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Libsm64: Mario 64 as a library for use in external game engines github.com

pizzathyme7 minutes ago

This is incredible. This was the promise of the proclamations of "the metaverse" or interchangeable crypto game items/characters, but is using none of those things. Like Ready Player One come to life without the hype.

Curious how easy the setup is for gamers who are non-engineers

echelon4 minutes ago

Metaverse without Crypto/VR/Facebook is fantastic and is bound to happen.

Metaverse is just people building cool stuff in a way that builds and compounds.

Critically - hopefully - in a way that can't be owned as a central platform.

schmeichel6 hours ago

This is one of my favorite libraries from the premise alone. Here is an example of Mario in Half-Life 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld3qhqkegNw

Dwedit4 hours ago

How many Portal test chambers could be solved with Mario 64 jumping alone, and no use of any portal gun?

PcChip5 hours ago

That is amazing and it makes me smile

dev0p5 hours ago

Wrap it in an API, sell Mario 64 as a service.

(@Nintendo: this is a joke, you can put down the rifle)

thebruce87m5 hours ago

I imagine Nintendo is a bit more like malfunctioning ED-209 in the office scene than a person with a rifle.

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fhn3 hours ago

Nintendo did put down their rifles after they fired multiple shots into the head and then the sued.

ddjdhhd3 hours ago

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ParadisoShlee7 hours ago

Any demo videos? or just need to imagine it?

found this: https://youtu.be/NXpOCfg8O64

Retr0id7 hours ago

Looks like this has been around for a while now, are there any interesting projects using it?

Edit: https://github.com/SuperSonicHub1/awesome-libsm64

cshores4 hours ago

Someone created an AR sandbox using it on the Quest 3. The player draws platforms and mario can jump around on the platforms and on your couch and stuff. That is probably the killer app of VR that everyone has waited for.

deadbabe6 hours ago

So let me get this straight, is the intent of this so that if you have some game like Call of Duty, you could use this to just add Mario running around in there jumping around like it was SM64?

guipsp6 hours ago

It's specifically about the mechanics/physics rather than the model, but yes.

anthk2 hours ago

I'd love the Perfect Dark recompilation working under GL 2.1:

https://github.com/perfect-dark-pc-port/perfect_dark

pipesan hour ago

That port is amazing, probably one of my most played games on my steam deck. What is GL 2.1?

fleahunter6 hours ago

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