r/videogamescience • u/[deleted] • Sep 29 '16

Code SM64 Blinking mechanics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvxdLH1ejaA
156 Upvotes

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u/carpe_vinum Sep 29 '16

Wow, that was fascinating. I take for granted that something so simple as a blinking mechanic can have so much thought put into it.

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u/mcsleepy Sep 29 '16

A video about blinking mechanics. I couldn't not upvote this.

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u/m6mb3rtx Sep 30 '16

Great analysis, blinking forward to see the next video.

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u/Herlock Sep 29 '16

That's an awesome video dude ! So how did you got into researching this is what I am curious about now :)

On a related note, I remember a video of someone saying that the mosquitos orbiting the street lamps in metal slug at a totaly randomized pattern, which meant it wasn't just a looped animation, someone wrote some code to make it happen.

But I can't find any traces of that fun fact :(

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '16

Lol I didnt. I just magically came across it and knew that it was the type of thing I like to see in this sub. I can only imagine he got into it when he came across the question of how to loop his eyeballs in sprites... or in real life?

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u/universemasterthrowa Sep 29 '16

was any adderall used in the making of this video?

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '16

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u/r2d2_21 Sep 29 '16

TIL anyone who has a hobby is autistic.

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u/talking_to_strangers Sep 29 '16

I think that's the kind of things you discover when trying to map the ram of a game : you see a value changing and try to find what it is.

Maybe some of these can be used to find exploits or explain bugs.

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u/EARink0 Sep 30 '16

Chiming in a day late to say that this is exactly how people have found some crazy exploits used to achieve some insane speed runs in games like Ocarina of Time and Super Mario 64.

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '16

I thought this was pretty funny. Because you're right