Re:Show HN: Global sailing navigation simulator using real w...
by pmontra on Sunday June 28, 2020 @01:53AM
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I used to play a similar game some 10+ years ago. There were thousands of players doing 2 / 3 weeks races. I can't remember the name or Google it. Maybe the site doesn't exist anymore.
The site didn't show the wind, we had to find our sources. It did show the boat (not much better than this one) and it's heading. We could choose a few types of sails according to the wind. It detected when the boat hit land and stopped it. Fun things happened to people sleeping at home when sailing through areas with many islands :-)
To win one should wake up a few times at night or cheat and play with mates in different time zones. Or take safer and longer routes and sleep well. Fun game.
The site didn't show the wind, we had to find our sources. It did show the boat (not much better than this one) and it's heading. We could choose a few types of sails according to the wind. It detected when the boat hit land and stopped it. Fun things happened to people sleeping at home when sailing through areas with many islands :-)
To win one should wake up a few times at night or cheat and play with mates in different time zones. Or take safer and longer routes and sleep well. Fun game.