1608: "Hoverboard"

[Navarr]

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Please tell me someone is already putting the images together into a big map?

[Ideas sleep furiously.]

Well, I found a secret lair.

Spoiler:

[Asthanius]

The "starship" takes forever to navigate, but it's worth it when you find Vader.

Also, has anyone else gotten inside of the Washington Monument? There seems to be an opening on the right side near the top, that goes all the way down to the visible line of bricks. Not sure why it's there.

[Vorghagen]

What the hell?

Spoiler:

[ShadedKnight]

154 coins in 3014 seconds, quite a fun journey! I already know I missed the volcano lair, but I had fun with those huge ships to navigate.

[doctorray]

I have no idea when I'm going to have time to explore this thing.. wow.

[micdi]

I quit at 111 coins in 2350 seconds.
This was pretty fun but I gave up on completely exploring spaceships

[poslundc]

166 coins in 3575 seconds.

I can't handle both this and Fallout 4.

FYI, there's a secret area at the bottom of the deepest lake section (to the left of where you start). Drop all the way down and head left. It was difficult to get back out.

[Gandalfx]

This is totally amazing. I need a map.

I could not help but look inside the source code to find out how many coins there are and I had to smile a big smile when I saw the message that will be displayed when you have found all the coins. Now I'll have to go find them all so I can proclaim “Yes, indeed I am!”.

[tempest69]

Well, I found a secret lair.

Spoiler:

But how do you escape it?

[twp3pf2]

88 coins in 1692 seconds, but only because I really have to get out of here. Why is this kind of thing so enthralling?

[Ideas sleep furiously.]

Well, I found a secret lair.

Spoiler:

But how do you escape it?

Hell if I know, I just closed the window at that point.

[moody7277]

There's some dark stuff that's accessible left of the volcano, as in the flat part is a little less black than the other stuff and you fall through it.

[Brevifolia]

I think what I found sums it up perfectly.

I hope I'm not being marked spam because of a random imgur link D:'

Sigh added as attachment...

[Aarilight]

Get a wizard hat with

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i.am = { gandalf: true };

There are a total of 169 coins, and if you collect all of them, it says "Are you gandalf?"

Yes. Yes I am. =3

To cheat-collect every coin in the console:

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for (var l = 0; l < explorer.objects.length; l++) {
    explorer.objects[l].got = true;
}

But seriously, don't cheat! It's so much cooler to explore the whole thing. Experience it! =D

Other cheats:

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// Flight
mewtwo = true;
// Noclip
noclip = true;
// Speed
explorer.opts.speed = <speed>; // Default is 0.85


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How many coins do I need to unlock Nathan Fillion?

Also, I wish my hoverboard actually hovered... I just sort of stutter along the ground...

[Carmeops]

Well, I found a secret lair.

Thanks, I was sure there was something there, but I was just getting stuck so I gave up, but with your picture, I tried again and found it.

[rmsgrey]

161 coins after exploring the star destroyer and finding the volcano lair. I'm sure I've missed something, but no idea where.

[speising]

So, from all your comments, i assume y'all are seeing more than a black square with a yellow dot?
I guess this is one of those things that don't work in the only Apple approved rendering engine on my device…

[poslundc]

I could not help but look inside the source code to find out how many coins there are and I had to smile a big smile when I saw the message that will be displayed when you have found all the coins. Now I'll have to go find them all so I can proclaim “Yes, indeed I am!”.

169 coins based on my reading of the source. I wasn't expecting to get them all, but I'm bummed that I was only 3 shy.

Dan.

[dawolf]

154 coins in 3014 seconds, quite a fun journey! I already know I missed the volcano lair, but I had fun with those huge ships to navigate.

either 153, 159 or 163 coins in 4043 seconds.

I looked at the number for a split sec, tried to screen shot and it vanished And now I'm doubting my own memory of the number!

The game needs a visible counter.

Fun to explore though

[dawolf]

I could not help but look inside the source code to find out how many coins there are and I had to smile a big smile when I saw the message that will be displayed when you have found all the coins. Now I'll have to go find them all so I can proclaim “Yes, indeed I am!”.

169 coins based on my reading of the source. I wasn't expecting to get them all, but I'm bummed that I was only 3 shy.

Dan.

Out of interest, where in the source does it say 169?

It says

if(L==t.length){A="******" (*'d so it isn't spoilered)

But t.length doesn't equal a number,,,

[StellarOdyssey96]

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Please tell me someone is already putting the images together into a big map?

I was able to find two different maps, but when I try to include the links it doesn't let me post.

[Fredski]

This is amazing. Not quite as epic as Time, but still great. I've gotten halfway through the huge starship and needed a break, it's just so massive

[Vervious]

Here's a whole map for your perusing:

vervious (dot) com/random/ xkcd.html (trying not to get it flagged as spam)

It's low res and hard to zoom. I'll make those improvements when I have more time.
Anyhow, these seem to be all the images; I tried getting greater/smaller coordinates but all give 404s. I may be wrong though.

Cheers!
Ben

[tagno25]

I you just want to explore, and not play the game, then there are three values you should set.

Set "window.noclip=1" to enable going through everything.
set "window.mewtwo=1" to disable gravity.
set "window.i.am.gandalf=1" to make the character jump higher, travel faster, and get a hat.

#javascript:(function() {window.mewtwo=1;window.i.am.gandalf=1;window.noclip=1;})()

[EaSea]

Gah, I was so close! If there really are 169 coins, then I fell 2 short and only got 167

[ebow]

So, from all your comments, i assume y'all are seeing more than a black square with a yellow dot?
I guess this is one of those things that don't work in the only Apple approved rendering engine on my device…

Well I can see the game area perfectly fine on both Firefox and Chrome on my Android, but controlling it is a real pain. It works on Chrome for Mac, too, sort of, with 'a' and 'd' for directions, slowly, and 'k' for jumping/hovering.

Crap, I'm supposed to help clean and prep for Thanksgiving!

[TimeWaster]

Here is the complete map as a picture:
timewasters-place. com/pages/xkcd-1608/XKCD-1608-Map_by_TimeWaster.jpg
(Please remove the space before "com" after copying)

This image is loaded from my server, so it does not put pressure on XKCD servers as Vervious map does.

The whole map is originally 182 tiles horizontal and 46 tiles high, while one tile is 513 by 513 pixels.
That makes the map 93366 by 23598 pixels or 2203 megapixels big!

My map is roughly 1/10th the size so normal computers can still handle it.

In my map you can see truly empty spaces by the broken link icons, so no, in these areas is nothing small hidden.

It was quite an endeavor to compile this map without crashing the browser ^^

Have fun!

[Pfhorrest]

Whatever this is, it doesn't seem to work on Safari.

[scarletmanuka]

140 coins in 2889 seconds. "Undefined" for the message though.

All I wanted was a quick comic to read at work while I waited for an application to start!

[LeiraHoward]

I fell into the lava in the volcano a little ways and came back up, so I tried to find the bottom and apparently just got stuck. I fell and fell and fell and blackness surrounded me... but can't seem to get out or move around anywhere at all. So sad. I thought there might be something cool down there...

[Cristina]

166 coins and I missed the time but I've been playing this on and off all day at work haha. Maddening to know I missed three but also amazed this means I explored almost all of it.

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[moody7277]

By the way, if you just drop from the Star Destroyer, I think you hit an overspeed warning because the screen goes black and nothing else happens (that or you die cause you fell from a really high height).

[chris857]

134 coins in 2888 seconds. I guess I missed a fair bit.

[rivulatus]

Just quit fallout 4, playing this comic instead now.

[rhomboidal]

The perfect cure for hoverboardom!

[Dr What]

I just went to the leftmost corner and the rightmost corner. I'm satisfied. Don't have much time, wait for the entire map...

Spoiler:

Oh, I just found the map. Surprisingly I almost saw everything- I went to the top right and came back from the bottom. The only thing I missed was the secret one down underground.

[Djehutynakht]

He did it again

[Lazy Tommy]

So, from all your comments, i assume y'all are seeing more than a black square with a yellow dot?
I guess this is one of those things that don't work in the only Apple approved rendering engine on my device…

If by "Apple approved rendering engine on your device," you mean Safari on iOS, it does seem to work there. I got around quite a bit on my iPhone... But I gave up trying to figure out where to tap in order to steer hover board guy.
I usually check xkcd late at night before I go to sleep. Not a good time of day for figuring out a potentially addictive game.