Building a Working Game INSIDE a Game! - Scrap Mechanic

I've built a working arcade machine in Scrap Mechanic! You can play it yourself by downloading it from the workshop!
Download the Arcade Machine here:
steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...
For a long time, I wanted to build a game inside Scrap Mechanic. When I first played around with logic gates I tried figuring out how a CPU works and learned a lot. This then got me curious about programming and eventually led me to game design. But that is a different story. (For more check out the Mandelbrot Studios YT Channel)
Building the arcade machine case was quite some work, but really adds to the atmosphere. And no, I'm not going to make any more logic games in Scrap Mechanic. They are a pain in the ass to make. But maybe I do something more mechanical(seems easier).
I'm always open to suggestions for Scrap Mechanic. Tell me about your crazy ideas in the comments and I might actually do them.
And for every one of you who is pissed that I didn't do this in Survival, I challenge you! Record yourself diving clams and crafting 1000 glue and I will do the same in Survival! (Oh go, I hope people don't actually read this because I hate clam diving).
And don't forget to download it in the workshop, because 'workshop' is such a great word, just like 'scrap mechanic arcade game'. Everyone who reads this deserves 1000 digital 🍪 and subsequently digital diabetes.
0:00 Intro
0:29 Building, Programming, and Bugs...
9:25 Case Building
9:44 Showcase
11:55 Outro

[@Dr-Pixel]

Download the arcade machine in the workshop and play it yourself! steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2229733794

[@vermillion4138]

That’s a sweet 21:9, 189 pixel CURVED screen and game, surely it was worth the 26 hours lol!

[@Dr-Pixel]

Yeah, I guess so. The curve feature is really essential, you know.

[@TheRealYgrek]

Hmm... what shall we eat for dinner today? Lets eat a code spaghetti!

[@Dr-Pixel]

That's the spirit!

[@rylenstuffsv2]

Scrapman needs to see this Edit : the upside you'll get a shout-out if he sees this

[@Dr-Pixel]

It would be awesome if Scrapman sees my stuff. I'd having nothing against a shoutout. But one day we'll surpass him in subs, so he has to hurry:)

[@funguschungus5975]

i literally found this in the workshop, i clicked on your profile and found your channel, HOW ON EARTTH HAVE YOU ONLY GOT 30 VIEWS!!!!!!!

[@Dr-Pixel]

Well, the video was only published 2 hours ago along with the workshop version. I get about 300 views after a week, usually. But I have a feeling this one will do a little better:)

[@JohnathanRaymaker]

Respect Sir! Innovation, comedy and a unique project. *clap clap*

[@LutraLovegood]

Column displays would be great decorations! Or sources of advertisement irl.

[@pippo7588]

Omg how did you do this, just saying it looks very EPIC

[@Dr-Pixel]

Thanks! It took me about 24 hours to build. It's all about persistence or stupidity.

[@MrLarsgren]

you can make a total silent contraption for a rotating assembly. use 2 springs glitches working opposite directions. one set to 5" and other to 3" works both vertical and horizontally. good for ceiling fans - car displays and odd elevator arms :) that screen bend setup could be used for a animated flag too

[@Dr-Pixel]

Well, I don't really use glitches. Yep, you could make flags out of it or even ropes. It's an interesting material.

[@MrLarsgren]

@@Dr-Pixel btw. did you know you can suck potatos directly into ammo crates from the soil ? quick rearming of vehicle or a self reloading component kit farm. my setup looks like this. auto plant water and harvest. blueberries is bait steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2178092302 weird part is each ring only take 1 logic 1 sensor and 1 timer to make it become full automatic nomatter the rings diameter :)

[@outzymes3636]

Big Brain, Comical, AND dedicated? Holy shhhhhhiiiit you are awesome

[@Dr-Pixel]

Thanks! I guess you are going to have a great time here!

[@altaem9152]

I managed to get a score of 7 without moving simply by spamming the fire button. Seriously very impressive. I had a lovely time sight seeing inside the machine attempting to understand any piece of the code.

[@Dr-Pixel]

If I had more time, I would have included a high score system. I always had to wrap my head around how it worked too. It works and that is all that matters. Maybe one day I will attempt to build an ALU or even CPU.

[@spacewalk3046]

wow just wow ur an amazing youtuber with much potential and KNOWLEDGE...!

[@Dr-Pixel]

Thank you! I've just figured a lot of stuff with the logic gates out myself.

[@lighttank3905]

Hmm thats an interesting shape for that spaceship.

[@Dr-Pixel]

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[@mflex45]

I love your videos qnd specially this one, ir's fun to watch, what you builded is amazing... I love it. 🙂

[@Dr-Pixel]

Thanks a lot! I don't think I'll be doing this too often, though. I don't have 20 hours to build something every week...

[@VertexDon]

We should get kAN to check out your work, pretty damn impressive and very well done.

[@Dr-Pixel]

I would love to hear their thoughts on the arcade machine! It has been sitting at the top of the most popular section in the workshop for quite a while.

[@JustJamesNotJerry]

I discovered your creation a while ago, me and my friend like to play around with this contraption by spawning bots inside the machine. As you play, the game becomes more and more unstable and glitchy.

[@spikedgav]

Genuis, but here's two ideas for you... 1) A grid of logic gates is basically an FPGA. 2) you can generate the xml of a creation directly. I can't be bothered to put this into action. but you seem to have lots of time on your hands

[@Dr-Pixel]

I understand half of what you mean, but it sounds cool. I don't really have that much time, I'm just stupid enough to follow through with my ideas.

[@LionHeartBlue]

The more of your videos I watch ...the more I believe you are insane :D SO many hours. I feel your pain. Another amazing creation and hilarious video to accompany it. Amazing work yet again!

[@Dr-Pixel]

I guess your right. I've been doing nothing else than editing my next video for a week, but it's going to be so awesome, it's definitely worth all the effort.

[@LionHeartBlue]

@@Dr-Pixel From a consumer perspective it definitely IS worth the effort because I am LOVING your content :D Thank you

[@Dr-Pixel]

@@LionHeartBlue Thanks! Just wait for the next video. I've outdone myself!

[@DeathPW]

this deserves more views man

[@JagiUGG]

You are amazing. I wish you a 100k subs! I enjoy your content a lot. Keep it up! :D

[@Dr-Pixel]

Thanks a lot! I'm slowly getting there.

[@StevesMakerspace]

I love how you talk logic but make it funny. Well done! Subscribed with notifications.

[@Dr-Pixel]

Welcome aboard! I'm trying my best to get to the gist of it and not too deep into the technical details, so people can understand why I'm drawing hundreds of lines between some points.

[@magicalawnmower4764]

this stuff is crazy I don't understand how these work, will you make a video explaining more in depth how each part works??

[@nodistraction2825]

You're such a legend! OMG u deserve more!

[@Dr-Pixel]

Thanks!

[@BeefySurron]

yay you uploaded

[@Dr-Pixel]

Of course, I did. Every Friday at the same time. It's 5:45pm (GMT+2) as YT doesn't let me do 6pm anymore:(

[@minouminou702]

Broooo😳 This is awesome!

[@Dr-Pixel]

Thanks

[@atomicvibez3544]

instant subscription mate

[@Dr-Pixel]

Thanks man!

[@inhumanthoughts3509]

Happy i could make art for it.

[@Dr-Pixel]

Happy to have someone I can contact if I don't want my builds to look like shit;)

[@inhumanthoughts3509]

@@Dr-Pixel :)

[@Germinight]

This is really good. I would sub again if I could. I love the dedication to a project like this. I have been wanting to do something like this but all I have made is some clocks lol. Care to work with me some time on building another game? I can chat on discord if so

[@Dr-Pixel]

Thanks a lot, Germinight! Yeah, I've wanted to build a game for more than 2 and half years! Sure I would love to work with you. A logic game would be a lot of work, though. I'm sure we can find something. I'll message you on Discord.

[@antoinepfister6087]

men that's insane, i love your video :) try to send it to ScrapMan to get the hype you deserve

[@Dr-Pixel]

Thanks! That would be awesome! I do have quality, but those bigger KZbinrs don't often bother with the small ones, but go ahead! If you succeed, then I owe you something:)

[@antoinepfister6087]

@@Dr-Pixel consider it done haha

[@Dr-Pixel]

@@antoinepfister6087 Keep me updated!

[@Zeno.609]

It's Cuved !

[@50shadesofskittles9]

You Sir, deserve a sub!

[@Dr-Pixel]

And you deserve a thank you!

[@omarkadir7572]

I didn't even think this was possible

[@Dr-Pixel]

Of course it's possible. Every computer is made of a bunch of logic gates after all.

[@r3alf3ar]

Oha richtig heftig! Respekt!

[@Dr-Pixel]

Danke

[@timox8]

@@Dr-Pixel Ich wusste nicht das du deutsch warst

[@Dr-Pixel]

@@timox8 Schön wenn das mein Akzent nicht verrät.

[@timox8]

@@Dr-Pixel Verät nicht

[@DogeisCut]

nice "spaceships"

[@Dr-Pixel]

I swear it wasn't intentional.

[@JustStart562]

Who else is proud to see him get a 1000 subs just yesterday he had about 985 I think

[@Dr-Pixel]

Two weeks ago it was 300 something. It's seriously amazing and I've got really cool things planned for SM. So that's only going to go up more.

[@abdullahajeebi]

Build a 6502, I dare you.

[@personguything]

Did it use 1 or 2 logig gates?

[@mutzbunny]

you are pretty smart. i like your tinkering... maybe you can check out my Mutz Mega System 4.0, wich is a Gaming, ScrapMechanic compuer. so like what you built, just programmable :D and no i dont wanna plug myself, but its amazing :D

[@Dr-Pixel]

And where can I find said computer?

[@torniktm3567]

wow you are amazing like and sub :)

[@Dr-Pixel]

Thanks and welcome!

[@nikkiofthevalley]

Hi. I'm currently working on a game console with different games you can play. And, it uses cartridges to program it. It's essentially a mini computer..

[@Dr-Pixel]

The thing with a console is that you would need a programmable computer inside. Apart from the fact that it's super difficult to build, it would be slow af. Each logic gate has a delay of 25ms. So if in the end your signal has to go from button press to display output it could take hundreds of milliseconds. And if your CPU & GPU are really capable, it would be more like seconds. With that kind of delay, all action games are completely out of the water. The best you could do would probably be a tic tac toe simulation.

[@nikkiofthevalley]

@@Dr-Pixel I know. I'm just trying to get a basic programmable system in place, then try to make it as fast as possible. (Which, as you said, isn't that fast.) Also, this only has a 7 by 7 display, so it's faster. Plus, I probably have more experience than you with building computers.. I've built computers in games like SM before, although I haven't done it in SM.

[@Dr-Pixel]

​@@nikkiofthevalley Well, maybe there's a way to 'overclock' the game to run faster than 40 ticks per second. I don't have much experience with actually building computers, but I know how it works in theory. I was thinking of maybe doing a video where I build a working computer in SM. But I wouldn't want to do it without help, as my inexperience makes my circuits slow, and logic gates are already slow.

[@nikkiofthevalley]

@@Dr-Pixel Huh. I might be able to point you in the right direction. What do you mean, in theory? Do you nean you understand the basic components, or you know how it works, but have no idea how to actually build one in practice?

[@Dr-Pixel]

@@nikkiofthevalley Well, I think I would need someone to help me make things not overly complicated and therefore slow. Well, I know how a CPU works and should be able to get one to work. I just need to build all of these things in SM, and I'm not sure if I would build it the most efficient way. Well, and I don't know how to build a GPU.

[@Gierownik_Studios]

me trying to make ai enemy in scratch for one year Dr Pixel: 26h in Scrap Mechanic

[@Dr-Pixel]

It's simple, you just make some spaghetti with the connect tool, then profit!

[@corneliaseifarth8023]

Kan is gone be praud

[@Dr-Pixel]

This nothing compared to what's coming next in term of overly big logic creations...

[@corneliaseifarth8023]

I mean proud

[@joemarbongais8298]

U Can One tick generator

[@hhj2164]

damn

[@juanfranciscosanmarco7330]

I really want to download and play this, but... i dont know if my computer will support it...

[@Dr-Pixel]

You can try, in the worst case SM will just crash. But this is only 1.5k logic gates.

[@juanfranciscosanmarco7330]

@@Dr-Pixel XD

[@hiBest_Blackline]

I Trier to mess with Dome Logic Gates and i Endes Up with a Game that Got 10.000 MAPS (small Version) and the Game works perfectly . But i must say connecting IT to a Screen ist painful

[@Dr-Pixel]

I recently found out that there are tools for that. With Brent Batch's blueprint editing tool you can do connections really easy.

[@hiBest_Blackline]

Thanks for the information. Maybe i will try IT to finally build the PC im Wirkung on

[@aaronbrady5237]

Why do you have the u=ri

[@Neuro537]

Make a game in a game in a game in scrap mechanic

[@Dr-Pixel]

Make Scrap Mechanic run 1000x better and I will

[@uateme]

i found a bug, when you shoot and die right after the bullet keeps moving. after all, your dr pixel plays

[@Dr-Pixel]

Thanks! I'm not going to touch that mess of logic gates again, though. It's not a game-breaking bug, so I guess you have to live with it.

[@miszcz1983]

O.O

[@oliverroystone2253]

Try making scrap mechanic in scrap mechanic

[@Dr-Pixel]

Lol, I already did that

[@numero7mojeangering]

actiwated

[@lexa1243]

12:14 terra creativa ? that's italian

[@Dr-Pixel]

Idk. I kinda name my worlds with some sort of Latin name. Like my Survival world is called Terra Mechanica.

[@alitternuclearbomb]

can you make scrap mechanic in scrap mechanic?

[@Dr-Pixel]

Maybe

[@joemarbongais8298]

Make

[@virginiabarber5276]

Bruh did he say actiwate

[@Melvinthecat12]

Me some how makes a 42 hz game

[@Dr-Pixel]

that would be incredibly sus

[@lobichaoreidoslobisomens9407]

wow i thought your channel was giant but no and why?

[@Dr-Pixel]

Thanks, I try to keep the production quality as high as possible. Well, my channel is less than 3 months old, and I've only got like 7 Scrap Mechanic videos. It takes time to get big on KZbin, but I'm growing quite fast currently.

[@lobichaoreidoslobisomens9407]

man I'm Brazilian I'm using Google translator to write this I don't even know if it's okay but I liked your work Do a series even in survival without doing these things

[@Dr-Pixel]

@@lobichaoreidoslobisomens9407 Thanks for going to the extent of using Google Translate to give me feedback. I've honestly didn't think about doing a more normal Survival series. I'll add it to my list of ideas. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@lobichaoreidoslobisomens9407]

I think the worst I understand what you say without putting on google

[@minvork]

You build this??????????

[@Dr-Pixel]

Of course I did!

[@minvork]

@@Dr-Pixel I received a notification that you wrote a response to MY video. lol