Hallucinate
Games
multiplayer online rave
SHOW HN2026
442points
201comments
#65of 4,366 in 2026
Top 2%of 2026 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
26 positive, 35 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 20 critical, out of 86 comments about the project. Thread score +0.08.
Idea: 10 for, 3 againstExecution: 3 for, 5 againstDesign: 5 for, 3 againstPerformance: 0 for, 6 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun, nostalgic social experience
From 3 comments
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.
madrox on HNI just had more fun here than doing anything online for years. Thank you.
fapi1974 on HNNostalgia of algorave from COVID times. Weird good times I have to admit.
utopiah on HN
Cool idea that brings strangers together
From 2 comments
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…
submerge on HNThe 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…
foresto on HN
Objections
Racist slurs and harassment in public chat
From 3 comments
Looks like you have a serious moderation problem, there are racists running around using n-word racist slurs
emayljames on HNAnd it was immediately fouled by racism.
goykasi on HNNot 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.
jazzpush2 on HN
Server crashes and load problems
From 3 comments
Fun while it lasted, really cool ! Looks like we hugged it to death though, server is down..
delegate on HNSeems to be down! Timeout
sammy2255 on HNI 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…
jda5 on HN
Controls are unintuitive (IJKL, panning, no jump)
From 3 comments
Making movement on IJKL instead of WASD is kind of evil
gloosx on HNVery very cool! I love everything except the "pan" functionality. Conceptually I want to pan the world (i.e. grab the world and spin it around my character), not pan the…
clmay on HNSuggestions: - make the controls work like a typical FPS (i.e. WASD controls should not rotate the player but just strafe) - make spacebar jump, and a different key to talk, like…
montag on HN
Requests
Mobile support
From 1 comment
Mobile/tablet works now. Tap to target to walk there.
stagas on HN
Jumping
From 1 comment
Added! b for bounce!
stagas on HN
Synced video playback across clients
From 2 comments
You have a point, on the other hand, jumping in a set where I missed the intro and build-up, kills some of the vibe for me. This way everyone gets the same experience. That said,…
stagas on HNTy!! That's the idea but it needs some work to get there. It's possible though.
stagas on HN
Skin color options
From 1 comment
Yeah, skin colors is a good idea and good for first PR :)
stagas on HN
Questions
How are animations played and is it optimized for many characters?
From 1 comment
This is unhinged, I love it! Just a flat hierarchy of like a hundred ts files. It see some mixamo references. How are you playing animations? Is it optimized in any way for that…
jackb4040 on HN
Where does the video stream come from?
From 1 comment
Very cool concept, where is the video stream pulling from?
isopach on HN
Alternatives named
theclub.zone
From 1 comment
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).…
Jordan-117 on HN
VRChat DJ events
From 1 comment
Aside: I’m not sure how many people realize how big DJ events are in VRChat, especially amongst furries. The virtual furry con Furality is coming up for example and the dances…
DoneWithAllThat on HN
Secret Sky online festival
From 1 comment
This reminds me of the 2021 Secret Sky online music festival put on by Porter Robinson. The 2020 one was similar but the 2021 version had little human-like avatars. Some other…
starshadowx2 on HN
vSide
From 1 comment
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…
foresto on HN