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Using Code to Destroy Gnat Attack - Super Mario Maker

James-Money

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Gnat Attack is a difficult mini-game in Super Mario Maker. Try and try again, I can't seem to beat it. Instead of using physical ability, I'll use brains to strategize and program a bot!

Music Used:
Mushroom Kingdom - Puzzle and Dragon Super Mario Bros. Edition
Château Chanterelle - Paper Mario: Color Splash
Title - Mario Kart 8
A Forest So Sacred - Paper Mario: Color Splash
Test Results - Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain
Splattack! (Jam Session) - Splatoon
The Jolly Flying Man - Earthbound
Let's MAKE - Nintendo Labo: Toy-Con 02 Robot Kit
Super Mario Bros. - Underground (Edit) - Super Mario Maker
Elun - Metroid Dread
Factory Switch Room - Donkey Kong Country Returns
Twinkling☆Travelers - Kirby Star Allies
Title Screen - Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Lesson Menu - Super Mario Maker 2

20 Comments

@Hunter-R. 1 year ago

Probably your best video to date! You're getting very skilled at editing and showcasing your explanations with nice pacing. The edited explanation at around 10:00 is particularly great at showcasing exactly what you're talking about in an easy to understand visual. I also enjoyed the "story" approach of walking us through your experiments, attempts, and failures. Like any project, there are probably tons of potential optimizations, but the important thing is that it works and it was cool to see the concept come to life.

Keep it up brother! Excited to see what you touch on next. 🔥

@MizunoKetsuban 1 year ago

The RNG addition is one of those things that feel like an extremely obvious thing to add in hindsight.

@memesley 1 year ago

I hate flies. Dirty creatures. Thanks for this.

@lostssss 1 year ago

how dare youtube hide this from me for 1 hour

@bakivaki 1 year ago

the effort that went into this is insane

@Deley18 1 year ago

God. I wished they brought this hidden minigame for Super Mario Maker 2, as this is coming from someone that never owned the original, let alone a Wii U.

Hopefully, with the Switch 2, could we ever see Super Mario Maker 3 bring this minigame back?

@Armm8991 1 year ago

If i had to guess i think your program was getting caught on the swatter animation, killed insects falling off the screen and other particles.
I wonder if there would be a way to keep track somewhat of what was hit and track it across the screen as it moves, and a way to exclude the swatter since you already know where the swatter animation will play, and what the frames of it look like?
But maybe that would mess up the speed :p

@williamgalley1481 1 year ago

I didn't know there was a hard mode! I never managed to beat even the first mode...
Great job on the coding! It was a nice video 😄

@hat-e3q 1 year ago

now we need code that kills flies in real life

@Swinsl 1 year ago

dude??? why do you not have more views? Your content is seriously so quality

@Olflix 1 year ago

2.7K views, and it deserves 100x that

@annigram 1 year ago

this game drove me crazy as a kid cuz i wanted that builder mario it gave you, but either i was terrible at the game or it was genuinely hard but it took forever. sorry but i had to let out the peril and rage i have experienced because of funny fly game.

@edwheezer6231 1 year ago

Woah, this was fantastic! I wonder if it would've worked if you'd have ignored any movement within a range of your last hit, for the purpose of making sure it ignores the swatter and goes after actual flies?

Also- if you're willing to share, how'd you get this code working on (presumably) an actual Wii U?

Very neat video, it was satisfying to see code beat something I never could. :]