of the volleyball court. Then hold it near the bottom left edge of the court
SamBam 13 hours ago [-]
You need to stop spamming this message. This isn't Reddit.
mindwork 7 hours ago [-]
neal.fun is the bestest place on the internet
GrifMD 13 hours ago [-]
That was delightful, what more can I say?
spking 15 hours ago [-]
Touch virtual grass
huseyinkeles 17 hours ago [-]
Really love all his work!
Check out the Space Elevator or Size of Life too.
structuredPizza 14 hours ago [-]
We have achieved world peace, fanks Neal :)
wg0 14 hours ago [-]
I thought its the 60 billion dollars one.
knight_47 8 hours ago [-]
This is so neat!
neurowave 16 hours ago [-]
Nice use of Rive!
hmokiguess 15 hours ago [-]
Sorry, what's Rive?
neurowave 14 hours ago [-]
Interactive engine for building apps, games, products with lots of motion https://rive.app
hmokiguess 11 hours ago [-]
Thanks! Didn’t know about it, looks fun
melonpan7 14 hours ago [-]
It even works on mobile, brilliant.
madebysnacks 17 hours ago [-]
So engaging! Made me smile the entire time
SlackingOff123 14 hours ago [-]
I can't get the 17th shell :(
alstonite 13 hours ago [-]
SPOILER
the two that are hard to find are 1. by the river on the far left and 2. at the main spawn point
bl4ckneon 13 hours ago [-]
One is kinda half hidden behind a tree on the far right and another one is next to the starting sign. The rest are on the beach area and very slightly off the beach area
fatthor123 14 hours ago [-]
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SlackingOff123 14 hours ago [-]
No, I don't think so.
andrethegiant 16 hours ago [-]
Absolutely incredible. Well done Neal
biosubterranean 16 hours ago [-]
This is great
BrunoBernardino 16 hours ago [-]
Remember to have fun, people!
dartharva 8 hours ago [-]
Genuinely amazing!
dadima 7 hours ago [-]
nice fun game
bitwize 12 hours ago [-]
When I was a teenager we had the Living Books edition of Arthur's Teacher Trouble on CD-ROM as part of a "multimedia kit". Every page had short animations that would play by clicking on random things with your cursor, in addition to following along with the story, clicking on single words to hear them pronounced and spelled, etc. It was incredible and paved the way for similar phenomena like clickable Easter eggs in Homestar Runner cartoons.
This reminded me of that.
wellthisisgreat 12 hours ago [-]
Cursor brethren, why y u no join me on my pink flamingo expedition
nkmnz 15 hours ago [-]
This was fun!
peyo25 7 hours ago [-]
Fun! Thanks!
arikrahman 9 hours ago [-]
I'm happily disappointed this has nothing to do with a certain electron based code editor fork.
dylkil 14 hours ago [-]
Weirdly i got slight motion sickness from this
mattlondon 14 hours ago [-]
Yeah same here - unexpected!
fatthor123 14 hours ago [-]
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hmokiguess 15 hours ago [-]
awww man that was fun!
lanewinfield 13 hours ago [-]
Really putting the "fun" in "Neal.fun." Yet another amazing work by Neal Agarwal.
subpar 15 hours ago [-]
firefly! iykyk
ondrek 15 hours ago [-]
This is the reason I love Hckrnews.
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leadgenman 2 hours ago [-]
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iqfareez 9 hours ago [-]
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soupspaces 3 hours ago [-]
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fatthor123 14 hours ago [-]
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botzi2001 14 hours ago [-]
I think this you need to take the metal detector from the beach and search in the area
fatthor123 14 hours ago [-]
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frankfrank13 13 hours ago [-]
brother how many times are you gonna comment that
forsakenharmony 15 hours ago [-]
please don't re-implement mouse movement, this would work perfectly fine without and now it just feels really bad to use because my sensitivity is fucked
sgtlaggy 14 hours ago [-]
My mouse is set to 400 DPI, acceleration off (libinput flat profile), and default (0) sensitivity (range -1.0 - 1.0, no change at 1.0). Had similar settings on Windows, games have crazy high default sensitivity but websites like this have extremely low sensitivity. I had to crank my DPI up to 2000 to make it usable and 4000 to be comfortable and roughly match desktop settings, but this also made the cursor extremely unwieldy when pausing the game.
This and volume control are my biggest gripes.
dag11 11 hours ago [-]
The soul of this game requires that your cursor can go "behind" things (like trees, or partially submerged in water), can have subtle nudges to keep you on paths and add friction when in water, and also to be able to take full control of your cursor for the lazy river etc!
Macha 14 hours ago [-]
Yeah, whatever bug they have with this affected me two, was swinging my mouse across most of my desk to move any distance whatsoever.
duderific 13 hours ago [-]
I noticed this on Safari, but when I switched to Chrome it seemed fine.
fatthor123 14 hours ago [-]
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asadm 14 hours ago [-]
except thats the whole point of this game. mouse movement needs to be controlled by the game here!
Rendered at 10:30:33 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) with Vercel.
* Cannonball!: Tb ba gur qvivat obneq va gur cbby. Fbhgurnfg sebz gur fgnegvat cbfvgvba.
* Treasure Hunter: Teno n zrgny qrgrpgbe gura frnepu arne gur yrsg fvqr bs gur ibyyrlonyy svryq. Abegujrfg sebz gur fgnegvat cbfvgvba.
* Goal!: Fpber n tbny jvgu gur fbppre onyy. Fbhgurnfg sebz gur fgnegvat cbvag.
* S'more Please: Teno n znefuznyybj sebz gur ohpxrg naq chg gurz va gur ovt sver. Gnxrf nobhg gra frpbaqf. Abegurnfg sebz gur fgnegvat cbvag.
* Cat Person: Crg gur png va gur ubhfr. Abegujrfg arne gur fgnegvat cbvag.
* Take a Seat: Fvg ba gjb punvef.
* Slide!: Tb ba gur ovt fyvqr. Rnfg sebz gur fgnegvat cbvag.
* Beachcomber: Svaq nyy gur frnfuryyf.
* Green Thumb: Jngre gur irtrgnoyrf. Fbhgujrfg arne gur fgnegvat cbvag.
¹ https://rot13.com
Edit: I looked at the source though and I don't see anything else clickable in the cave... No hidden secret badge either, maybe it is just for ambiance.
The badge names aren’t secret, they’re available in the book in the house even before you unlock them.
I want Gecko to succeed as Chromium being a bully in the web space has been unfortunate, though I’m even more rooting for Ladybird.
This idea could even be taken further - it would be really cool to have terrain that is more difficult to traverse. I'm also intrigued by the lack of walls. I think something like a hedge maze would be really fun!
> There is an urban myth that the release of Dragon Quest III caused a law to be passed in Japan banning the sale of Dragon Quest games or video games in general except on certain days such as weekends or national holidays. When III was released in Japan, over 300 schoolchildren were arrested for truancy while waiting in stores for the game to be released. The rumor claims there was a measurable dip in productivity when a Dragon Quest game was released and although muggings of Dragon Quest titles became so widespread that there were hearings in the Japanese Diet, no law was ever passed.
Love the joystick for mobile users.
Well done, Neal!
I two-finger tap, but the menu immediately disappears.
Check out the Space Elevator or Size of Life too.
the two that are hard to find are 1. by the river on the far left and 2. at the main spawn point
This reminded me of that.