Cool, can I just run it back and forth and make a huge trench? Maybe I can finally build that huuuge bridge I've always wanted to over said trench without painstakingly digging under it! | |
Naaaaaaaaaaa na-na-na na-na na na na Katamari Damacyyyyyyyyyyyy Now I can't get the song out of my head and it's WONDERFUL | |
This is why i'm glad that Katamari exists, because then people go and do stuff like this. The mere existence of Katamari Damacy breeds awesomeness. | |
What.... what have they done. I thought the Minecraft within a Minecraft was evil, but this... ...This is unnatural. | |
Damn! Ninja'd by the News Team! I was gonna post this! Still, this is a fantastic little mod. My question, though, is what the hell do you do with the giant ball when you're done? Does is just stay there collecting dust after it has collected tons dirt or does it disappear and is only used for mining? :P | |
Choo choo choo choo choochooo cha choochoo laaaaa la la la lala lala la la la la la laaaaa. | |
Sorry, accidental double post. Esapist, y u no have delete button? | |
XD Wow this is delayed. I saw this on I am bored i think yesterday. I see a game comeing from this. | |
Oh that's great. Now that giant golden phallus I spent 2 days building will be gone. Hidden somewhere inside a giant ball of blocks. | |
Releasing one of these on a large city in a multiplayer server would be... Glorious... Could you imagine? You're working on your house, when this rumbling sound wells up in the background... All the sudden a gigantic, evil ball of terrain crests a hill in the distance. It's covered in cows, sheep, zombies, and your friend from down the road, all writhing and intermingled with random trees... You try to run, but you know in your heart it's faster than you... You feel something hit your back and you find yourself ground into the dirt, only to then have the earth vanish from beneath you as you roll into the sky... That would ROCK. | |
"every cube is the same size, so there's not as much a sense of progression" If you're able to treat all touching blocks of the same material as a single unit, then you might be able to code something that can check the size of the unit against your ball, creating restrictions for a more satisfying mod. Not sure if that's workable though :) | |
Hey! I posted this first >:C | |
Do you know what woudl be great? Real world Katamari! | |
I REALLY want this to be on Multiplayer, I would love to crush EVERYONE. | |
Looks cool, but until it can pick up animals, it's a no-go for me. | |
anyone who didn't sing along needs to be punished... by being put in a giant hamster ball covered in glue, and rolled down a hill | |
probably to make sure people think about their post before they say it and to prevent trolls. | |
Was this made with those sticky blocks notch was thinking about? | |
At about 1:20 into the video it looks like that pond begins floating. | |
They see me rollin', they hatin' I have nothing of value to add to this, other than it looks good. | |
I think every game needs a Katamari mod. To the GECK people. I want a Katamari in the DC Wateland by the end of the week. I'd love to roll one through San Andreas too. | |
This looks... incredibly boring. Beyond the initial amusement what is the point of this thing? I know people want to put everything in Minecraft because... I dunno but this seems even more nebulous and goal less then anything else. | |
Yes we all know the Yogscast posted a video about this today, no need to parrot them :P the actual mod is quite old. | |
Interesting, got to try this one out. | |
And it somehow manages to not kill you. I never understood that about the Katamary. HOW DOES IT NOT SMASH PEOPLE TO DEATH? | |
Holy crap, how good would that be for mining? There go the days of the pick-axe. :P | |
You're gonna be giving HUUUUGE cojones | |
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Katamari Damacy Rolls Up Minecraft
Hey, Mr. Creeper - I'm totally going to roll you up into a gigantic ball. Please don't explode.
Minecraft is one of those games that is almost infinitely moddable. Tinkerers can mold the game as they please, whether it's recreating Zelda, warping the scenery beyond recognition, thinking with Portals, or playing Minecraft while they Minecraft.
One such mod, "Kataminey Damacraft," turns the dig-craft-build world of Minecraft into the roll-up-everything-into-a-ball world of Katamari Damacy. It's obviously just a hack, but there's still something strangely therapeutic about creating a giant ball made from the scenery around you.
While it's undeniably a fun-looking mod, I can't help but feel that it almost feels a bit pointless in Minecraft. Part of the fun of Katamari is getting big enough to roll up objects that were previously complete obstacles, and wobbling lopsidedly through the scenery. In Minecraft, every cube is the same size, so there's not as much a sense of progression from "rolling up paperclips" to "rolling up skyscrapers."
Ah well, it's still pretty neat, all quibbling aside.
Bat Country Entertainment, the creators of the mod, has released a second video here showing off several of the improvements they've made since the first video (seen here). I would have embedded that video instead, except it doesn't use the "Katamari on the Rocks" main theme, so it can bite me.
Pick up Kataminey Damacraft here.
(Thanks for the tip, Bitter_one13!)
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