Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave

(hallucinate.site)

254 points | by stagas 9 hours ago ago

106 comments

  • utopiah 2 minutes ago ago

    Nostalgia of algorave from COVID times. Weird good times I have to admit.

  • AdammadA 5 hours ago ago

    It's cool to see things like this, I wasn't aware of. I made something similar for VR around 6 or 7 years ago with full DJ mixing on real vinyl turntables. I got things built so DJs could play their set from anywhere in the world and have access to their music from their own studio or home etc. Unfortunately i was one guy making this and health issues have sadly put this project on hold indefinitely. It would be a shame to let it die like this and would love others to carry the project further. What would be the best way to share this, i really don't know as i made it using unity engine, all my own assets, scripts etc are made by me, no vibe coding or anything like that.

    Here's a couple of videos of the project if anybody is interested in carrying this further, please let me know thanks.

    https://youtu.be/qXeiqlFA7Rg?t=171

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nub6gKgLt44

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWjZUOVbfx4

    • thenthenthen 4 hours ago ago

      Super cool, during covid times I sorta started making a system where you could back2back dj mix with a remote friend, but never really got anywhere. Would love to pick it up again, or know if there have been some new developments in this field? There are some ‘jam together’ type projects but as I recall, these werent really suitable for DJ mixing electronic music (latency wise).

    • sneak 2 hours ago ago

      If you want other people to carry it further, release your work as free software.

  • Jordan-117 8 hours ago ago

    Shout-out to the dearly departed theclub.zone, which did this with a bit more panache (as well as a punishingly difficult secret platformer puzzle).

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAXY_bZvWUU

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9I_zfQrfzM

    But imho, the truest club experience is the short game SLAVE OF GOD by Increpare:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSmlqOorQqk

    https://www.increpare.com/2012/12/slave-of-god/

  • stagas 8 hours ago ago

    The GitHub repository is https://github.com/stagas/hallucinate - License is MIT - All contributions are welcome.

  • PUSH_AX 4 minutes ago ago

    502, HNHOD?

  • jda5 2 hours ago ago

    I couldn't play, the site didn't load for me :(

    The progress bar was stuck on 0% for about 2 minutes afterwhich I gave up.

    I am on Firefox 151.0.1 (aarch64) and if that helps at all MacOs 26.3 (25D125) if that helps at all.

    • nottorp an hour ago ago

      It's probably just the HN kiss of death. It loaded on firefox/mac for me to the point i got some buttons, but it took so long i just closed the page to reduce the load on it.

    • resurge 2 hours ago ago

      I think it might be a FF issue. I had the same issue on FF, but it loaded in Chrome. (also took some time though. 1~min)

      EDIT: nevermind, now it also loaded in FF

    • EwanG 2 hours ago ago

      I suspect it got more traffic than expected. See the same results on Win 11 with Chrome this morning.

  • fendy3002 3 hours ago ago

    IJKL for movement instead WASD? An interesting approach...

    • stagas 3 minutes ago ago

      WASD is now the default, Tab switches between the two layouts for anyone interested.

    • mathgeek 14 minutes ago ago

      There's a meta joke in here somewhere about going to a rave and expecting it to be the same norms as the rest of the world.

    • nottorp an hour ago ago

      Look, God initially gave us QAOP on 8 bit (1). You WASD heathens are just kids.

      [1] With two sects, M or Space for fire.

    • tejohnso 24 minutes ago ago

      Perfect.

    • 0xEF 2 hours ago ago

      pff VIM-like or GTFO

  • grvdrm 3 hours ago ago

    So fun. Long-time fan of electronic music and am heading to my first DJ-centered concerts this year.

    I think that scene is overrun with influencer types and various types of recreational substance use. Maybe I'm wrong.

    Bookmarking for background while I do other things!

    • bitwize 26 minutes ago ago

      The scene has always been overrun with recreational substance use, dawg. Partake or not as suits your vibe and life goals, but get ready for it to be a prominent thing among others.

      "Influencer types" are new; social media has been corrosive even to this scene as well. A number of clubs in the UK and elsewhere are implementing no-phones policies as a result, so you can dodge some of it by picking venues.

    • barbs 3 hours ago ago

      Not sure what part of the world you're from but I'm sure you can find some decent authentic gigs around where people aren't doing it for the likes and follows :)

      Honestly, going to a rave with a dancefloor and cool people is kind of lifechanging. It's kind of the environment that a lot of (most?) dance music is made for. Have a great time!

      • grvdrm an hour ago ago

        NYC (area). So - fortunately, plenty of folks come through here!

  • schaefer 8 hours ago ago

    I think allowing jumping would add a lot. looking over the top of a whole crowd would be more visually dynamic.

    • stagas 8 hours ago ago

      Good idea. PR will be accepted.

  • strongscot 2 hours ago ago

    Awesome app, spent 10 mins on it and had a good time - thank you!

    One question, not requesting a change, just looking for a "why" type comment; why did you make it so you can change the progress of the videos playing?

    Reason I ask is, seems to be it would be more immersive/mmo-y, if everyone was experiencing the same thing as the same time.

    Thanks!

    • stagas 2 minutes ago ago

      Thanks! The plan is what you're describing, we're just not there yet.

  • voodooEntity 3 hours ago ago

    Damn :D even tho i prolly just gonne use it this single team, it kinda made my day :) very cool thing - just a collaborative experience to enjoy !

  • gloosx 5 hours ago ago

    Making movement on IJKL instead of WASD is kind of evil

    • stagas a minute ago ago

      WASD is now the default, Tab changes between layouts.

    • stagas 5 hours ago ago

      My arrow keys are broken.

    • doomvwr 5 hours ago ago

      Good for lefties!

      • somewhatgoated 3 hours ago ago

        A bit off topic but as someone left handed I use my keyboard and mouse in exactly the same way as right handed people.

        It was much easier to get used to this than figure out a custom lefthanded setup.

        • johnisgood 2 hours ago ago

          Same... I am left handed and I use the mouse with my right hand, and WASD would have been much more ergonomic.

  • foresto 4 hours ago ago

    The first time I saw something like this was in a music-focused virtual world from the 2000s. Strangers would strike up conversations with each other, dance (in some cases to well-known artists), wander around to see what others were doing, and generally just hang out.

    I think it was called vSide.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VSide

  • madrox 7 hours ago ago

    I love silly stuff like this and can only hope that with AI we see more of it. Enjoyed dropping in and the beats were fire.

  • 0xbadcafebee 7 hours ago ago

    I like it! but without ability to execute own dance moves, not really dancing... Tried with keyboard but it didn't work.. Now imagining infrared webcam thing and some DIY stick on reflective things.. set up your own rave cave, attach sensors, dance, your virtual self mirrors... now you're raving

    • embedding-shape 2 hours ago ago

      You're basically describing VRChat raves :)

    • stavros 6 hours ago ago

      That would be great, can you make a PR for it?

      • NuclearPM an hour ago ago

        That’s a weird thing to say.

    • tardedmeme 5 hours ago ago

      You could also actually go to a rave. It should be easier than setting up your VR environment.

      • embedding-shape 2 hours ago ago

        I'd recommend the same, dancing with strangers is very different than dancing at home alone.

        With that said, not everyone lives in locations where these sort of parties are accessible, for some it's multiple hours away and not always doable. I'm happy both exists, but obviously, prefer in-person events myself any day of the week, and if people haven't experienced it before, they definitely should :)

  • submerge 8 hours ago ago

    Very cool to vibe out with folks anonymously. Almost like the old days where you could go to a rave and be you without fear someone would take pictures or people outside the rave would know who you are. Would love an option to cycle skin colors / tones.

    • inkcapmushroom a few seconds ago ago

      Good news, you can still go to raves. There are still people there being people.

    • dag11 4 hours ago ago

      > you could go to a rave and be you without fear someone would take pictures or people outside the rave would know who you are

      These still exist! Look for events promoted as such, or look for smaller local events for the genres you're interested in - the latter might not ban phones, sure, but the vibe is still what you're seeking. Nobody's recording you.

    • elektronika 5 hours ago ago

      I hear this all the time as a rationalization for why people don't go out anymore, but I don't buy it. You're afraid people on the internet might see you having fun? I've had people shove a phone in my face and take video while I was out dancing. It's rude, but it's not a big deal. The reason people don't go out is because Live Nation/Ticketmaster made live music outrageously expensive and strangled small venues.

      • conductr 5 hours ago ago

        I don’t buy that as the or even a reason. I’m older and we had raves before any legit venue would touch them. I remember once a venue was forced to cancel due to local law enforcement pressure. It happened the day before. Word spread real quick that we would just meet in a field on someone’s private land, a place we regularly had keg parties and most teenagers were aware of. We always found a way to party in those days. It was the number one objective every week, knowing where we would party on the upcoming weekend. This all was in 90s before anyone I knew had a mobile phone and the internet was not very useful yet.

        My observation is that we were just bored a lot. It has been a long time since young people have been as bored as we were back then.

        Totally different decade, but my 90s high school experience was very similar to the movie Dazed and Confused. It’s odd how similar those experiences were versus what has come with the tech disruption of youth.

        • embedding-shape 2 hours ago ago

          > My observation is that we were just bored a lot. It has been a long time since young people have been as bored as we were back then.

          Eh, I think it depends more on the location, than anything else. I grew up rural, we did basically exactly the same thing as you described, hosting raves in the forest, beaches and what not until we get word that police was on it's way (tiny place, everyone knew everyone, police coming was big news as we didn't have local police).

          We did have cellphones, the internet and more, but still, we were bored and dancing all night in a forest was the most fun we could have :) This was between around 2008-2011 sometime.

    • olelele 5 hours ago ago

      Come to Berlin, you get stickers for the phones cameras and if you film/take photos you’re thrown out..

    • stagas 8 hours ago ago

      Yeah, skin colors is a good idea and good for first PR :)

  • M4v3R 6 hours ago ago

    Fun idea! I was surprised that it loaded on mobile and UI was kinda reasonable but I could tap any buttons to move or do anything. I’ll look into sending a PR for fixing that.

    • stagas a minute ago ago

      Mobile/tablet works now. Tap to target to walk there.

    • stagas 6 hours ago ago

      That would be amazing. I think it would require a complete rethinking for mobile/tablet a different branch of controls.

      • QuantumNomad_ 6 hours ago ago

        You already have all the buttons on screen. Making them clickable would make it usable on mobile.

  • ilvez 2 hours ago ago

    Where is jungle basement or something for those who like their beats broken?

  • goykasi 7 hours ago ago

    And it was immediately fouled by racism.

    • adzm 6 hours ago ago

      Yeah that's not very PLUR :(

      • embedding-shape 2 hours ago ago

        I've been a raver for decades, not until I jumped into reddit I started reading and seeing people writing about "PLUR" (Peace Love Unity Respect) a bunch. Our little community never really interacted with the US side of things, and never used any acronyms or "sayings" like that, it was just built-in into the community, and people running around saying stuff like that would be kind of inauthentic and borderline sketchy. Just be that, no need to say it or remind others.

        Kind of fun and interesting how the two electronic music scenes are very similar, but things like that remind me how different it is in say Europe than the US, even though the vibes are obviously similar and more or less the same, just way more implicit, not so "Look like this and do that".

    • jazzpush2 6 hours ago ago

      Not sure why you're being downvoted - I had a blast until the inevitable edgelords spamming the N word. Maybe worth someone adding a PR to filter out such words.

      • stagas 5 hours ago ago

        Yeah, I added some but they find ways around it. Eventually I'm monitoring and blocking ips manually. Needs an admin area to make this easier.

        • goykasi 5 hours ago ago

          Its inevitable in public spaces, especially when there is an ounce of anonymity.

        • postalcoder 5 hours ago ago

          you could use llama guard or openai's omni-moderation model to flag bad actors

  • jda5 2 hours ago ago

    Couldn't play :( the site didn't load for me

  • SockThief 4 hours ago ago

    Great choice of sets! Really appreciate them.

    Just though I drop by and say it, because nobody seems to notice.

    • stagas 3 hours ago ago

      When something is perfect it often becomes transparent /s tysm!

  • oscarcp 6 hours ago ago

    what-a-way to pre-start a work day. Thanks for the contrib! :D

  • monocasa 7 hours ago ago

    Reminds me of the minecraft based raves during the pandemic.

  • delegate 5 hours ago ago

    Fun while it lasted, really cool ! Looks like we hugged it to death though, server is down..

  • arch1pelagos 8 hours ago ago

    Rave chat was working fine until I wrote "I think rust is overrated" and I can no longer see my or anyone else's messages. Yes, really.

    • rablackburn 5 hours ago ago

      if you type "I use Arch btw" you'll be unshadowbanned

    • stagas 7 hours ago ago

      It was crashing so you were losing the connection. Now this should be fixed.

  • helloplanets 8 hours ago ago

    Did this get hugged to death? Not loading for me at all.

    • stagas 7 hours ago ago

      It was crashing but now it should be ok. Until a new bug arises.

  • sammy2255 7 hours ago ago

    Seems to be down! Timeout

  • winterrx 8 hours ago ago

    add a real player count

  • keithxm23 7 hours ago ago

    This is really cool!

  • ptek 7 hours ago ago

    haha what a fun site :D. Two dance sections to the rave site, will you be adding a Psytrance section?

    • stagas 7 hours ago ago

      Hopefully many more! Definitely also Psy. Ty!

  • SLHamlet 8 hours ago ago

    Kinda cool! What's the max concurrency?

    • stagas 8 hours ago ago

      Should scale pretty well to hundreds, only key state changes and clothes/messages/etc changes are synced when they happen, it uses dead-reckoning, client authoritative and it's pretty accurate/fast.

      • SLHamlet 8 hours ago ago

        Ah cool. So you replace NPCs with real players as they come in, or add them into the mix?

        • stagas 7 hours ago ago

          Add them. The graphics support many more. That's why it's low poly. Of course if it gets popular I will start reducing the NPC count. Now they're there otherwise there's no "rave party" feeling.

  • hnuser 8 hours ago ago

    usernames would be cool chat too

  • pseudopolous 6 hours ago ago

    Events for the age of the Starbucks dweller. Oh boy.

  • bflesch 8 hours ago ago

    The people who worked on the metaverse must be jealous

    • nialse 5 hours ago ago

      The closest we've ever been!

  • gobdovan 5 hours ago ago

    Do it for VR

  • crookedusage90 5 hours ago ago

    building something similar, but this is way ahead

  • emayljames 7 hours ago ago

    Looks like you have a serious moderation problem, there are racists running around using n-word racist slurs

    • stagas 7 hours ago ago

      PR we add guns and we shoot each other. This is a rave party. Only love.

    • stagas 6 hours ago ago

      I try to moderate now, but they keep coming back with different ips.

    • ptek 7 hours ago ago

      it's easier for people to use slurs then to contribute to the source and make it better.

  • filipeisho 5 hours ago ago

    ok bro this is fire!!! I wish I would not be able to interact with the playback of the video, I think what's fun is knowing that we are all listening to the exactly the same

    • stagas 4 hours ago ago

      Ty!! That's the idea but it needs some work to get there. It's possible though.

  • crookedusage90 5 hours ago ago

    looks nice

  • tdhz77 8 hours ago ago

    Trees are dying because of this game. The epa should go after these folks for all their money.

    • stagas 7 hours ago ago

      That's why we planted a tree in the game.

    • submerge 8 hours ago ago

      Isn't that true of all games, and even for comments on this website? Sorry if I am just missing the sarcasm.

    • pineaux 7 hours ago ago

      Are you the kind of guy that says that all things that serve no purpose except for entertainment should be banned?

      I am of the opposite school. I think practical things are fine and dandy, but the things that make us human, make life worth living, are all "useless".