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Hello everyone,

I am Mr. Flightmussy and the creator of the website Movie Scene Map. It is mainly a movie site, but there are also many locations where video games are set.

Maybe I added them since I really liked gaming when I was younger and that I am nostalgic. On the map, there are currently 1826 games with 690 locations.

I am partly posting here because I want everyone to check the website and partly because I want feedback so that I can improve Movie Scene Map.

I am especially struggling with finding posters for video games, because this counts as a commercial project although it does not have any revenue yet.

It will take several months before I earn any money, where I could finally afford better equipment and proper licenses. Meanwhile, I want to make Movie Scene Map better in every single way I personally can.

Every single comment will be considered to make Movie Scene Map better. Basically, I let the community decide the direction of the project while I sit in the basement and do the development.

I understand that this might be a promotion post, so please delete this if you want to.

Best regards, Mr. Flightmussy

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[–] swagmoney@lemmy.ca 2 points 17 hours ago

lol what video game takes place in Saskatchewan of all places?

[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Genshin Impact is currently only associated with one place - the Matterhorn. Other places it is based on are Konstanz (in Germany), southeast (Guangdong), southwest (Sichuan and Guizhou) and northeast (Manchuria) China, Japan (plus Hokkaido and Okinawa), India, Yemen, Egypt, Paris, London, Rome, Venezuela (tepuis), Cusco (Peru), Russia / Moscow and Finland.

[–] Flightmussy@sopuli.xyz 1 points 23 hours ago

Thank you very much!

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Flightmussy@sopuli.xyz 2 points 23 hours ago

I would love to spread it both for feedback and exposure. I will try to make Movie Scene Map super visible on the internet.

I believe that is the way to go for the project.

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Very happy to see Ethan Carter repping the northwoods! Although I'd place it further north near Bayfield based on the (small) mountains.

Also Portal takes placr in the UP!?

[–] PlzGibHugs@piefed.ca 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Seems to be missing a lot of data, unfortunately, but I did my part and added some updated locations (although not all of them) for War Thunder.

Edit: if I remember, I'll also add Stanley Forest, BC for Inscryption.

[–] Flightmussy@sopuli.xyz 1 points 23 hours ago

Thank you! There is a lot of missing data.

What I struggle with is parsing data correctly. Therefore, I am using the feedback approach to go the correct direction so that Movie Scene Map can get a lot of data while having high accuracy.

[–] pinklamington@quokk.au 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Big Walk was set in Wilson's Prom at the southern tip of mainland Australia.

[–] Flightmussy@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 days ago

This will be scooped up like me eating ice cream from a spoon

[–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Cool project. I hope it takes off. I can't tell how to filter for games by location? The movies function looks great.

[–] Flightmussy@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

To get the map to only show video game locations, you can open up the panel and toggle off other types of entertainment. What I have not done yet, is to make the hover cards only show video games if the user decide to only toggle on video games (I am going to fix that now since I have some time to kill and I totally forgot about it).

I might have made the map panel a bit too complicated. I got inspired by old Mercedes dashboards and Japanese machine buttons for the panel.

I also want to say thank you!

On phone:

[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Very cool, and yeah, I expected the list to only show games when I filtered by games, nice to know it's coming.

Really liked the project, not just the game filter, is there a way to submit some missing media? (I know of a movie that was recorded in a small city so I know it's not listed there).

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[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I really need to get my Perth-based scuba diving game finished one day, it's been in the works for 3 years now

[–] Flightmussy@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Let's gooo! Just work on it and forget about expectations. The concept sounds really cool.

From my experience it is important to let as many people try out your game, and adjust your game according to the feedback. This way, you save a lot of time and you get to improve it a lot due to different perspectives. It does not need to be perfect at the beginning as long you are active improving it.

This way you get the best results for the scuba diving game. This is my approach for how I work on my projects, although I must assume that video games are a lot more difficult than websites.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Flightmussy@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I am not hiding it so here you go:)

If there is anything specific I might be able to improve it so that it becomes better.

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[–] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Holy shit this is fucking awesome. Bookmarked and will be using basically whenever I travel anywhere.

[–] Flightmussy@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

Awww thanks a lot! This makes me really happy. (I am also going to use it while I travel)

[–] phailhaus@piefed.social 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Pacific Drive is set on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, US.

Liberty City is a stand-in for New York City. Not sure why it is placed in Moses Lake/Warden, WA.

[–] Flightmussy@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

Thank you for suggestions!

I am not sure why there is a pin for Liberty City in the middle of nowhere. This is perhaps a small fuck up from my side......

[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Who the fuck set one game in Edmonton or some shit.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Home of BioWare at one time? No idea why that might have happened

[–] Flightmussy@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

Probably the marker for Canada because I have not found specific locations for every game yet.

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Awesome, got some new game recommendations for myself :)

[–] Flightmussy@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

I am considering trying out the older Assassins Creed games because the locations are all in old European/Middle Eastern cities which I did not know of.

[–] Titanna@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Mixed feeling to see my place of living have literally nothing, of any media, in much big area around, yet would say my town is quite big, have some culture evenings and some history. Goods and bads.

Thanks for sharing.

[–] Flightmussy@sopuli.xyz 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I think this is more of a data problem. I struggle to get data for certain places. Licensing is not easy to deal with. Therefore, I mostly rely on Wikipedia for now.

For example there are many dots in Finland because they have governmental database which I am free to use. Hence, a lot of data in Finland even if it is a country of only 5,6 million people.

[–] plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It’s also not exhaustive DeadMatter is based in the Canadian Rockies. Local developer so I was following.

[–] Flightmussy@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

Wow I read about DeadMatter and people seems to be really pissed off at the developers

[–] Titanna@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Even so, if there would be any big stuff this or that place, not many, but even one, then wiki would have a note on the scene too.

It's ok to not include everything, even smallest things.

Like, my place possibly was a hero to some viral stupid clip from internet, more infamous than anything positive... but no need to include that in the big awesome list of big awesome scenes.

[–] Flightmussy@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

Thanks for calling it a awesome list!

I want to just get all filming locations and maybe some more video game locations + anime because that is fun and I can relate to it as well. Therefore, I go for the easiest ones before trying more complicated things to get more and more locations. I am also using feedback as a way to help me to do that.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 2 days ago

I never played that PS3 alien invasion game that had a level in Manchester Cathedral and various other random English locations.

[–] GussakThor@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Do you have some plot behind it? Like the psychological meaning for these concentrations based on culture, politics, etc?

Tho i believe you wont get much data from countries that don't want to expose it.

And if the plit is a secret, keep it secret to surprise us later with a final product/movie/etc :)

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[–] tacosanonymous@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Grand Theft Auto: Eritrea when?

[–] Flightmussy@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 days ago

Whenever Rockstar decides. They are a lot more important than me who is just one guy in the basement.

I hope they create GTA: Oslo because that would have been so cool.

[–] jdr@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm gonna make a game set in Central African Republic and Nunavut and I'll absolutely clean up.

[–] WiredBrain@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'd play it. I'm curious how you'll connect the two disparate regions.

[–] jdr@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

Rail tunnel

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Yeah this is cool.

SceneGuesser is great. Just wish the map showed city names while playing SceneGuesser as it can be kind of hard to find a location even if you know the movie and know what city it was shot in.

Edit: Checked out the trailer for one of the movies filmed in my area in 1986. Recognized a building and found it on Google Earth looking exactly the same. Actually right around the corner from me right now. Maybe some of Demi Moore's hotness is still lingering in the air. Gonna go over there and inhale deeply and hope no one calls the cops or medics.

[–] Flightmussy@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Actually this is a great advice because I have misclicked New York hundreds of times! Thanks! (SceneGuessr should now have exactly the same map as Movie Scene Map)

[–] Kellenved@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Which game is set in the middle of the Canadian prairies?

[–] Flightmussy@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 days ago

Those are probably all games in Canada that have not yet gotten a specific location yet. Especially games I struggle to pinpoint to a specific location, so it is just pinpointed as Canada for now. This applies for many countries.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Flightmussy@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

Thank you! I want to make this cooler:)

[–] VeganBtw@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I recommend another projection than the Mercator at this point, maybe Equal Earth, it's growing on me.

[–] Flightmussy@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 days ago

I think this is a very valid comment since there is this debate. The reason why I do not use Equal Earth is that there is not a lot of data in Africa, while there is a lot of data in Europe.

I want the points to be well represented on the map. Otherwise, there would have been big empty spaces in the global south. Hence, I use the old inaccurate projection.

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