I lost my sanity programming a PlayStation 2

[@AlexGFrank]

Ah yes, the real world of coding Waste a week and go insane just to be happy like a child because a cube floating in the void has moved

[@SweetieSnowyCelestia]

A real world would be: Make custom game engine from scratch with DX12 on board and try to port it to PSVita. It already took me 1.5 months to just... see nothing on the screen, because architecting just some basic things in it takes a lot of time and I still haven't got it to load files, let a lone textures or shader files. it starts with: let's learn how you could make swapchain to swop. And then it takes you months of your free time to make basic functionality and resource synchronization... But it's fun! ✨✨✨✨✨ (:

[@AlexGFrank]

@@SweetieSnowyCelestia i personally stick to the easy route and focus more on different aspects of design, while throwing everything together in Unity But i have a valid excuse for it: work full time as a project manager in an indie game studio, so my coding abilities are between an average junior and middle devs

[@SweetieSnowyCelestia]

​@@AlexGFrank i know why people usually stick to the easy to use engine - because it is a tool to achieve your goal. My personal favorite is to sharpen my own tool, which is always exciting in terms of flexibility, power and other cool aspects. But it comes at a great cost of time. And instead of making the game, I take my time sharpening my engine.

[@AppliedCryogenics]

Ahh, but is that floating cube performant enough? Is it up to standard coding practices? Also, Bill is asking for you to change it to a tetrahedron in cornflower blue.

[@SweetieSnowyCelestia]

​@@AppliedCryogenics we should implement full blown Render Graph and Visibility Buffer with custom GPU Software Rasterizer in order to optimize it enough for our computers to run it smoothly!

[@manciv510]

People who can code PS2 games are amazing

[@costelinha1867]

People who can code on pretty much any legacy hardware like that are amazing to me.

[@sockettgirl]

@@costelinha1867 i really really really dont wanna take the credit away from anyone, but you can definetely find SDKs available online for pretty much anything, legal or not, official or not, you can learn how to code in most languages nowadays on youtube, and then download the SDK, code it, and find a way to get your final rom on an emulator on on the og hardware yea some consoles are very harder than others and it is easier said than done, i myself made snes and mega drive rom hacks and i can not fathom how much effort it would take to build my own engine to run my game's logic but it is definetely possible, specially in the world of newer consoles, where they are pretty much just PCs running on a different architecture, and with given time, the modding community makes it even less harder by making new tools, such as lunar magic on windows, imagine how much the snes developers would love to have a modern computer with lunar magic, snesgss, some modern IDE and zsnes emulator, we have it even easier than the og devs nowadays dont get me started on uLaunchElf and modchips that can boot off of USB edit: just to clarify, im not saying bandwith is not amazing, just that you and i are just as amazing as him.

[@manciv510]

@@costelinha1867 thanks to some tools making Gameboy, NES, and Atari 2600 games are easy.

[@aawwmm]

@@manciv510 the genesis also has really good tools, reason why it's targeted so much for new retro releases.

[@Randorandom232]

@@manciv510 is it illegal to make such tools?

[@Medniex]

that's me at 3:08 ! 😮 Only I'm not bored, please continue...

[@TheDwarvenDefender]

Bandwidth: [Loses his sanity programming a PS2.] Me: [Loses my sanity attempting to just understand Dijkstra's Algorithm, let alone implement it.]

[@Bandwidth_ytb]

I remember my own struggles with Dijkstra's. Don't worry! :D

[@TheGreatProphecy]

What are you having troubles with. I just implimented my own Dijkstra for my game in Monogame!

[@iCeManMeltingSC2]

Why not use A* instead?

[@TheGreatProphecy]

@iCeMan Melting sometimes there is no need for AStar. The heuristics and cost of AStar can be unnecessary for some games as Dijkstra is super simple.

[@aawwmm]

I implemented a star a few weeks ago for my monogame game.

[@donpeppone4738]

I am happy that you decided to look at the PS2 hardware and how it works. It had been my interest for a while. God shall help you if you decide to try the PS3. Great content, Keep it up.

[@costelinha1867]

God have mercy on him indeed if he decides to go that dark path.

[@MonstrMash123458943]

he basically choose violence at this point.

[@no00ob]

Well not necessarily because you can literally run Unity on it if you want to.

[@EmilePolka]

developing a app/game on ps3 should be doable as long as you use the Sony's SDK and a game engine SDK like unity for ps3. Optimizing the game on PS3 is a different whole can of worms though or if your a game developer who wants to use you own game engine to PS3 from scratch, someone like Valve and Naughty Dog already experienced the pain process. This is why PS3 is filled with Unity Engine based games.

[@KingSolidTails]

MGS4 which has *still* yet to be ported to anything and is the single most difficult game to emulate on RPCS3 *GOD HELP YOU*

[@Jasper_S]

i miss the timelapses of you coding and struggling, it was fun to watch and see the product coming together piece by piece, it also gives more depth as to how tedious some things can be to program instead of the black screens with text. I know its probably not a populair opinion, (look at michael reeves reaction to the comments saying programming is boring), but as a programmer myself and especially since you're creating something. i like to see the progress, like you did with the playstation 1 videos. in any case, your videos are really fun to watch and easy to understand, keep up the good work and please don't stop posting! :D

[@t3h-itninja]

Keep up the good work my dude. This is awesome.

[@Bandwidth_ytb]

Thanks a ton!

[@mobibuzzer]

Amazing work! Can't wait for the PSP video.

[@Bandwidth_ytb]

You and me both!

[@alejorag]

As a senior developer with a huge interest in game development this is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels out there (along with MVG, mentioned in this video). Keep up the great work!

[@tehPete]

That Watchdogs multiplayer mode was absolute genius; I used to play it with my mum and set myself extra challenges like interior view only, or sticking to one side of the road. It's criminal that we haven't seen more games or game modes like it.

[@Rakatan2001]

I’m sorry that Dev Kits of the PlayStations are unfortunately impossible to find, otherwise I would have advised you to go and get the PS2 Tool Kit and the Test Version of the console. But that's okay, I know you put a lot of effort into it anyway and I will support you 💪🏻🔥

[@babab_m]

now i understand why back in the day there were a lot more exclusive games on consoles, it's an entirely different set of skills to program the same thing for each platform

[@CarbyGuuGuu]

And then came porting games designed for the competition to the PS2...

[@matheusbencke]

this is just the BEST channel ever, please never stop

[@vicmac3513]

This young man has a very bright future ahead.

[@CaspianNomad]

The style you film your videos in and the humour really takes me back to early KZbin, very refreshing to see. Keep up the good work!

[@LampHatScott]

1:34 Me- *Laughs in Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas highways.

[@gaiseric972]

Ohh boy, i love this channel. Thank you for take your time and show me the incredible work of coding a PS2 game. I hope you bring us more content, greetings from Argentina.

[@mlvyy]

"The roads are as straight as your average highway in the Czech Republic" Me: *smiles in Čeština*

[@ThrashMetalNerd]

Your videos are the type of videos that I'll watch on repeat for a few months and somereason not get bored

[@Nik-6675]

LET'S GOOO FINALLY SOMEONE DID IT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YEARS.

[@legacycz]

Velmi impresivní :). Dobrá práce, smekám!

[@ferinzz]

I think what I love about this is the fact you capture the mind spiraling annoyances when trying to figure out how tf things are supposed to work.

[@zombieponcho]

1:32 lol it's funny because I was like "He really sounds like my one friend, Vojta." and then Czech roads mentioned.

[@doitallYT]

Absolute madlad! Looking forward to seeing what else you come up with, thanks for providing to the community! 😁👍

[@Bandwidth_ytb]

My pleasure!

[@PabloBraun-tj4op]

Crazy Frog Racer 2 was my shit back in the day

[@zeester4964]

really looking forward to the next one, gonna check out previous videos while waiting

[@1KingCrimson1]

When i found your channel i realise u are, what i wanted to be when i was younger. You are pretty impressive being - keep it up.

[@slipperycorruptor]

Bruh, it was fun to watch and I feel so bad for you.. Perseverance!

[@unclepingu]

Crazy Frog Racer was bangin', even bought the music cd for it when I was younger.

[@K9arcade]

I am simple, I see eastern European programmer man, I click watch

[@VursPZ]

I hope to see how you will learn ps3 :) You are great, I wish you success!

[@51C4R1U5]

PS3 will be exponentially difficult

[@costelinha1867]

This will basically be a game dev's equivalent of Cock and Ball Torture.

[@VursPZ]

@@costelinha1867scrambled eggs are delicious

[@Kiralmao]

@@51C4R1U5 but fun :))

[@gontsekganyago4079]

Yeeeeeesh

[@bena2.0]

This is awesome! Just this week i started searching around for some project like this to motivate myself to code something for the ps2, and then found this video. Please, keep up the good work!

[@47KRoman]

As soon as I've started the video I've assumed you have to be Czech but I wasn't sure until you've mentioned the average highway in the Czech Republic. Takže hodně štěstí při dalším programování na PS2.

[@costelinha1867]

"I know this is boring for people who just stumbled upon this video looking for something to watch while eating lunch" I feel specifically called out here.

[@DaddyJoe_]

Fr but he saying facts

[@dazextralarge]

>when I was a child You're still a child! Great video, keep it up!

[@xkenny1995]

4:10 unplugging and plugging back power is normal thing even when developing for PS5 with all official tools 😅

[@MrDpc93]

Amazing 😮, Very good idea to go online to play with a PC 👏👏👏

[@thinkabout42]

Honestly the moving cube moment was pure ecstasy to watch. So many hours of work and layers upon layers of technology coming together for a simple yet magical moment.

[@newgameld2512]

How did you get the connection working so well? How does the UdpMovement script work in Unity?

[@Shinesart]

Yes. Currently I just refurbished my ps 2 and jail broke it. Would be interested how the games are made on there.

[@shivahaze9014]

Compiling takes reaaaaaally long if you display everything via text in the terminal, try pipeing the output to /dev/null and the process will be way faster. E.g. [Command] &> /dev/null

[@mmmvvkk]

Excellent work my sun, keep pushing it now, dont give up.

[@Feedback406]

Finished watching the whole thing wow great video!!!

[@Chris-tx9ou]

i see a uniden 125 scaner and a baufeng uvr5 :) 73's my friend

[@mrbaazzman]

Just here to watch the journey Always looking forward to what's next

[@DrallumGC]

please more messing around with the ps2 I love this

[@dennj]

I am ashamed to admit I am one of those people who clicked on your video just to watch this while I am eating lunch

[@benroyz]

3:10 I feel attacked LOL I'm liking the video though

[@schnibie1991]

I don't know you, but I was entertained while eating my lunch so here's my sub.

[@thetrashycan]

Excited for that PSP video, I used to play it growing up (a ton of really low quality games though)

[@FreshBrothersCZ]

Hrozně nesnáším ten náš českej přízvuk :D Ale ty videa jsou super, keep going ! gj !

[@carecoable]

The bright side of all of this is the experience you've gained hands-on; implementing TCP sockets is not like making enchiladas, and I believe most of us that are interested in it would want to know how you got it done. If you ever decide on doing a tutorial of the TCP socket implementation or just link what helped you with it that would be wonderful. Anyways, congrats on going through with your project!

[@SHINKU93]

you never get this you never get this la la la la la

[@MigorYT]

Athena three months later facilitating development for the PS2, you just need to know Java script.

[@ToMoJeKral]

Great video, looking at it while eating, made me chuckle. Earned a sub

[@danieltambee7678]

this dude is like the Borat of coding absolutely loving this

[@bukow_]

I’m so happy I found your channel

[@iloveitwhenusuffer]

"i hate makefiles" is the most relatable thing ive ever heard

[@retrorobbgaming]

Excellent video! Well done!

[@andersonferreira669]

Last year I have tried to make some simple game with ps2dev, it was a nightmare, took me a week just to compile the compiling tool. The build fails multiple times, everytime it was something missing, some flag that was not set etc. After finally being able to compile something, I found an already made source example in the tool directory that renders a cube on the screen. I compiled, transferred to my ps2, run it, and it was there. I was happy, but lost completely the will to go beyond this. Everytime that I search documentation or help to develop some program on ps2 I was warned that this thing is a nightmare to develop, they are right. But, it is not impossible.

[@effmltalks]

You programmers are like gods.

[@hangerthem4430]

We know. 😆

[@filipnovak2544]

Yes - they can do things we mortals can not even imagine. And when they do something, we can nothing but pray :D

[@markusTegelane]

@@filipnovak2544 but programmers are also mortals

[@elias8981]

Imagine if modders could implement multiplayer mode to game that didn't support initially (jak and daxter) that would be insane

[@MemeMaster9000]

If you want an example (that isn't on PS2,) the U64MB project for N64 is a great example of the concept you described.

[@LuccianoNova]

@@MemeMaster9000I remember seeing something about a 12 player Zelda ocarina of time randomizer

[@damiandudycz]

Awsome project! Are you still doing something with PS2 nowadays?

[@lorenamelo466]

hey hey, your english is really good :) you said the tenses are hard (and they kinda are, ngl. im not a native too) but youre doing good! And YOU MADE A CUBE this is cool and you do great work on this channel! keep up the good work, we'll be here to support you

[@Bandwidth_ytb]

I've made a lot of cubes in the past. I did way cooler stuff than that! The main focus of this video was the networking :D

[@dazbrugernavn]

Love your videos mate!

[@warhai803]

just casually make a 20 year old system work with modern technology.

[@walala14]

Man you’re great, love your content❤ keep going

[@asmoth360]

Hi bandwith, do you plan on continuing the PS1 game too ? Because programming several games for different consoles at the same time seems insane xD

[@Bandwidth_ytb]

Yeah... I'm insane..

[@asmoth360]

​@@Bandwidth_ytb Good luck with that :D Btw I wanted to thank you because your videos are what motivated me to try to code games for the PS1 too :)

[@GigaBrowser]

I laughed out loud when you called me out for just finding this video so I could eat my lunch. Although my food got cold by the time I made it

[@raszop]

I am game developer working mostly with Nintendo switch. I would be too dumb to make ps2 network game lol. Good job I’m going to see your other videos and sub you. I only wish you went more into technical details.

[@DiegoTrevisan-fl2hs]

Good video man! Can't wait for a N64 video, say hi to Brazil :)

[@jeffjefferies]

About to give a sub! This was a really neat video and yes I did randomly click while eating my lunch 😂 very excited for the psp video

[@Bandwidth_ytb]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@maxwahler3416]

Nice work! When it works when you use the full block size, this sounds like there is some buffer that needs to be flushed to send smaller packets immediately

[@TimeLemur6]

7:14 had me going for a minute as to how you got a wireless connection working. ;)

[@Guisos]

I will be waiting your next ps2 video :D

[@mjthebest7294]

Your humour is absolutely hilarious! It cracks me up lmao

[@zabik3820]

A já si už u toho PS1 videa říkal, že máš českej přízvuk :DD Ale jinak parádní videa!

[@protistman]

You are awesome! Thanks for the Video!

[@iamtimsson]

i want you to continue happy and success ok you do it you dont have a choice this is god

[@KangJangkrik]

But can it run Doom?

[@OSslash2]

But can it run python

[@Bartmaaan]

But can it run Minesweeper?

[@Idraelos]

Yes young programmer, let the rage flow through you! It will fuel your passion and power! The angrier you become the more powerful your coding ability will become! Just be careful, it might destroy objects in your vicinity! Anyway, nice work looking forward to more of your work! Subscribed :)

[@nitishkapur8193]

How did you manage to get the ps2 to communicate to a unity instance. How was it even possible because this is technically streaming I think. Just need a high level overview would love some indepth explanation as well tho

[@Bandwidth_ytb]

The PS2 has networking! So just basic TCP.

[@nitishkapur8193]

@@Bandwidth_ytb how did you convert the input data from PS2 to be read by unity and vice versa for getting the display on unity

[@SidusBrist]

GOOD JOB This is so simple but I bet it was a pain in the ass to do! I would have jumped for happiness when it did work

[@susseratal]

god these videos are so good

[@Shinesart]

Oh I'm waiting for next videos.

[@KhakiCap]

"High quality games on PS2"... I can feel ya, 'Ford Racing 2' and 'Starsky & Hutch: The Video Game' were my jam.

[@Imora]

i know this is underrated but.. the wii u was my childhood console.. i know a bunch about the homebrew scene of it and stuff.. but i wish i could learn to even code some type of app for it.. it uses powerpc the same way as what the wii and gamecube does so...

[@hamad915_]

Dude keep it up you have some amazing knowledge to share 😊

[@desmid]

Whenever I see PS2 videos I always think of my favorite game ATV Off-road Fury

[@iphatbass]

Dat Amon Amarth tshirt. Nice!

[@goatedchild6345]

I just subscribed because I like this kids effort

[@hardwarerepair200]

Are you going to release the source code for this project?

[@CaioAletroca]

I loved the video, but a few things here: 1 - Don't be ashamed about your english, isn't your first language (neither mine) and I can understand you pretty well!! 2 - Be cautions about quick text jokes, give the viewers some time to read without the need to pause the video. 3 - You literally jump straight into game dev nightmares, multiplayer games... I wish you luck!!

[@Quaglietto]

Jsi skvělý jen tak dal je skvělý vidět Čechy na mezinárodní scéně 😊

[@bioman1hazard607]

Holy Frick man, you got the ps2 to work on unity? That's insane

[@MqsRafa]

You are awesome dude, keep up!

[@ogdan1173]

Hi. You can make a debian image for this console?

[@artania06]

Keep up the awesome work!

[@JesperCodyLife]

Loved it 🔥👌👌goodwork

[@KyzenHD72]

Great video 👍 I can see that a wired game pad is connected to your PS2 at 1:33 though but you are using a wireless PS3 controller. *X-files music plays*

[@Bandwidth_ytb]

The wire is just hidden! :D

[@kyleharder3654]

So cool, new software on old hardware is just so fun