Hallucinate
Online rave
People recommend it as a fun, unhinged shared online rave where you dance with strangers in a low-poly crowd. Common caveat: moderation problems, slow loading and odd controls.
People recommend it as a fun, unhinged shared online rave where you dance with strangers in a low-poly crowd. Common caveat: moderation problems, slow loading and odd controls.
42 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 31
- criticize it
- 11
- approval share
- 74%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 31 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2.8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Fun, enjoyable shared experience
“it kinda made my day :) very cool thing - just a collaborative experience to enjoy”
Comment from 28 May 2026 in “Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave” “I just had more fun here than doing anything online for years.”
Comment from 28 May 2026 in “Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave” “Awesome app, spent 10 mins on it and had a good time”
Comment from 28 May 2026 in “Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave” - Comment from 28 May 2026 in “Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave”
- Comment from 28 May 2026 in “Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave”
Unique low-poly rave concept
“seeing it in the form of hundreds to thousands of low-poly characters in a rave is on another sensory level”
Comment from 28 May 2026 in “Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave” “I think what's fun is knowing that we are all listening to the exactly the same”
Comment from 28 May 2026 in “Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave” “Very cool concept, where is the video stream pulling from?”
Comment from 28 May 2026 in “Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave” - Comment from 28 May 2026 in “Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Slow loading or site failures
“The progress bar was stuck on 0% for about 2 minutes afterwhich I gave up.”
Comment from 28 May 2026 in “Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave” “it took so long i just closed the page to reduce the load on it”
Comment from 28 May 2026 in “Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave” “I've tried this a couple of times but it doesn't work for me”
Comment from 13 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: 2 Weeks of Hallucinate – The Photo Gallery” - Comment from 28 May 2026 in “Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave”
Controls and camera feel unnatural
“This inverts R and L and makes it the opposite of basically every 3D pan I've ever used.”
Comment from 28 May 2026 in “Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave” “Making movement on IJKL instead of WASD is kind of evil”
Comment from 28 May 2026 in “Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave” “I got a little motion sick with this camera control.”
Comment from 28 May 2026 in “Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave” - Comment from 29 May 2026 in “Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave”
- Comment from 28 May 2026 in “Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave”
Weak moderation and toxic users
“Looks like you have a serious moderation problem, there are racists running around using n-word racist slurs”
Comment from 28 May 2026 in “Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave” “I had a blast until the inevitable edgelords”
Comment from 28 May 2026 in “Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave” Chat messages missing or poor
“Very cool idea. The chat system and can be improved”
Comment from 29 May 2026 in “Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave” “I can no longer see my or anyone else's messages”
Comment from 28 May 2026 in “Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave”
What people said
32 of the 45 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I've tried this a couple of times but it doesn't work for me”
“The experience has improved a lot over the past week”
“the number of side quests you can come across at a festival is endless”
“getting to this point required hundreds of *correct* design decisions that require skill”
“Very cool idea. The chat system and can be improved”
“camera positioning is a bit weird though on jumping”
“I got a little motion sick with this camera control.”
“This inverts R and L and makes it the opposite of basically every 3D pan I've ever used.”
“I liked it for 45 seconds, and then I got stuck.”
“make the controls work like a typical FPS”
“I just had more fun here than doing anything online for years.”
“This is unhinged, I love it!”
“there was no centralized sync sever... which kills the whole vibe of a rave for me”
“The dance moves are great”
“Very cool concept, where is the video stream pulling from?”
“it took so long i just closed the page to reduce the load on it”
“Awesome app, spent 10 mins on it and had a good time”
“The progress bar was stuck on 0% for about 2 minutes afterwhich I gave up.”
“Couldn't play :( the site didn't load for me”
“it kinda made my day :) very cool thing - just a collaborative experience to enjoy”
“I think what's fun is knowing that we are all listening to the exactly the same”
“Making movement on IJKL instead of WASD is kind of evil”
“seeing it in the form of hundreds to thousands of low-poly characters in a rave is on another sensory level”
“Fun while it lasted, really cool !”
“what-a-way to pre-start a work day”
“I had a blast until the inevitable edgelords”
“Looks like you have a serious moderation problem, there are racists running around using n-word racist slurs”
“without ability to execute own dance moves, not really dancing”
“I can no longer see my or anyone else's messages”
“Trees are dying because of this game.”
“Very cool to vibe out with folks anonymously.”
“it's pretty accurate/fast”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.