4 ms·
Working Calculator in Super Mario Maker [video]
- camillomiller 11y agoI wish I could put one third the amount of dedication I just witnessed into my own work, sometimes.
- seivan 11y agoRemember seeing something like this in Little Big Planet, like eight years ago. Cool to see it with Mario.
- psykotic 11y ago> Remember seeing something like this in Little Big Planet, like eight years ago. The big difference is that LBP has a basic scripting system (circuit boards). Whereas this is a mechanical calculator based on nothing but Mario physics.
- seivan 11y agoYou're right. This was more intricate. The maker had to crush the ice blocks into the shape of the numbers. This is pretty intense.
- Natsu 11y agoMy favorite is still the Dwarven Calculator: http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/User:BaronW http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/User:BaronW Though I see he has a new project (Armok Invaders) that looks pretty awesome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2cMHwo3nAU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2cMHwo3nAU
- arikrak 11y agoIt's pretty cool that it displays the sum as digital numbers.
- userbinator 11y agoThis seems to be a mechanical calculator. I've always found mechanical calculators fascinating and delightfully intuitive, because of how physical they are --- you can actually see components move around and perform calculation. Although in this case, I would've liked to see more details on how the sum is generated. Related: Super Mario Maker is Turing-Complete: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcLE1MuyodA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcLE1MuyodA
- panic 11y agoThe reddit post has a bunch more info: https://www.reddit.com/r/MarioMaker/comments/44b7cd/a_3bit_binary_adding_machine_with_decimal/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MarioMaker/comments/44b7cd/a_3bit_b...
- oneeyedpigeon 11y agoYou might like this 'Marble Adding Machine': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcDshWmhF4A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcDshWmhF4A
- bbarn 11y agoThanks, I just lost an hour watching this guy's homemade workworking machine videos. Fantastic stuff!
- 0x0 11y agoSo according to the comments in the reply to https://www.reddit.com/r/MarioMaker/comments/44b7cd/a_3bit_binary_adding_machine_with_decimal/czpbucr https://www.reddit.com/r/MarioMaker/comments/44b7cd/a_3bit_b... - this is not actually turing complete, for several reasons such as level size limitations and object count limitations.
- JonnieCache 11y agoBy that standard, no computer can be turing complete, assuming a finite universe. If you want to apply turing-completeness to physical machines you have to ignore that part of the definition.
- hartator 11y agoThe actual impressive logic circuit used: http://i.imgur.com/rltt1y7.jpg http://i.imgur.com/rltt1y7.jpg
- userbinator 11y agoWith all the careful routing of the "signals", the author seems like someone who might enjoy doing IC design work.
- lambtron 11y agoA link to another video of the same level. This one, however, adds 6 + 6 to get 12, which (in the final scene), shows how the digital numbers are created (timing flying bomb-ombs exploding near ice blocks). OP's video shows 4 + 4 = 8, in which none of the ice blocks need to be removed, so kind of magical when you're seeing it the first time and wondering how those blocks got there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCTGXUNg2fE&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCTGXUNg2fE&feature=youtu.be
- hjek 11y agoNice demo, but the dialogue on top of the video is fairly annoying: "I have no idea how he did it!", "This is insane!", "You can't see it here but my jaw just completely dropped.". Would have been better with a commentary from someone who had a clue what was going on.
- panic 11y agoAs you watch the video, notice how Mario is moving along with the shells. This isn't just for show: the shells will disappear if they move too far offscreen, and the music-note blocks won't produce an item when hit unless they're actually visible. Building a circuit this complex under these constraints is a huge achievement.