[Epic - Flying Objects] Mapbox outer space feature - subtle rare flying objects in space

[ri0nardo]

Goal: To have Santa by the Holiday Season, after Thanksgiving???

Searched for objects in space on Map box. Couldn't find anything on a quick search. If any links are found please add to issue.

Would be an Easter egg where the outer space from time to time will have a object appear. Would not be common unless there is an event for a time period.

How to animate a character / object on a screen/website?

Links: Join the community to ask the makers of Mapbox questions https://thespatialcommunity.slack.com/

Needs: Graphic Designer Developer

Example of object:

• Trees on asteroids
• The little prince
• Aliens
• Rocket ship flying by
• Cows in space
• Shooting Star
• Santa
• Groot
• Guardians of the Galaxy rocket ship
• Milky Way
• Different Galaxies
• Blackhole
• Other Planets appear
• Moon Appears
• Meteor Shower
• Rocket takes off from space
• American Space station appears
• Astronaut Appears
• "Trash" Floating
• Car floats in
• Buildings float in
• Flying Lunar New Years Dragon

[ri0nardo]

go to 0:09 seconds on this video to see a floating toad as an example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAXnwrU7tNU&t=9s&ab_channel=NintendoDuo

[ri0nardo]

@mwpark2014 do you know if this would be feasible on mobile? Seems like this could be an issue since you made a ticket regarding the globe being an issue for mobile.

[mwpark2014]

@ri0nardo The ticket regarding the globe being an issue for mobile is only for a subset of low-end devices. The idea is to check the performance of the device somehow and fall back to "low graphics settings" if the device can't handle the globe.

As for if this is feasible on mobile in general - I think it's feasible but I think it might be a medium difficulty task depending on the type of animation and if mapbox supports whatever we end up wanting to do out of the box (a static image moving laterally across the screen seems doable)