Xkcd: Click and Drag

1/8 scale (256x256 tiles): <a href="http://edc.srvs.us/1110-eighth/" rel="nofollow">http://edc.srvs.us/1110-eighth/</a><p>1/4 scale (512x512 tiles): <a href="http://edc.srvs.us/1110-quarter/" rel="nofollow">http://edc.srvs.us/1110-quarter/</a><p>1/2 scale (1024x1024 tiles): <a href="http://edc.srvs.us/1110-half/" rel="nofollow">http://edc.srvs.us/1110-half/</a><p>full size (2048x2048 tiles): <a href="http://edc.srvs.us/1110/" rel="nofollow">http://edc.srvs.us/1110/</a><p>None of them crash Chrome on my Mac, but good luck with that...

I wrote some JS to add keyboard controls to the map, because clicking and dragging is for suckers. <a href="http://www.potch.me/blog/press-and-hold.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.potch.me/blog/press-and-hold.html</a>

Bwahaha, upper left corner (waaaay up). I'm working at a small startup. Our business model is "taking free drinks from industry events and reselling them".<p>Edit: Holy shit I had no idea how huge this was! I'd pay for a massive framed poster of this thing.

Don't use any of the spoilers, image maps or sites that stich it together, it is much more enjoyable when you discover the entire image through the viewport dimensions as originally intended.<p>It is also much more enjoyable when you don't know what to expect

Here's a torrent of all the images: <a href="https://ubuntuone.com/4VxOo5cnInZWQUEplIdb2c" rel="nofollow">https://ubuntuone.com/4VxOo5cnInZWQUEplIdb2c</a>

Simple way to share positions:<p>var p =$('.map').position();prompt("Have someone run this code to see this position","$('.map').css({'left':"+p['left']+", 'top':"+p['top']+"})");<p>This gives you a snippet you can send to someone else to run.<p>---------------------------------------<p>Also, don't want to drag? <a href="http://www.potch.me/blog/press-and-hold.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.potch.me/blog/press-and-hold.html</a>

Excellent! I feel like Randall is getting closer to producing an actual game with his worlds and characters. I look forward to what he has in store for us in the future.

A map: <a href="http://imgur.com/GDJPL" rel="nofollow">http://imgur.com/GDJPL</a>

Phew, found both the edges, traversed all of the tunnels. Finally I'm free!<p>Also, really impressed. The way the tunnels on the left side met up with the Mario tunnel was pretty cool.

A practical introduction to the Backtracking algorithm.

The very last image to the right, "I wonder where i'll float next?" is a reference to Randall's first xkcd comic; <a href="http://xkcd.com/1/" rel="nofollow">http://xkcd.com/1/</a>

The mind boggles. How long must it have taken him to create this. It is HUGE. I have been scrolling round for about 20 minutes and still have not found an end to it.

I created a full high res PDF of the image (only 11MB), with readable text balloons. — <a href="http://s.rlink.co/JZ6G" rel="nofollow">http://s.rlink.co/JZ6G</a>

I had to stop because my hand began to hurt.<p>You have my deepest gratitude for reminding me what discovery and exploration feels like.

full screen (at least in chrome):<p><pre><code> javascript:$('#comic').removeAttr('style'); $('.map').css('z-index',1).css('background','#fff');$('body').css('overflow','hidden');</code></pre>

Does the comic remind anybody else of Terraria? 2D scrollers are the best games...

It's disappointing that it appears this won't make the front page. It appears the domain is on a blacklist.<p>Makes sense from a cheap humour perspective, but that's not what this one is about.

You guys do realize that new panels can be added to the world at any time (and existing ones can be modified). Who's to say the world is static?

Also: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4542347" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4542347</a>

My attempt at hammering the xkcd servers -- also colours missing tiles correctly (black/white depending on south/north): <a href="http://explog.in/xkcd.html" rel="nofollow">http://explog.in/xkcd.html</a><p>[edit: basically lays everything out in a single huge page so that you can scroll instead of dragging]

I just spent 5 minutes exploring and don't think I've seen even 25% of it. Had a grin from the off as well.

my hacky way of killing Randall's server:<p><pre><code> curl --limit-rate 40K -O http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/\[0-100\]\{n,s\}\[0-100\]\{e,w\}.png </code></pre> Then to remove all the 404s:<p><pre><code> find . -type f -size 345c -exec rm -f {} \; </code></pre> Woo! No code.

I made a little grid with all the tiles on it (they are smaller than the original ones). I hope it makes the navigation easier... Each tile is clickable (it redirects to the original picture)<p><a href="http://www.baffo.org/xkcd/" rel="nofollow">http://www.baffo.org/xkcd/</a>

I have made a very low-res polar coordinates version: <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/543600/1110polar.png" rel="nofollow">http://dl.dropbox.com/u/543600/1110polar.png</a><p>I will make a larger version later tonight.

Reminds me of Scott McCloud's infinite canvas idea: <a href="http://scottmccloud.com/4-inventions/canvas/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://scottmccloud.com/4-inventions/canvas/index.html</a> Impressive by the way!

Here's my version of full map: <a href="http://www.wickedglitch.com/2012/09/full-low-res-image-spoiler-map-xkcds-click-and-drag/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wickedglitch.com/2012/09/full-low-res-image-spoil...</a>

Click and Drag without the distraction. put javascript:$('img[title="Click and drag."]').hide();$('img[title="Click and drag."]').parent().css('overflow','visible'); in the url bar

Someone make a large poster of this thing, quick!

And I thought it was going to be a short one. Got to get back to work. By the way, I play this game with Google Maps every day.

Randall just got crazy (with a good meaning).

Exploring this took me back to the days of playing the Dizzy series of games, wondering what was beyond the next screen.

I just downloaded the image tiles and explored the world that way. Quickest way to make sure I saw everything!

Ok, someone please glue all the tiles together! I can't wait to see all this magnificence!

I wonder if this is a world record for the biggest comic ever.<p>Does anybody know?

For some reason I want to load that as a map in worms armageddon

whats up with the dinos? <a href="http://xkcd-map.rent-a-geek.de/converted/10-297-507.png" rel="nofollow">http://xkcd-map.rent-a-geek.de/converted/10-297-507.png</a>

I was looking for where the spider was hiding.

Holy shit! I didn't expect it to be this big!

This is just brilliant!

this is strangely poetic