It's like when Sonic Ether started the first ever GLSL shader (SEUS) for Minecraft! It was sooo mindblowing that Minecraft could have proper shadows (and frustratingly young me didn't have a good PC to run it). I totally get similar vibes with this one.
Honestly this way of doing shadows is ingenious, I might consider implementing it in my 3D minecraft-like shooter game, as long as the sun is in a fixed position (which it is in my game, unlike Minecraft) and the intensity of the shadow effect is toned down, it could look pretty believable in a 3D setting while being completely friendly to low end hardware and allow an infinite shadow view distance
This is so charming, and I personally think that even without things like a player character, mobs, or chunk loading, this port does an amazing job capturing the spirit of classic Minecraft. The isometric graphics, simplistic shadows, and poppy colors also feel really nostalgic. Thanks for making this, I’m always fascinated by demakes and interpretative ports!
Nice work! Even more impressive is that there is no assembly code in the repo, just C++. Getting this kind of performance out of the TI-84+ CE without dipping down to assembly is really amazing.
@@abra238 modern compilers are exceedingly good at finding optimizations. While of course a human going down into the assembly will always find better shortcuts, it's diminishing returns in "smaller" projects like this.
@@arthurpenndragon6434 Remember this is a CPU based on the Z80, a CPU from 1976. There are a few modern-ish compilers for it but they're community efforts and not always very good. Also, the Z80 wasn't designed with C in mind, unlike modern CPUs. Some of the new eZ80 features might help a bit though
The final graphics look genuinely gorgous! Like, not just for the technology they're on - something about them looks so incredibly clean, vivid, and really just beautiful! I absolutely love it!
My friend in highschool was really poor. He didnt have enough food and even soap was a problem for his family, so they always bought the cheapest things avaible. When the psp and ds came out, almost everyone had one and played with each other. He got bullied since everyone knew that he couldn't buy one and kids are cruel. One day he came to me and showed me that he found out how to play games on his calculator (it was mandatory in our school). He was so happy, people kept bullying him even more after they found out he plays games on hid calculator. But he didnt care, he was so happy with his calculator.
I really, _really_ appreciate how you designed the game to look like Minecraft Classic - it fits perfectly around the era of calculators, and it's nice, vibrant and cheerful, as well as having that endearing limitations that make you take more creative liberties. It's the perfect nostalgic throwback! Also, the low-res appearance of the sprites _really_ makes me want someone to port this Isometric Minecraft to MS-DOS computers, because MY GOD they've got the perfect amount of "crunch" to them that I adore
@@ironmatic1yeah, seeing those prices makes me mad. That's probably something like 10000% profit from each one sold and people can't buy anything else because there's barely any competition
@@linusfu515 Also, there are C/C++ compilers for DOS so you don't need to port the assembly (see: DJGPP: A _modern_ C/C++ toolchain & POSIX environment for DOS)
0:33 this is a cool addition to see. I was to my knowledge the only person who tried maintaining and updating minecraft 2d, but I didn't know much back then so it was quite buggy :) On the ti nspire I then made the mario maker port
I mean Terraria is essentially Mincecraft 2D edit: i get that terraria is it’s own game, it’s just that in its most basic form it is extremely similar to minecraft. keyword: “essentially”. not shitting on terraria i think it’s an awesome game it’s just that in its most basic form it is indeed mine and craft and survive
@@SpectreNoodle within the years, terraria has crafted out its own identity no doubt, but it still was a minecraft 2d experience for its first release.
@@aniketyadav8237 are you seriously arguing about how the game was back when like 30 people played it????? LMAOOO???? Minecraft was literally a game without a survival mode on its release. Your claim is like, INSANELY redundant bro 😭
@@SpectreNoodle”umm aKsHuLlY” No one cares. Yes they are different but the concept is exactly the same. You know what they mean when saying a 2D version of Minecraft is just Terraria with different sprites. What would 3D Terraria look like? Like weird Minecraft. They are both blocky survival games.
@@NintendoSunnyDee Doom also has the benefit of being a fully released game. Minecraft is still getting updates. I think Minecraft classic is a fine benchmark point.
100% agree with this. The shadows he pulled off look SO GOOD. and the textures are clearly a lot better as well. there’s that fancy lighting the other guy did but was that even functional at scale? it does seem like they had different priorities. but aesthetically, the one on this video looks really great. and the implementation of those color pallets is ingenious.
Dude. You're so awesome. So supportive and genuine anytime you mentioned any other programmer's work. That light hearted ending was really enjoyable. Great work and great video
13:56 Oh man! Don't you just hate that? But that's okay, I'm impressed with yours anyway. Still... Dude got lighting and redstone? Daaang that must sting XD
"perfect" is the enemy of good enough! That brings me right back to the Blackberry movie. Hope you got a chance to see it, definitely worth watching for nerds like us!
The moment the shadows were added this port went from impressive technical achievement to something that actually looks incredible in my eyes, honestly it made it look amazing
just as you mentioned minecraft classic i had scrolled down to mention it giving off that exact vibe. Great job man. You really outdid yourself with this
God, I love your content so much. You are always an immediate watch whenever you make a new video. Thanks for gracing us once again with one of your sick-ass projects.
Damn! I'm lucky that this video got recommend for me, it was one of the most impressive and cool videos I've seen in a long time. Hope this videos blows up and get millions of views. This kind of project deserve to be seen by people and I'm glad it's all recorded and public on RUclips
Great video, Science Elf! Was not aware you were even making an isometric minecraft game until now. Unfortunately I never got around to finishing my own isometric minecraft version, as I ran into memory errors and some other bugs… I love the shadows you did in your version, and I think it would also be really easy if you implemented an option to render your world from any of the 4 corners, so kind of a form of rotation. Anyway, really great work, and thanks for the feature! At least your version actually runs lol
@TheScienceElf The Cemetech thread you linked should now have a working download for the program. If it still doesn't work, make sure you have enough RAM space by moving important files to archive and then doing a RAM clear. Also, do note that the latest working version does not contain redstone. Also when sending the program to your calculator, make sure you are sending it to the archive, not RAM.
I know nothing at all about programming, but I've seen a few minecraft-programming vindeos like this, and this was by far the best one. You didn't overload me with a whole bunch of technical info I will never understand, you explained everything pretty neatly, and the end result was the best. Great video, great content, great work. I loved this, you got a follower
Damn, the lightning really made it pop! Love the utilization of palettes for the shadows and water too! Very impressive stuff honestly, the depth map and everything just does it job very nice and overall, cool video :)
This is a really neat project although i wouldn't really call it a port, Demake is the better term for it, but it's nice to see you again after a long year!
man made Minecraft shaders on a TI. Fucking legend. As a creative mode player back in time i would have spent my days on this kind of calculator programs.
12:10 midway during him saying 'responsive', the video stopped loading for second, with the loading circle. i couldnt tell if it was a joke or not lol.
Oh, you did the same thing I brought to Michael2_3b's attention at the time: your blocks don't look cubical. For that, the grid at 5:27 should consist of equilateral triangles. Yes, that means your sprites can't be square. Compare to Michael2_3b's screenshots I guess? Also, minor addition, Crafti's graphical glitches stem not just from affine texture mapping, but also because it uses integer arithmetic. I find those graphical glitches much worse while actually building things, because you just can't tell where block boundaries are.
THAT is just insane. It reminds me of Super Mario RPG, which I've yet to see explained. The palette trick was quite fascinating, although it does eat up most of the color options you can use.
my younger brother programmed a version of Mario Party 8 on his graphing calculator before he passed away. i’ve never been able to understand how he could have done it, but this helps a lot & made me feel closer to him. what an awesome project! thanks ❤
*Digs my old TI-Nspire out of a box* Okay, this is absolutely incredible. I can't even begin to comprehend (as someone who has done a fair amount of both programming and game design) how one would begin to develop a Minecraft clone for a calculator. The sheer skill and dedication (and omg the amount of bugfixing, I can't imagine) is so ridiculously impressive in its own right. Very very well done.
theres something that i enjoy about your version vs the crafti. it is a game for a calculator, and yours is more suited for the experience you would have playing on a calculator. wonderful job and tastefully executed.
As someone who's in the process of learning video game programming, this video was very good. Enjoyed watching the way you solved problems and explained the basic operations of the calculator.
This brings back great memories of Minecraft Classic (a period which is sadly often forgotten these days). Love all the creative problem solving! And the aesthetics of the shadows are so lovely.
I remember once here in Brazil there was a video that claimed that if you pressed a specific sequence of keys in a scientific calculator you could play Minecraft. Turns out the guy just edited a low quality Minecraft gameplay into the screen of the calculator lol
I'll be honest, I do not give a shit about Minecraft. But your enthusiasm and attention to detail was fantastic. I prefer your version of the TI84 isometric Minecraft; your blocks look a lot more similar to the game itself, and the isometric style gives it a nostalgic feel. It might be a version of Minecraft I'd actually enjoy! Good work!
Well done man! I really love the function you used to render shadows. Looks to me like your palette choice was incredibly well played. I personally think your solution to lighting is better and looks nicer.
Stumbled upon this video just now, I can't believe it was published 6 hours ago and the previous video was a year or more ago, damn. Dude this is really impressive, we really appreciate your effort, bringing another Minecraft port to the world!
Now, THAT’s a way to come back! Being in IT myself, I am very impressed that you managed to pull this off despite the enormous limitations, and how you thought up some clever solutions to work around these (like the triangle grid).
This is phenomenal! That shadows really make the graphics pop. I agree with the rest of the people in the comments: this is one of the more pleasant isometric games I've ever seen. Big Science Elf W imo :)
Much as you say the wide-screen version looks too small, I'm greatly enjoying the zoom-outs you've shown. I'd be extremely curious to test out a slightly zoomed out PC version. In any case, great work! o/
This is the fourth time now that I've said "I wonder if The Science Elf will post soon" followed by a video being posted just HOURS after the thought. You can all thank me for this one.
I just wanna let u know that this is by far the most impressive video I have ever seen on the internet. Not in terms of complexity, but in terms of completion. You literally nailed every single thing it’s actually mind blowing
PLEASE CONTINUE THIS, i've been sorta jumping ahead with an nspire in high school, and i've enjoyed the minecraft ports for it. I would love to have a port for the nspire for this, and i guess i might pull out the nspire gcc and have a go at translating your code. This was an entertain and well-structured video, and i would love to see more of it.
THE TIMING ON THIS IS CRAZY i just got a graphing calculator for calculus lmfao THANKS A MILLION edit: also funny too how this video comes out just when i’m thinking of learning how to make games for the calculator, obviously nothing like this though LMFAO
I love this!!! And it looks so good!!!! I know graphics aren't everything and you spent a looot of time just getting it to function correctly but I love isometric stuff and I also love minecraft and with the shadows it's PERFECT
your port just has a nicer vibe to it than the one you showed at the end. yours feels like notch actually got bored and coded minecraft for calculator himself
That is such a cool idea. I honestly love isometric games so much and this hits the spot. Is there a way to play this on a regular computer instead of a TI 84?
According to some people here, the game is written in C++, so if somebody were to port the input system and tweak it a little bit, it would theoretically be possible to play it on a modern-day computer Edit: they'd have to use a different graphics library though
This was really neat! Thoroughly enjoyed the video, also was refreshing to hear GUI pronounced "gooey" at 9:00 hahah, been a while since i've heard that one Plus what a cute little showcase world at the end! I wanna go make that in-game now, as in actual mc lol Update: This is a perspective dimensions nightmare; certainly difficult, but that won't stop me from trying update again: I haven't come back to this in a little while, but made a fair amount of progress before. It has to be built in such a specific order lol
And I was tripped out that people were playing Doom on calculators. I just drew metal band logos on the graph and thought I was cool. This video is groovy and very informative. Good work.
just fired this up on the old "borrowed" 84+ce from mrs. rios this is phenomonal, and as I'm still in high school I'm gonna bask in my ability to boast about this and spread your channel's likeness everywhere I can.
If you don't mind me asking, where did you develop skills like this? I go to uni for stuff like this and I couldn't imagine anyone being as proficient as you without having formal education or work experience, if so, that's amazing. Especially considering the understanding of the hardware at play here as well. Your channel is phenomenal👍
Yeah, as someone in high school who is constantly being asked "how are you so good at computer science" in my first year of doing it, I must say that actually doing stuff yourself helps a lot more in computer science than going to some programming courses
Remember that the first person to come up with isometric rendering, or scroll buffers, or ambient occlusion or any of the techniques used today were just mere mortals who never went to formal education for this stuff. Yes, you need the math fundamentals and yes, professors can certainly guide you on your journey and put more tools in your toolkit, but ultimately, there is no learning like self-discovery. Get out there and play! just ... try a thing. Maybe start small with a gfx library in Unity (*cough, evil cough*) or even Javascript. Or jump head long into using a 3d game engine or write your own shaders. The secret? Just do. (ps yes, this is truly an amazing channel and I love his work)
You won’t learn a thing in college to actually train you to do something like this. You will learn the theory of how software functions and mathematics behind the scenes. It is up to you to have the self discipline to sit down and figure this out. Be grateful ChatGPT will mostly answer your questions because I only had Stack Overflow and that website is cursed with horrible power-hungry people. I would have done so much better in college with the resources available nowadays.
@@shadesoftimesame here. Learn yourself because courses arent going to teach you what you need. I learned how computers work down to the cpu architecture and logic gates for building computers in minecraft. I learned how to put in asm instructions into my TI-84 calculator using the tables for the Z80 processor. I learned how to code just by going and doing it. Ive never taken any class on programming and I would definitely say I have as much, if not more experience than a kid straight out of college.
something about the isometric shadows gives me heavy 90s prerendered game vibes. i wanna try and use a similar style in a game at some point its really lovely
it's amazing how the shadows INSTANTLY made it look like 10x better
The power of lighting
Reminded me of Minecraft alpha
Even java doesn't it
@@Robstrap😊😊😊😊
yeah.
with shaders you get the same effect, even just shadows makes everything better
the shadows look so good… holy crap
It's like when Sonic Ether started the first ever GLSL shader (SEUS) for Minecraft! It was sooo mindblowing that Minecraft could have proper shadows (and frustratingly young me didn't have a good PC to run it).
I totally get similar vibes with this one.
Luigi what are you doing here??
@@CloakerGuyEnjoying a fanmade port of good game
@@CloakerGuyhe's strokin mah shit 🤤
same..@@bluecheese
man, the shadows are amazing, this is absolutely awesome
I fart
@@Simigemasame
@@SimigemaI shit
Honestly this way of doing shadows is ingenious, I might consider implementing it in my 3D minecraft-like shooter game, as long as the sun is in a fixed position (which it is in my game, unlike Minecraft) and the intensity of the shadow effect is toned down, it could look pretty believable in a 3D setting while being completely friendly to low end hardware and allow an infinite shadow view distance
@@Jhakaas_JaiWhy.
I made a little joke to myself thinking, "haha and you can add shaders too" and then you actually did, im shook
This is so charming, and I personally think that even without things like a player character, mobs, or chunk loading, this port does an amazing job capturing the spirit of classic Minecraft. The isometric graphics, simplistic shadows, and poppy colors also feel really nostalgic. Thanks for making this, I’m always fascinated by demakes and interpretative ports!
Agreed; just watching makes me feel like I’m a kid again seeing simple Minecraft
Nice work! Even more impressive is that there is no assembly code in the repo, just C++. Getting this kind of performance out of the TI-84+ CE without dipping down to assembly is really amazing.
Needs oxidation
wonder how much more could have been done
@@abra238 modern compilers are exceedingly good at finding optimizations. While of course a human going down into the assembly will always find better shortcuts, it's diminishing returns in "smaller" projects like this.
@@arthurpenndragon6434 Remember this is a CPU based on the Z80, a CPU from 1976. There are a few modern-ish compilers for it but they're community efforts and not always very good. Also, the Z80 wasn't designed with C in mind, unlike modern CPUs. Some of the new eZ80 features might help a bit though
@@MrMediator24 GET OUT OF MY HEAD RUSTACEANS
"Perfect is the enemy of Good Enough"
I've never heard that phrase before, but I think I needed to.
A great return, you never disappoint.
Good enough a french meme lol
Same
Same
not sure where i heard it but I heard "the greatest enemy of good is better" and im so glad its getting more popular
I read this for the first time while he said this
he literally made minecraft with shaders run on a calculator with the processing power of a flip phone. mad respect
Yeah, no shit. He can't _metaphorically_ do that.
@@grabble7605 yes he can
Now time to port it to a flip phone
Flip phones had WAY higher performance.
@@grabble7605 ☝🤓
The final graphics look genuinely gorgous! Like, not just for the technology they're on - something about them looks so incredibly clean, vivid, and really just beautiful! I absolutely love it!
It's the pixel art aesthetic
My friend in highschool was really poor. He didnt have enough food and even soap was a problem for his family, so they always bought the cheapest things avaible.
When the psp and ds came out, almost everyone had one and played with each other.
He got bullied since everyone knew that he couldn't buy one and kids are cruel.
One day he came to me and showed me that he found out how to play games on his calculator (it was mandatory in our school).
He was so happy, people kept bullying him even more after they found out he plays games on hid calculator. But he didnt care, he was so happy with his calculator.
I really, _really_ appreciate how you designed the game to look like Minecraft Classic - it fits perfectly around the era of calculators, and it's nice, vibrant and cheerful, as well as having that endearing limitations that make you take more creative liberties. It's the perfect nostalgic throwback! Also, the low-res appearance of the sprites _really_ makes me want someone to port this Isometric Minecraft to MS-DOS computers, because MY GOD they've got the perfect amount of "crunch" to them that I adore
I meant the era of these specific models@accelerationquanta5816
@accelerationquanta5816 Well, era of TI-84 tech that they still sell for $100
@@ironmatic1yeah, seeing those prices makes me mad. That's probably something like 10000% profit from each one sold and people can't buy anything else because there's barely any competition
@accelerationquanta5816
Especially this one, the Ti84CE came out in 2015... 4 years after the game left beta 😅
@@linusfu515 Also, there are C/C++ compilers for DOS so you don't need to port the assembly
(see: DJGPP: A _modern_ C/C++ toolchain & POSIX environment for DOS)
0:33 this is a cool addition to see. I was to my knowledge the only person who tried maintaining and updating minecraft 2d, but I didn't know much back then so it was quite buggy :)
On the ti nspire I then made the mario maker port
Legend
IVE BEEN PLAYING THAT
@@dawierdkid minecraft 2d?
Mario maker port is absolutely epic sauce
It seems like the early 2D calculator Minecraft projects were closer to Terraria with a Minecraft coat of paint
I mean Terraria is essentially Mincecraft 2D
edit: i get that terraria is it’s own game, it’s just that in its most basic form it is extremely similar to minecraft. keyword: “essentially”. not shitting on terraria i think it’s an awesome game it’s just that in its most basic form it is indeed mine and craft and survive
@@ireadysucks3026 lmao you have never played terraria
@@SpectreNoodle within the years, terraria has crafted out its own identity no doubt, but it still was a minecraft 2d experience for its first release.
@@aniketyadav8237 are you seriously arguing about how the game was back when like 30 people played it????? LMAOOO???? Minecraft was literally a game without a survival mode on its release. Your claim is like, INSANELY redundant bro 😭
@@SpectreNoodle”umm aKsHuLlY”
No one cares. Yes they are different but the concept is exactly the same. You know what they mean when saying a 2D version of Minecraft is just Terraria with different sprites. What would 3D Terraria look like? Like weird Minecraft. They are both blocky survival games.
IT really looks like the old game, Populous.
The shadows took it to the next level, which was already very high. This is insane.
THE RETURN OF THE KING
!!!
Who
YEEEEEESSSS
I love how “can it run minecraft?” Has become the new “can it run doom?”
the evolution of "can it run crysis?"
I disagree, as this isn't minecraft, it's a minecraft remake with the spirit of the game intact. Doom, however, is a 1 for 1 port every time.
@@NintendoSunnyDee Doom also has the benefit of being a fully released game. Minecraft is still getting updates. I think Minecraft classic is a fine benchmark point.
147 likes manra
Not sure why this comment has so many likes when the calculator actually can't run Minecraft
Yours still looks better than the other guys's one. His plus is on the redstone and gravity! Amazing project!
They look equally as good. The other guy's is more like a texture pack.
100% agree with this. The shadows he pulled off look SO GOOD. and the textures are clearly a lot better as well. there’s that fancy lighting the other guy did but was that even functional at scale? it does seem like they had different priorities. but aesthetically, the one on this video looks really great. and the implementation of those color pallets is ingenious.
Dude. You're so awesome. So supportive and genuine anytime you mentioned any other programmer's work. That light hearted ending was really enjoyable. Great work and great video
13:56 Oh man! Don't you just hate that? But that's okay, I'm impressed with yours anyway. Still... Dude got lighting and redstone? Daaang that must sting XD
We got an antz/a bugs life situation
"perfect" is the enemy of good enough! That brings me right back to the Blackberry movie. Hope you got a chance to see it, definitely worth watching for nerds like us!
The moment the shadows were added this port went from impressive technical achievement to something that actually looks incredible in my eyes, honestly it made it look amazing
It’s impressive you managed to run this smoothly on a calculator. The attention to detail is very apparent. This is a lovely little project!
You absolutely need to do more of this for powerful calculators! Certainly it would be “better” and ofc, it’s so good to watch the whole process.
just as you mentioned minecraft classic i had scrolled down to mention it giving off that exact vibe. Great job man. You really outdid yourself with this
damn dude, if this was made when i was in school i would've killed to have this
nice work, and good to see you back again!
It's always a pleasure to see you. But I definitely wish you uploaded more often. Either way great content
He's back! Missed your stuff my dude. And as usual, impressive project. :)
Complete props for sticking through with it even after Michaels's release. Certainly paid off, beautiful build!
This bro is way too humble. All those tricks and flourishes and SHADOWS are so impressive and I only understood half of them. Amazing work 👏👏
God, I love your content so much. You are always an immediate watch whenever you make a new video. Thanks for gracing us once again with one of your sick-ass projects.
Damn! I'm lucky that this video got recommend for me, it was one of the most impressive and cool videos I've seen in a long time.
Hope this videos blows up and get millions of views. This kind of project deserve to be seen by people and I'm glad it's all recorded and public on RUclips
Great video, Science Elf! Was not aware you were even making an isometric minecraft game until now. Unfortunately I never got around to finishing my own isometric minecraft version, as I ran into memory errors and some other bugs…
I love the shadows you did in your version, and I think it would also be really easy if you implemented an option to render your world from any of the 4 corners, so kind of a form of rotation.
Anyway, really great work, and thanks for the feature! At least your version actually runs lol
@TheScienceElf The Cemetech thread you linked should now have a working download for the program. If it still doesn't work, make sure you have enough RAM space by moving important files to archive and then doing a RAM clear. Also, do note that the latest working version does not contain redstone.
Also when sending the program to your calculator, make sure you are sending it to the archive, not RAM.
I know nothing at all about programming, but I've seen a few minecraft-programming vindeos like this, and this was by far the best one. You didn't overload me with a whole bunch of technical info I will never understand, you explained everything pretty neatly, and the end result was the best. Great video, great content, great work. I loved this, you got a follower
Lmao.
NO WAY BRO, that's absolutely impressive. The shades look amazing along with the graphics. Keep up the good work.
Damn, the lightning really made it pop! Love the utilization of palettes for the shadows and water too!
Very impressive stuff honestly, the depth map and everything just does it job very nice and overall, cool video :)
This is a really neat project although i wouldn't really call it a port, Demake is the better term for it, but it's nice to see you again after a long year!
I just got a TI-84+ CE python yesterday. This upload couldn’t be more pleasing
man made Minecraft shaders on a TI. Fucking legend. As a creative mode player back in time i would have spent my days on this kind of calculator programs.
12:10 midway during him saying 'responsive', the video stopped loading for second, with the loading circle. i couldnt tell if it was a joke or not lol.
Coming off of Inkbox's Commander X16 port the other day, this is really cool to see. Thank you for this.
Oh, you did the same thing I brought to Michael2_3b's attention at the time: your blocks don't look cubical. For that, the grid at 5:27 should consist of equilateral triangles. Yes, that means your sprites can't be square. Compare to Michael2_3b's screenshots I guess?
Also, minor addition, Crafti's graphical glitches stem not just from affine texture mapping, but also because it uses integer arithmetic. I find those graphical glitches much worse while actually building things, because you just can't tell where block boundaries are.
Man, have I missed you, your videos always fascinated me.
Glad to have you back!
THAT is just insane. It reminds me of Super Mario RPG, which I've yet to see explained. The palette trick was quite fascinating, although it does eat up most of the color options you can use.
my younger brother programmed a version of Mario Party 8 on his graphing calculator before he passed away. i’ve never been able to understand how he could have done it, but this helps a lot & made me feel closer to him. what an awesome project! thanks ❤
R.I.P. to your younger brother 😢
This is one of the most inspiring programming video's i've seen. You do a really good job at making this stuff easy to understand. Thank you for this!
And to think, I was proud to have created Tic-Tac-Toe and Snake back in my high school days. These creations blow m mind!
Those are absolutely worth being proud of. Well done dude.
*Digs my old TI-Nspire out of a box*
Okay, this is absolutely incredible. I can't even begin to comprehend (as someone who has done a fair amount of both programming and game design) how one would begin to develop a Minecraft clone for a calculator. The sheer skill and dedication (and omg the amount of bugfixing, I can't imagine) is so ridiculously impressive in its own right. Very very well done.
theres something that i enjoy about your version vs the crafti. it is a game for a calculator, and yours is more suited for the experience you would have playing on a calculator. wonderful job and tastefully executed.
As someone who's in the process of learning video game programming, this video was very good. Enjoyed watching the way you solved problems and explained the basic operations of the calculator.
This brings back great memories of Minecraft Classic (a period which is sadly often forgotten these days). Love all the creative problem solving! And the aesthetics of the shadows are so lovely.
I don't know how to explain it but your upload schedule feels like 2019-2021 Vsauce
well clearly you knew how to explain it
exactly 😂
Hey Vsauce Michael here
is your home security great?
or is it..
[insert Michael from Vsauce staring at camera meme here]
But yea lol
@@stanleybochenek1862*Snazzy jazzish-classical suspenseful music*
this rocks. the look of everything gives off such a comfy vibe! major props.
I remember once here in Brazil there was a video that claimed that if you pressed a specific sequence of keys in a scientific calculator you could play Minecraft. Turns out the guy just edited a low quality Minecraft gameplay into the screen of the calculator lol
I'll be honest, I do not give a shit about Minecraft. But your enthusiasm and attention to detail was fantastic. I prefer your version of the TI84 isometric Minecraft; your blocks look a lot more similar to the game itself, and the isometric style gives it a nostalgic feel. It might be a version of Minecraft I'd actually enjoy! Good work!
Well done man! I really love the function you used to render shadows. Looks to me like your palette choice was incredibly well played. I personally think your solution to lighting is better and looks nicer.
Stumbled upon this video just now, I can't believe it was published 6 hours ago and the previous video was a year or more ago, damn. Dude this is really impressive, we really appreciate your effort, bringing another Minecraft port to the world!
You've done an amazing job and I'd like to see more of this. Keep it up.
This is some funny timing! I just got my TI84+CE delivered the day before this video came out, and now I can play Minecraft on it!
But can the calculator run Doom
yea
Obviously bro 😐
@@dunkawunka2278but can it run crysis?
@@DarkTails256what is crisis?
@@benjaminsmit781 2012+ bros will never understand...
Now, THAT’s a way to come back!
Being in IT myself, I am very impressed that you managed to pull this off despite the enormous limitations, and how you thought up some clever solutions to work around these (like the triangle grid).
Man, I just installed 2d minecraft on my Ti-84 recently and now we have this, absolute legend
this seems like a game i would have LOVED to have on my phone as a kid
the fact that its on a calculator is incredible
Absolutely insane for the hardware, well done!
This is phenomenal! That shadows really make the graphics pop. I agree with the rest of the people in the comments: this is one of the more pleasant isometric games I've ever seen. Big Science Elf W imo :)
This looks amazing! Makes me want to get that kind of calculator…
Same lmao
I have the older black and white T!-84, and honestly they're fun to mess around with along with being occassionaly useful.
ti-nspire all the way you can put super nintendo games on it
Glad to have you back! Really nice project, I really like how it turned out. The video is very well-edited, too. Great stuff all around :)
Much as you say the wide-screen version looks too small, I'm greatly enjoying the zoom-outs you've shown. I'd be extremely curious to test out a slightly zoomed out PC version.
In any case, great work! o/
reminds me of those dynamic maps servers used to use back in the day, so beautiful
This is the fourth time now that I've said "I wonder if The Science Elf will post soon" followed by a video being posted just HOURS after the thought. You can all thank me for this one.
I just wanna let u know that this is by far the most impressive video I have ever seen on the internet. Not in terms of complexity, but in terms of completion. You literally nailed every single thing it’s actually mind blowing
There's something I can't quite put my finger on about the graphics that I just adore? Either way, awesome project!
PLEASE CONTINUE THIS, i've been sorta jumping ahead with an nspire in high school, and i've enjoyed the minecraft ports for it. I would love to have a port for the nspire for this, and i guess i might pull out the nspire gcc and have a go at translating your code. This was an entertain and well-structured video, and i would love to see more of it.
adding in world gen as "a little thing" is CRAZY, but ig there are already a lot of videos explaining it lol. this is sick!
Given how much these things cost?
Having a few fun things on them isn't bad. Thank you for making students lives more fun.
this is insanely cool... All this computer coding stuff is like magic to me. I took Java in high school and I felt like a wizard back then.
THE TIMING ON THIS IS CRAZY i just got a graphing calculator for calculus lmfao THANKS A MILLION
edit: also funny too how this video comes out just when i’m thinking of learning how to make games for the calculator, obviously nothing like this though LMFAO
I love this!!! And it looks so good!!!! I know graphics aren't everything and you spent a looot of time just getting it to function correctly but I love isometric stuff and I also love minecraft and with the shadows it's PERFECT
your port just has a nicer vibe to it than the one you showed at the end. yours feels like notch actually got bored and coded minecraft for calculator himself
That is such a cool idea. I honestly love isometric games so much and this hits the spot. Is there a way to play this on a regular computer instead of a TI 84?
There are a few TI-84 emulators, like Wabbitemu or the official TI SmartView.
According to some people here, the game is written in C++, so if somebody were to port the input system and tweak it a little bit, it would theoretically be possible to play it on a modern-day computer
Edit: they'd have to use a different graphics library though
Scrap my previous reply, there is an emulator you can use on your PC, it's called "CEmu". I'm not sure if I can lik to it here on RUclips
Now we need you to build a calculator in Minecraft on a calculator
This was really neat! Thoroughly enjoyed the video, also was refreshing to hear GUI pronounced "gooey" at 9:00 hahah, been a while since i've heard that one
Plus what a cute little showcase world at the end! I wanna go make that in-game now, as in actual mc lol
Update: This is a perspective dimensions nightmare; certainly difficult, but that won't stop me from trying
update again: I haven't come back to this in a little while, but made a fair amount of progress before. It has to be built in such a specific order lol
And I was tripped out that people were playing Doom on calculators. I just drew metal band logos on the graph and thought I was cool. This video is groovy and very informative. Good work.
This is absolutely INSANE I’m now subbed, and it was a worthy one. I love ur vids now! I want this SO bad
holy shit man, you could change the world with such talent
"I refuse to be outdone"
My brother in Christ, you got minecraft to run at 10FPS without a super computer nor OptiFine.
You've outdone them
Very epic! This would be an AAA game a few years back hahaha
just fired this up on the old "borrowed" 84+ce from mrs. rios
this is phenomonal, and as I'm still in high school I'm gonna bask in my ability to boast about this and spread your channel's likeness everywhere I can.
Phenomenal. Watching this was like teleporting back to the golden age of RUclips. Keep it up, man.
If you don't mind me asking, where did you develop skills like this? I go to uni for stuff like this and I couldn't imagine anyone being as proficient as you without having formal education or work experience, if so, that's amazing. Especially considering the understanding of the hardware at play here as well. Your channel is phenomenal👍
probably electrical engineering degree + lots of side projects
Yeah, as someone in high school who is constantly being asked "how are you so good at computer science" in my first year of doing it, I must say that actually doing stuff yourself helps a lot more in computer science than going to some programming courses
Remember that the first person to come up with isometric rendering, or scroll buffers, or ambient occlusion or any of the techniques used today were just mere mortals who never went to formal education for this stuff. Yes, you need the math fundamentals and yes, professors can certainly guide you on your journey and put more tools in your toolkit, but ultimately, there is no learning like self-discovery. Get out there and play! just ... try a thing. Maybe start small with a gfx library in Unity (*cough, evil cough*) or even Javascript. Or jump head long into using a 3d game engine or write your own shaders. The secret? Just do. (ps yes, this is truly an amazing channel and I love his work)
You won’t learn a thing in college to actually train you to do something like this. You will learn the theory of how software functions and mathematics behind the scenes. It is up to you to have the self discipline to sit down and figure this out. Be grateful ChatGPT will mostly answer your questions because I only had Stack Overflow and that website is cursed with horrible power-hungry people. I would have done so much better in college with the resources available nowadays.
@@shadesoftimesame here. Learn yourself because courses arent going to teach you what you need. I learned how computers work down to the cpu architecture and logic gates for building computers in minecraft.
I learned how to put in asm instructions into my TI-84 calculator using the tables for the Z80 processor.
I learned how to code just by going and doing it. Ive never taken any class on programming and I would definitely say I have as much, if not more experience than a kid straight out of college.
Coding is really a soul fuel for some people. Thanks for the great work.
In what world does a calculator need 64 megabytes of ram
Very impressive! I love it!
Nostalgia with my old school TI-83 :P
This is absolutely perfect! You implemented this so well, holy
Would be cool if you could rotate the perspective! Would help with visualizing depth too
Yes yes yes👃👃👃 he needs to do this.
OVER A YEAR OF WAITING, THE TECH GOD HIMSELF HAS RETURNED
Unbelievable that this only has 4.8K views. Great content, mate!
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You underrated genius, very impressive project!
Just found this channel and I’m hooked! Sometimes RUclips recommendations are on point!
something about the isometric shadows gives me heavy 90s prerendered game vibes. i wanna try and use a similar style in a game at some point its really lovely