Turn any part of your screen into a playable level of Super Mario Bros

http://aaronrandall.com/blog/screentendo/

by aaronrandall • 11 years ago

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nsxwolf2• 11 years ago

No binary? I couldn't build this on my Yosemite box. ld: library not found for -lPods-Screentendo-GPUImage

aaronrandall5• 11 years ago

You'll need to install cocoapods (the dependency manager) using:

  sudo gem install cocoapods

then in the project root, run the following to install the dependencies:

  pod install

I'll update the GitHub repo with instructions :)

nsxwolf2• 11 years ago

Thanks!!

S_A_P• 11 years ago

So I have done that, and I am still not able to build. It cant find libpods-Screentendo.a. I am assuming that this should be built along with the project. Or prebuilt? I have not had to do much troubleshooting in the XCode build process, so any pointers would be much appreciated.

JoshTriplett• 11 years ago

There's something very strange about using a third-party package manager to install another third-party package manager.

danialtz• 11 years ago

also run the Screentendo.xcworkspace file. Still buggy on MBP Retina, as everything looks zoomed in.

wodenokoto• 11 years ago

That is a really funny idea! The execution looks good too. Great thing to have on ones resume/portfolio!

aaronrandall5• 11 years ago

Thanks, glad you liked it!

mrspeaker• 11 years ago

Ha, fantastic stuff! I've always wanted to do this in my code editor, with the platforms being the various levels of code indentation.

aaronrandall5• 11 years ago

Yeah I played around with building levels in TextEdit while I was developing the app - it's a lot of fun watching lines of text turn into platforms for Mario, and it allows for iterating on level design really quickly :)

nkozyra2• 11 years ago

Seems like a really simple way to do a level-editor on paper - draw it, scan it and convert it.

aaronrandall5• 11 years ago

That's a great idea. If I could get the image processing to run fast enough, I'd love to get to a point where you could have Screentendo overlay a video (of a scrolling level for example), and have the level blocks generate as the video played.

nkozyra2• 11 years ago

I'm almost 100% sure I've seen this demoed before, and obviously it wouldn't be real-time, but would certainly be a cool proof of concept.

Someone1234• 11 years ago

My Sony phone has augmented reality toys that kind of do this. Point your phone at a table top, and dinosaurs appear which are able to navigate objects on the table and trees grow out of things.

TazeTSchnitzel• 11 years ago

Nintendo, if given that idea, would love it. They have an upcoming game called Mario Maker that lets you create Super Mario Bros levels, on the Wii U. And the 3DS has a camera.

(Well, I can dream...)

TheKnack• 11 years ago

Someone already did this:

http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/30/5666092/pixel-press-review

_lce0• 11 years ago

terrific idea!!

now somebody should hack a bookmarklet?

sevenadrian• 11 years ago

yes, please, so my free time is not long for this world

aaronrandall5• 11 years ago

I'd love to see someone build this as a bookmarklet - I wouldn't know where to begin with image processing in JavaScript. Maybe a project for another day...

recursive2• 11 years ago

As far as I can tell, this only works on Mac OSX, which doesn't seem to be explicitly stated. It seems worth pointing out.

eridius3• 11 years ago

All of the technologies it references (e.g. Cocoa, SpriteKit, the various specific API calls it mentions) are all strictly OS X. I would have thought the name "Cocoa" is recognizable enough on its own to indicate OS X.

salmonfamine• 11 years ago

I had no idea what Cocoa was before this. I still...don't know what Cocoa is.

recursive2• 11 years ago

That's how I figured it out.

frostmatthew• 11 years ago

All of the technologies it references (e.g. Cocoa, SpriteKit, the various specific API calls it mentions) are all strictly OS X

I've never heard of Cocoa or SpriteKit, as I'm sure is the case for many others who don't use OS X - when seeing the name of something for the first time nobody thinks "oh that must be for OS X"...

gergles• 11 years ago

Could we get a binary rather than install a dependency manager to install a dependency manager to install god knows what to build the code for an app that we'll probably run once than delete?

I mean, it's cool, but it's a lot of work to get it running. A lot more people could appreciate it if you had a binary.

Turn any part of your screen into a playable level of Super Mario Bros

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