Cursor Camp is an interactive web experience by Neal that renders your cursor as a character in a shared virtual campground.
Key Takeaways
The project places visitors’ cursors together in a campground setting, creating a passive multiplayer presence layer.
Built by Neal, whose prior experiments include Space Elevator and Size of Life, suggesting a signature format: viral, single-serving, browser-native.
No download or account required; the interaction surface is the cursor itself.
Hacker News Comment Review
Commenters drew immediate comparisons to Club Penguin, pointing to nostalgia for lightweight shared virtual spaces without social graph friction.
The near-absence of early comments was read as a positive signal: visitors were inside the experience rather than tab-switching back to discuss it, a rare retention pattern for a web toy.
A practical UX gap surfaced: right-click context menu on touchpads dismisses immediately, suggesting the interaction model may favor mouse users over trackpad users.
Notable Comments
@jbombadil: frames Neal’s output as a recurring productivity hazard inside engineering orgs, half-joking about corporate liability.
@huseyinkeles: points to Space Elevator and Size of Life as companion pieces worth exploring alongside Cursor Camp.
