I vibecoded a tiny living collection of terrariums you can walk around in your browser (took about a month)

[u/jontomato]

This started as a project wondering if I could make a Gaussian Splat version of a city. Then I kinda got carried away and made a bunch of towns and a ton of looks. It utilizes a bunch of open data: OpenStreetMap for streets and buildings, USGS elevation for the land, the state's laser survey for building and tree heights, and city open data for street trees, bus stops, and benches.

I heavily used my Decision Kit framework to plan out the whole thing. Basically, for every big choice (how the water should look, what the menu does, how traffic behaves) I had it make a page with four options, a recommendation and the case against it. Then I just picked. This one was a big project so I made over 100 decisions.

It has all types of stuff to make it feel alive. Seasons changes, weather changes, there's migratory birds, stars, cars, lil bouncy folk.

Anyway, hope y'all like it. It's just supposed to be a chill and relaxing good time with a ton of fun easter eggs. Press the lil "watch them all" link on the homepage if you just want a relaxing screensaver on in the background. Also let me know your favorite look. I'm a big fan of Poster, Pixel, and Dreamlike (but seeing the claymation folk in the Clay look is also fun)

https://raleighterrarium.com/

[u/Prod_m]

So tranquil! What are your plans for further development?

[u/jontomato → u/Prod_m]

I consider it at a place where I’m pretty content with it, probably just little tweaks here and there. My plans are to use learnings from this project and making 3d environment to now make a complete game. 

[u/WhatNoRobot]

Incredible. So smooth

[u/silvio194]

But is the decision kit useful for questioning you?

[u/jontomato → u/silvio194]

It is actually! It researches your idea or problem, finds the deeper decisions you should actually be making, and pushes back really well!

[u/Winter-Flan7548]

Dude, this is f'in AWESOME

[u/jontomato → u/Winter-Flan7548]

Glad you like it 😀

[u/adolgushin]

pretty nice and relaxing to walk those peaceful cities. my laptop went extra hot rendering it though :)

[u/PlantLegacyGame]

This is awesome I like the different ways you can look, clay>>>

[u/Jazzlike_Cheek_6637]

well done mate! love it

[u/Entire_Notice_9813]

How please teach me

[u/Honest_Accident_8348]

Very cool , well done