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Walls, Floors, & Ceilings

UncommentatedPannen · 385.5K views · 2017-05-28 · 37:23

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Overview

Pannenkoek explains how Super Mario 64 handles wall, floor and ceiling collisions, including triangles, normal vectors, quarter steps and out of bounds. It is a detailed 37-minute technical walkthrough of the game's physics.

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Praised as an engrossing, in-depth look at SM64 mechanics that is surprisingly compelling to watch.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2017–2018

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Speedrunning, glitches & game hackingGame programming & engines
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What people said

tehz · 2018-09 · Strong recommendation

See also his four part series (course, really) on wall, ceiling, and floor interactions: [VIDEO] [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] It's amazing how engrossing they are.

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dEnigma · 2017-10 · Strong recommendation

That's nothing! He has two videos on walls, floors and ceilings, each longer than half an hour (and both of them extremely interesting) Part 1: [VIDEO] Part 2: [LINK]

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rjeli · 2017-05 · Recommendation

Pannenkoek just released a glorious 37 minute video on sm64 mechanics: [VIDEO] And if you have never watched speed runs, Summoning Salt has a fascinating series on world record progressions in popular games: [LINK]

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