As someone who has done speedruns of crystal seeker, its really cool that the game was designed with speedrunning in mind. I was actually the first person to "discover" the axe climbing at 17:00, so it was crazy to see it was intended all along. It was really fun to run the game, I should really go back to it sometime, maybe try to get the Any% record

@crazychicken8290

6 ай бұрын

inice bro story

@Ningumkkk

5 ай бұрын

​@@crazychicken8290☠️

@Ningumkkk

5 ай бұрын

​he is not your bro

@Illager_Fries_Gaming

5 ай бұрын

@@Ningumkkkmaybe he is

@Ningumkkk

4 ай бұрын

@@Illager_Fries_Gaming k

The person who said this is not impressive doesn't know what they are talking about. This "generic platformer" is better than anything I could make in my 2 years of using unity because like you said it has a soul. In my opinion you have something truly special here. Hats off to you 👑

@OhCrapI_He

5 ай бұрын

It was designed for speedrunning, and there's a lot of movement tech utilizing knockback to get you through faster. It ain’t much compared to, say, SM65 or Crash Bandicoot, but not only are those some of the best of the best (especially at the time), but they were made on platforms designed for 3D stuff, while this was made on Scratch

@BoiGamer124

5 ай бұрын

Yeah I don't know what the hell that guy from the beginning's problem is. It is INFINITELY more impressive if you somehow make a 3D game in an engine meant for 2D games, rather than obviously using a 3D game engine (Unity for example) to make a 3D game

@stickguy9109

5 ай бұрын

@@BoiGamer124 Not only that the game is actually fun and played by many and not just a 3D tech demo

@stickguy9109

5 ай бұрын

@@OhCrapI_He Doing stuff the normal way is just never as cool. It's like making tetris vs making tetris on a redstone computer.

@user-um9wi9wk8n

5 ай бұрын

I think he trie creating a game that look as 3d crystal run but he failed

Bruh, you made an entire graphics engine, and then created a game on top of it! This is super impressive! And the fact you made it in scratch, means you probably had to optimize the heck out of it! I am super impressed! Well done dude! I personally don't normally watch ScratchTubers, but you are an exeption! I subscribed, and turned on the bell! And left a like! I want to see more content! Keep it up man!

Saying that this is just as impresive as making a 3D engine in C++ is like saying that athleths running is just as impresive as driving a car.

@fugusam

3 ай бұрын

i made 3d engines in scratch its not that hard but it is still impresive

@skmgeek

3 ай бұрын

​@@fugusamdifficulty is subjective :3

@linhero797

3 ай бұрын

​@@skmgeek In truth programming a 3D Engine isnt that hard when you grasp the fundamentals. A solid understanding of anything makes doing it easy.

@Royalbloxer

18 күн бұрын

@@linhero797thats what he meant

Imagine calling something "meh" because what a single person did isn't more impressive than Unity, a program that has been developing for almost twenty years by hundreds of employees.

Scratch over Unity

@JustCube12

6 ай бұрын

hell yeah

@oxanis

6 ай бұрын

This is the first comment

@user-tq8on6by4u

6 ай бұрын

Unity is Temporary Scratch Is Eternal

@scout5925

6 ай бұрын

scratch

@-jfs22-

6 ай бұрын

@@user-tq8on6by4u nothing is eternal

I still remember when I first played this 2 years ago and wondered how the hell it's so smooth IN SCRATCH

Your game has a cool retro vibe to it and the level design is fun, setting aside the limitations. I remember that the games/prototypes I feel most proud of, are the ones that are not as graphically impressive but the ones in which I learned more and had to do more hard work coding.

Been watching all your videos, really like the quality of the videos, you put in so much effort and there’s so much quality! Love it!

You should consider making an expanded version with a real 3d engine such as Godot, because this kind of lovely retro game is something I'd pay for on Steam.

This is amazing. Probably the coolest project on scratch. I had in fact played the game before, but I didn't know it was yours. Good work.

This project is so crazy. Keep making more of these things!

Wow, great video! This explanation makes your game even more impressive

I had never heard of this game before watching this, and my previous experiences with '3d' scratch weren't very impressive, so i went into this video thinking this was just another half baked 3d platformer game, but no. You dominated all competition. I was genuinely blown away when i saw some gameplay of this. Good job mate

Amazing, cant wait for the sequel :]

I've thought for a long time that this is the most impressive game on scratch, huge props man!

This video was the best scratch video I have ever watched. I liked the game because it had the n64/ps1 atmosphere.

This game is legendary! This is the kind of stuff I could only dream of doing in Scratch back in the day haha

you are an absolute legend I had always wondered who made that game and _how_ very insightful video!!

the engine, and the game itself even are both incredible, i feel like it would be interesting to see what other people could do with your "engine", since you've put so much work into it, there is a lot of potential for 3D scratch games made with this.

I still can't believe this yt channel exists, you're like... my idol. Crystal seeker is one of the best online games I have ever played, The fact that it exists is actually mind-blowing. For the sequel, I wonder if you could find a way to make 3d enemies without affecting performance. I cannot wait for you to talk about the tower defence!

props for both making the game and being a goated editor

This is a great video! I've always wanted to make a 3d game in scratch, and this was very interesting. I don't think I have to mental capacity to do that though. Anyways, I loved your game, and your video! It was very funny.

Played this in school a few years ago before they blocked scratch, love every bit of it

@anname7373

6 ай бұрын

Bruh wtf schools block scratch???

@SasamuelTheCool

5 ай бұрын

​@@anname7373that's it, I'm calling 911.

@curiss3112

5 ай бұрын

Actually they don't because it is technically educational. Idk what school this guy goes to but unlucky!@@anname7373

@notnotiron

5 ай бұрын

Idk, maybe he should try playing it at home@@anname7373

@alraodah

5 ай бұрын

worst school ever

whoever voiced PratixYT needs to go to hollywood, the accent, the deep voice, the menacing tone, everything is just immaculate. i guess the rest of the video is cool too.

YOU MADE CYTSTLA WAAAAA ( very excited ) i love this game thank you for making this :3

Thx for making a video about it (the game is realy good for secretly playing it at school)

I really like that you can see the triangles. As texture mapping would certainly be way too hard, it is a good way to bring some detail into the render.

your video series is a beacon of knowledge!

I have been using scratch for at least 5 years now, and still could never make anything as cool as this. This Is Amazing!

Awesome video as always :)

Brilliant :) Reminds me of trying to make 3D games in Game Maker back in the day, that's what lead me to learn C++ instead XD

That speedrunning segment blew my mind, holy crap

This remembers me to Spu7nix, who made a whole physics engine in Geometry Dash just to make a level. Congrats btw

@unrenownedc

Ай бұрын

If something has an editor, there will be a Spu7nix of that thing to completely push the limits. This guy is the Spu7nix of Scratch.

@JotaleaGG

Ай бұрын

Update: not only did he just make a physics engine, but he also made a 3D LEVEL using it (don't forget it is a 2D game) literally called "WHAT". He also made a programming language inside Geometry Dash (Spwn), and hosted the biggest collaboration to make a level (around 14.000 participants) called "Place" that worked like the r/place subreddit. Just search it, it's amazing.

Really cool to learn how this game was made

You inspired me to create my own 3D engine in scratch, thanks for that. Could you please do a tutorial on the topic of z-clipping?

@ggenije

6 ай бұрын

Find codingbio tutorials

@daniloarndt3597

6 ай бұрын

Thank you

@daniloarndt3597

6 ай бұрын

is codingbio also on KZread or just on scratch?

@ggenije

6 ай бұрын

@@daniloarndt3597 scratch only

@daniloarndt3597

6 ай бұрын

I looked at the z-clipping tutorial from codingbio. The algorithm in the tutorial clips the triangles in 2 dimensions. I have now made my own z-clipping algorithm that clips the triangles in 3 dimensions. I hope my algorithm is not weaker. Or should I rather use a 2D clipping algorithm?

this is so impressive

You are 100% one of the best scratch creators of all time, not only did you make a 3D game on scratch, but you made it a good game at that! 🤩

@fedextriplegaming

13 күн бұрын

I made a game tutorial for the engine

@fedextriplegaming

13 күн бұрын

On the account thank you for 40 subs 2.0 is we're the tutorial is at

Wow great video :)

This 3D engine reminds me of the doom one (IDtech) a Lot, Very Nice work

Incredible!

Nice quality +1 subscriber

You need to be recognized for this

we found ourselves Dani 2, good job this is impressive btw so much work :0

This is crazy absolutely crazy

Whoa whoa that's very VERY COOL

I'm currently making 4D engine on Scratch, and I understand the pain you got when develop Crystal Seeker

This is a great video!

This is making me mind blowing

I really enjoyed this.

wow this is very impressive!

this game is awesome and the video is really funny too!!

Very Nice video!

bro you deserve more subscribers man,

You've a very wonderful mind. Compliments.

Well done

Not even 10k Subs?! You deserve a million

You not not only made an 3D game in scratch YOU MADE AN EDITOR IN SCRATCH AND A ENTIRE 3D ENGINE THAT IS EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE

I have nothing meaningful to add, but this is some crazy stuff

"Z buffering vs Painter's algorithm." I was working awhile back on something 3D and this was really a problem. I ended up going down a huge rabbithole trying to figure out how to correctly segment triangles analytically.

@ggenije

6 ай бұрын

there is also method called BSP, which is same painter's algorithm but it splits triangles that way you never have errors, at it doesn't have to sort triangles , make it much faster , with condition that triangles aren't moving (like in doom game). But it's EXTREMELY hard to make.

i very like your video all of them 👍

This was helpful

OHHH YES, I WAITED SO LONG

Subscribed for the sequel!

I can't imagine what this man can do with an actual 3D game engine

@stickguy9109

6 ай бұрын

See that's what I always say. Giving yourself restrictions and pushing your limits makes you far better than those who stayed in their comfort zone.

@aless.c064

6 ай бұрын

@@stickguy9109 I agree, in this case he also undesrstood some of the core principles of 3D rendering

@stickguy9109

6 ай бұрын

@@aless.c064 Which is very helpful when you are writing shaders

@aless.c064

6 ай бұрын

@@stickguy9109 A friend of mine is into shaders

@rapscalliana

6 ай бұрын

he added 1 to 2d, so will he had 1 to 3d and make 4d?

Really neat

Very interesting!

Amazing video!

@ggenije

6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

this is so cool

You made it!!

3:22 You mention here about a complex formula, but a formula I would use is for horizontal projection: x * (focal length / z) for vertical projection: y * (focal length / z) USE SIMILAR TRIANGLES TO FIND THE FORMULA, NOT A MATRIX Plus, it's a lot less hardware intensive also that formula at 3:51 works too

@iylun270

6 ай бұрын

isnt that basically the same formula

@user-by2io7zv2t

6 ай бұрын

@@iylun270 yes

wow that is so cool

thanks you helped me with the 3d matrix! I used 3 hours

Bruh this guy deserves more subs

I just played it and all I have to say is "Wow" and "How is it widescreen"

its incredible how scratch can run this much math and maintain a smooth framerate

Amazing work! A few things, the reason painters algorithm is not used in modern games is not because of triangle clipping(thats a solved problem) its because the algorithm becomes much slower than a depth buffer check as you add more triangles. Also a modern CPU has more than enough power to drive decent 3D graphics by itself, your main problem is scratch itself (or more so javascript and then scratch). Still amazing work as scratch really is not made for the shear amount of low level calculations you had to do.

17:43 That took me quite some time to finish, a lot of which was me thinking that maybe the fences had some hidden health bar so him ramming me near one enough times would break it, which I was kind of right, except two things, firstly him doing a normal ram wasn't enough, and secondly the health bar was not in fact hidden.

@ggenije

6 ай бұрын

So what you think of it overall. I already know how to beat it immediately because I made, so it is hard to imagine how others react. Personally I would like it, because it isn't that hard to beat, but you need to figure out how to beat it which can be fun

@flameofthephoenix8395

6 ай бұрын

​@@ggenije Frustrating pain in the butt. It's very impressive that it's 3d though!

Wow...❤

as someone who coded a 3d rendering "engine" in pygame i cant imagine the effort to make this from scratch

I subscribed you im playng your 3d platformer right now

I remember first playing this and thinking how on earth did this guy make it

Brilliant

This reminds me - someone is attempting to make SM64 in Scratch! This is one of their inspirations i think

I watched this during coding class and I'm pretty sure I learned more about scratch while watching this than I would listening to the teacher. this video was epic

This was such an an informative video on advanced scratch programming. I was wondering if you planned on making a video like this for your other game vectoid? I don't know if you think there's anything new worth discussing from it, but i would love to hear the ins and outs of how you made that game work. Going through its code has really inspired me and made me start considering transitioning my game from clones to pen rendering, but I still think I lack a fundamental understanding of how a pen-game like that is put together.

@ggenije

4 ай бұрын

There's still a lot to be said for vectoid because vectoid have much better game design, and it isn't slow even on vanilla Scratch(expect if there are many turrets and enemies at once).

I feel like scratch is evolving like real video gaming did. We went from simple paddle games to this

Bro insane.

Oh wowser! I played this game.

You should make a series about making 3d platformers!

I just saw this video and ive been playing crystal seeker for almost a year

to put it simply; YOU DID WHAT

ALSO, holy cow, insightful and interesting coding content from someone who isn't as stiff as a board or doesn't appear to have their head permanently buried somewhere dark and stinky... Even if you only post every other month, I'm here for it. Teach me, Senior Scratch Programmer. :P

Best coder ever ngl

A tutorial would be sweet, maybe a base project to remix where you can adapt levels and models. Like designed for people to remix with comments on what does what and explanations.

You can't call Unity game developers gods for any of this, they didn't make an entire graphics library/engine.

PratixYT's speech has the same energy as "an a press is an a press. You can't say it's only a half".

Most underrated dev on the internet

they way that 3d models are rendered is exactly the same as when i tried making osu!taiko in scratch: its divided into subsections, general data, metadata, storyboards, hitobjects, timing points, BPM points, slider velocity and so on, to make the project not run at the speed of a snail walking the great wall of china, i combined the songs into a single line, spent 5 seconds decoding it into a list, separate it into 8 different lists to get all of the data in seperate times, and made one sprite run the entire game excluding menus. this took me 6 months to figure out...(yes i did ask spiritsk for help)

griffpatch complimented you, nuff said.