A little window / an endless city

Somewhere, above.

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Click to shuffle · drag or scroll to dial
Arrow keys to choose · Home/End to jump

200 × 200 · made as you fly
no footage. no map. just a passing moment.

Click a lane for a random car or blue motorcycle.
Traffic keeps its distance; crowded clicks can cause chaos.
Keyboard: L finds a lane · arrows aim · Enter adds.

About the films & places

The caption reels show the previous, current and next choice. Click to shuffle, drag upward/downward, scroll over a reel, or use arrow keys, Home and End. The bold middle row is selected. Click the roll number for a fresh procedural city. Frame rate changes the film cadence without changing simulation speed. Enlarge opens a larger view within this page, without taking over the browser; use Small view or Escape to return.

Traffic is automatically tuned: a 25% motorcycle draw, fast filtering, normal cruise and a soft original generative score. Every driver has a personal pace and passing preference, using clear gaps rather than teleporting. New insertions forecast four seconds ahead; crowded clicks can still overwhelm braking. Crashes block nearby lanes, not the whole city, and only then dispatch a rescue helicopter.

Every road over a finite river has a connected bridge, including north/south roads. Oceanfront roads cannot bridge an endless sea. Exposed banks have depth; pedestrians and wrecks can fall. Falls use gravity, crashes use mass-based impulses and ground friction, and rescue flight accelerates and brakes. Splash particles and ripples are clipped to open water, never land or bridges. This is a small stylized physics model, not a real-world driving simulator. The paper's rocker switches between daylight and lit-window night flight.

All 20 X100VI film modes, including ACROS and Monochrome filter variants, are represented by original palette approximations. These are not Fujifilm's proprietary simulations. Film grading also colors the paper and interface.

The cities are endless, reseeded impressions, not navigable maps. Landmarks recur as the camera travels. Munich adds orderly signal phases; London uses left-hand traffic. Motorcycle filtering is a fictional simulation setting, not a claim about local road law.

The blue motorcycle is a tiny top-view interpretation of a 2023 Harley-Davidson Sportster S: fat tires, blue tank, low seat and twin high-side exhausts. All audio is original, synthesized locally. Enable sound with an interaction; pause or mute silences it.

References: Fujifilm manual; Louvre; Eiffel Tower; Munich gardens; Frauenkirche; Istanbul; Seattle waterfront; Space Needle; Central Park; London; Ibiza.