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Re:Turn any part of your screen into a playable level of Sup... by nkozyra on Tuesday May 26, 2015 @10:36AM (#9605124)
Seems like a really simple way to do a level-editor on paper - draw it, scan it and convert it.
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Re:Turn any part of your screen into a playable level of Sup... by TheKnack on Tuesday May 26, 2015 @01:28PM (#9606203)
Someone already did this:

http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/30/5666092/pixel-press-review

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Re:Turn any part of your screen into a playable level of Sup... by TazeTSchnitzel on Tuesday May 26, 2015 @12:41PM (#9605898)
Nintendo, if given that idea, would love it. They have an upcoming game called Mario Maker that lets you create Super Mario Bros levels, on the Wii U. And the 3DS has a camera.

(Well, I can dream...)

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Re:Turn any part of your screen into a playable level of Sup... by aaronrandall on Tuesday May 26, 2015 @10:43AM (#9605170)
That's a great idea. If I could get the image processing to run fast enough, I'd love to get to a point where you could have Screentendo overlay a video (of a scrolling level for example), and have the level blocks generate as the video played.
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Re:Turn any part of your screen into a playable level of Sup... by Someone1234 on Tuesday May 26, 2015 @11:04AM (#9605292)
My Sony phone has augmented reality toys that kind of do this. Point your phone at a table top, and dinosaurs appear which are able to navigate objects on the table and trees grow out of things.
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Re:Turn any part of your screen into a playable level of Sup... by johnmaguire2013 on Tuesday May 26, 2015 @05:23PM (#9607757)
The Sony PS4 also has demos with the same idea.
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Re:Turn any part of your screen into a playable level of Sup... by nkozyra on Tuesday May 26, 2015 @10:46AM (#9605187)
I'm almost 100% sure I've seen this demoed before, and obviously it wouldn't be real-time, but would certainly be a cool proof of concept.
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