I Made a Multidimensional Game

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Recently the channel hit 10k subscribers, (now 12k), and as a thank you, I decided to create a game with your ideas. The game I ended up creating is both 2D, and 3D, and requires you to switch between these dimensions to beat the levels. This was my first ever 3D game, so I'm pretty happy with it.
About me:
Hey, I'm BenBonk, an indie game developer who uses the Unity Engine. I've made and released many small games before on my itch page, though now I'm attempting to make my first commercial game, Slimekeep. Slimekeep is a roguelike, using a very limited color palette, similar to Enter the Gungeon, though with a few interesting mechanics, such as keeping slimes alive longer will earn you more money, and the ability to capture slimes to power up your slime pet. If you enjoyed anything you saw, please consider subscribing, as it really helps me out.
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[@zh9664]

why does he sound like a fish that learned to talk

[@BenBonk]

Because I’m a fish

[@k3n1chj57]

Why is this feel true?

[@sq.u]

yes

[@Panda2.000]

r/rareinsults

[@nadinedepelteau7959]

@@BenBonk the energy of this comment

[@SamHogan]

Woah ben, this is such an awesome mechanic!

[@baribrar1164]

This was post 1 min later

[@jackfrederiksen7979]

hi im subbed to you

[@hiku1]

agreed lol

[@BenBonk]

Thanks Sam!

[@Creepmond]

"wow ben, awesome mech!" *2 weeks later...* Sam: so I made a game with 2d and 3d!

[@lukass1604]

2:45 There is a setting in the project settings under physics which allows you to set your gravity to whatever you like, even positive numbers.

[@BenBonk]

Ah, yeah I probably should have looked into that.

[@UnderfundedScientist]

In unreal engine you can set a gravity scale to nearly everything, everything from any negative , to zero, to any positive .

[@NStripleseven]

@@UnderfundedScientist Well, yeah, but that’s unreal engine. This is Unity.

[@Steveplays28]

@@BenBonk Or you could have made the mass of the object higher

[@BenBonk]

@@Steveplays28 yeah I tried that but then I remember it conflicted with the movement somehow 🤷‍♂️

[@dazzt9084]

"I don't recommend copy and pasting code unless you have to." Every Programmer: 😬

[@BenBonk]

nice one

[@strangelpeaceful]

Every "bad" programmer: 😬

[@vinsplayer2634]

@@strangelpeaceful Every good programmer: "NOW I HAVE TO REWRITE MILLIONS LINES OF CODE... WITHOUT COPY AND PASTE😱"

[@eugenekrabs141]

im more or less of begginer (only been doing code for around 5 months now) but i try not to copy code so that i actually learn to do it and can do it myself...................................................... i cant even code tetris yet

[@TeamChaosVids]

It is more important to understand what you're copy pasting, than to worry that should you even copy paste it in first place. Copy the code all you want, but try to learn how it works too so you can fix or make it better.

[@nullpointer1284]

is no one going to talk about how this is literally super paper mario

[@BenBonk]

People have been talking about that lol

[@rubixpotato1301]

Very unpopular opinion, but that's my favorite paper mario game

[@mysingingmonstersfan1023]

@@rubixpotato1301 Yes

[@nuclearsteave1749]

Its the only paper mario gane I've played

[@dinaradossymbekova2393]

I talked

[@-June0]

Real legends saw when the title of this video was “I made a 2D and 3D game”

[@BenBonk]

true

[@vinsplayer2634]

Dude that was literally yesterday

[@sodiboo]

Nintendo: hmm yes i too have made a multidimensional platformer called mario, 2 dimensions is technically multidimensional

[@danieldo5709]

I subbed to you :)

[@nagybalint1474]

xd yeah

[@Dave-xn4zg]

This idea just popped into my head when after he said he didn’t come up with any ideas for the game You start out as a normal guy sitting at his computer making a 2d animation about a little stick figure guy, when suddenly, your computer starts glitching out and the figure from your animation comes to life. Along with your animation coming do life all the colours from your colour wheel disappear. You have to use the ability to switch between the perspectives of the animator looking at his 2d animation from the real world and the 3D view from the perspective of his animation in a solo cooperative journey! Your goal is to get all the colours back (which once unlocked will affect objects in different ways depending on what they’re coloured) in the animated world that was created in the glitch Also to fill the other criteria the only way your animation character can jump is when a music note plays from a song that is controlled by the real person a separate tab on his computer. Along with this since it’s an animation you can pause it from the real world helping your animation character progress through the levels. I don’t actually have anyway to create this but I just thought it was a cool idea, if you read this far thanks :D

[@spookbag24]

too underrated

[@cyx7784]

This is like the game HUE, just with some differences

[@Matthew_MBG]

So.. You want to be Alan Beckor?

[@bramtomaat123]

...

[@thecaketubby5764]

Alan Becker

[@ianthebee2301]

Bruh I found your channel and just now realized you had 12k. I thought you had at least 100k!!!! this man is criminally underrated.

[@BenBonk]

Ikr, make sure to smash that subscribe button

[@adanperez6105]

You are very underrated

[@adanperez6105]

It’s true

[@johark]

one of my friends has like 30k and all he does are these dumb "edits" they arent even ytps, thats the amount of "editing" they have and then this guy makes actually entertaining content and only has like 10k wow

[@nagybalint1474]

@@BenBonk i mean u really shouldnt be that type of guy but sure...

[@Itistw_in1]

"I'm not the best with unity's particle system" Dani: "laughs in unity's particle system"

[@unitysparticlesystem]

Can I laugh? :D

[@electricheisenberg5723]

@@unitysparticlesystem dani is laughing inside you, hence laughter is coming out of YOU. so yes.

[@unitysparticlesystem]

@@electricheisenberg5723 Hahahahaha

[@electricheisenberg5723]

@@unitysparticlesystem haha!

[@nagybalint1474]

@@unitysparticlesystem u kinda suck ngl unreals niagara system can create some mindblowing shit while you... cant even make a cool 3D realistic explosion

[@IHateCopperGolems]

Cool, you made Super Paper Mario

[@halobread]

squares are better

[@ShinyEmeraldGames]

Congrats on the Milestone! You truly deserve it. Very great job with the 3D. I'm also using Unity and I'm working on my first 3D game devlog. But the idea on having a 2D and 3D game at the same time is amazing. Keep it up, looking forward to what you'll be doing in the future with the new skills you've learned! :-)

[@BenBonk]

Thanks so much dude.

[@ShinyEmeraldGames]

@@BenBonk You're welcome

[@Merione]

I've loved the 2D-3D shifting mechanic since I played Crush (2007) on my PSP when I was a kid. I never finished that game, but it was a very cool concept for a puzzle game, and they implemented it extremely well in the level and puzzle design. Good job on this one!

[@unitysparticlesystem]

3:57 In my opinion...those are some cool particles ;D

[@Pixeloper]

Imagine being able to fix your code errors, wow. I am stuck on title screen for years.

[@Povilaz]

This is how it begins, I watch 2 game dev KZbinrs aaaand all of my recommendations are game dev videos. I am not complaining though, I love it!

[@honeynut4048]

Thank you for going in depth on your methodology and showing bits of code you can pause on if you’re interested. Definitely helpful for a beginner like me !!

[@thesonicfanboi]

This reminds me a little too much of super paper mario, but it also adds some extra mechanics that make it unique. Nice job!

[@wyntryx7977]

as soon as i heard "unity particle system" i heard dani. his power has no boundaries. not even other channels.

[@concernedcommenter8258]

Wow thats actually really cool. Nice work!

[@onnovanbuiten2616]

In shory, Super Paper Mario.

[@JracoMeter]

I'm surprised by the amount of possibilities when switching between dimensions. Impressive work!

[@itsalily_lei_lei]

0D (a point), 1D (a line), 2D (a square), 3D (a cube), 4D (a tesseract). Nice video! Will you be working on it anymore?

[@slevinchannel7589]

Oh, how i wished some talented, young Programmers would make a HunterxHunter Game. Until now, no one has done real-good with this, despite the franchise being so super-popular and it’s magic-system being even more popular.

[@Stickboi]

@@slevinchannel7589 nobody cares😐

[@person___9]

@@slevinchannel7589 nobody cares😐

[@miguelbaltazar7606]

Collecting colors to make their world colorful again *slowly unblurs paper mario color splash logo* Where have I heard that...?

[@jamesfield688]

Just discovered your channel and I want to show my support, you doing a great job! Keep it up! I'd love to see you more game development content

[@hm4266]

Lmao for one jam I used Ecrett music which requires you to buy the paid version to download the music but what I actually did, is just recorded the output in a silent room, thanks for throwing be back to memories)

[@blackholeproducers]

Introducing: SUPER PAPER MARIO

[@micahtapper4344]

Congrats on 10k

[@benparker2187]

Love the game! I found a few glitches, but with some polishing this could make a great full game! Keep up the good work, you are very underrated

[@memetech-]

Captions: “Dutch: auto generated” Thats it

[@BenBonk]

lol, no clue why it is like that

[@ReeceGeofroy]

Loved playing games like "Evoland" so I loooove this dimension idea :)

[@spookbag24]

hoi!

[@rodrigocouto1996]

Dude that start screen just looks so awesome. Such an underrated channel

[@Skeffles]

Congratulations on well over 10k subs! This is an awesome mechanic for a game, it'll be cool to see more of this.

[@smellthel]

4:02 I love the attention to detail by adding a transition almost no one would notice

[@ruix]

That would be a great mobile game with more maps. Good Job !

[@AcktheTaco]

I love this concept. I look forward to playing it. Keep up the great work! You mentioned that making levels with varying complexity got more difficult. Potentially adding a rotate mode in 3D model, so that each level can be viewed from all 4 sides in 2D, could allow for fun and complex platforming.

[@BenBonk]

Haha yeah I actually thought about that at one point, could be a very cool mechanic.

[@574guy]

Pretty sure Crush3D for the 3DS already did this

[@bitbenthegamedeveloper90]

Awesome mechanics! I love the concept and think it has sooo much potential!

[@matthewphlambee2139]

He has created the next-gen of Fireboy and Water Girl after the death of adobe flash :() XD

[@MujjMujj]

Now this... this is pog

[@BenBonk]

Ikr

[@ultragamer135]

I came up with this idea a while ago but never made it. It's cool to see that someone made a game using this mechanic!

[@colecomfort4454]

I am an aspiring game dev, and I just have to say your channel has been a big motivation for me. Games like slimekeep are the exact kind of thing I want to be able to make, and your channel has kept me motivated to keep on learning! Thanks!

[@BenBonk]

Np man, I’m glad you like the videos.

[@toweles9859]

I was just watching one of your vids, then when I finished it I hoped there was that I have not seen, then I see this

[@BenjaminMrBvHHolmberg]

I still think that tractors with microwaves would've been kind of cool, but this is pretty epic as well

[@minusSoahc]

what, do you mean by that?

[@nakun1552]

Very cool game! Congrats on 12k!

[@BenBonk]

Thanks!

[@sennv5905]

Reminds me of that one paper Mario game lol

[@TrochtheDev]

GG! On 10k I mean 12k subs

[@pokedude583]

I'm now curious how Crush handled perspective shifting mechanics.

[@dngames1034]

This game is AMAZING!! I really really like the mechanics. You can make this game easily comercial. Its great design. Game looks great with minimalists colors. Only players and goals and things you can interact are colored and everything else white. You can add some ambience and some cool sky box in background to make game litle bit more interesting and there you got GREAT! Commercial game. I would buy it.

[@BenBonk]

Thanks! I think If I spent a few more months of it, it could work as a commercial release, though for now I'm focusing on my other commercial project.

[@tauheedgamedev2388]

Awesome game mechanic and congrats hitting 12k

[@dinaradossymbekova2393]

You: this is good and original Super paper mario: Im going to end this mans whole career

[@BenBonk]

Bruh

[@poghank7215]

Please put dark mode on there are some people trying to watch a 2:18 am.

[@swiftbull_]

I would have no idea to go about this, great job!

[@looserdev]

9:45 it's not really customly generated music, just a list of hundreds of thousands of loops that they combine together.

[@BenBonk]

oh wow

[@NepciTami]

Plot twist: He made Super Paper Mario 2

[@cacao2cream369]

*Fez 2

[@smugpittbull]

@@cacao2cream369 fez doesn't have the same mechanic.

[@AzamMujahidProductions]

It's now Color Splash

[@neworox3215]

A game where difficulty is increased by upgrading enemies Maybe you will get buffed by the more upgrades you buy each round

[@bacon-sandwich4726]

Clone Drone in The Danger Zone?

[@lucasnienaber4157]

Dude this is insanely good! Keep it up man!

[@gamedevgoose9887]

Congrats on 12k subs Ben!! Cool vid, reminds me of Tantan’s 2.5D Minecraft :)

[@RandomGS]

I found an double jump glitch in your game somehow, i was just switching from 2d to 3d to figure out how to do it and i spammed jump and then i kept jumping instead of going on the ground and also the game breaks if you spam tab

[@sukuneedshelp8725]

Cube into the MultiVerse What a bad joke.Sorry.

[@LYRIC4LS]

For the color collecting part u can make color orbs around the map that let the cubes change colors and the goals are colored for what color the cube has to be for that goal

[@Wet_Deer]

That’s a really cool game. You implemented those ideas super well

[@hiiambarney4489]

Missed opportunity to call this gem "Cubic²"

[@derteater]

Noice "Plop sound"

[@komalgupta2226]

"My raycast was working fine and i had no idea why" lol😂😂😂 Edit - in total i didnt got many likes than this comment lol😂😂😂

[@BenBonk]

:o

[@NStripleseven]

That’s how it be with a lot of coding tho

[@nimrag659]

Programming in a nutshell

[@komalgupta2226]

yah so true

[@miner556]

I read that as racist what is wrong with me

[@Totodex]

good concept, though i do want to give a few ideas with constructive criticism. another mechanic you could add to build off the switch perspectives is maybe having the size of the player characters, grow or shrink in 2D depending on how frontwards or backwards they are in 3D space. this could open the puzzle possibility of making player platforms or getting blocks into gaps too small in 3D and starting 2D.

[@trunkostudios9500]

That perspective shift is an interesting mechanic, cool to see you implement it!

[@BenBonk]

Thanks!

[@mrpaltas3632]

"changes between 3d and 2d" "coloring the world" That is just Sonic Generations

[@vakqdev]

how it looks when i press tab: 2d how i feel when i press tab: ZA WARUDO!

[@gurfsplurf2902]

he he funny

[@bromaster6643]

Hey look! It's a remake of the 3D mechanic from Super Paper Mario for the Wii!

[@NicDev]

Cool concept!

[@BenBonk]

Thanks Nic!

[@gddisplay_name_error7150]

I thought he was going to be a bad boy and call it “Block Shi...” Thanks for not doing that.

[@TheFrankvHoof]

A tip: Don't use GetComponent in an Update-method.

[@Seff2]

Nice job, well done

[@asianshadow702]

I love this tutorial, really helped me with my game. I was able to create a 2D/3D game.

[@itsME-dc4vm]

Yeah Nice ;D

[@astralviperyt2985]

2D and 3D Switching is pretty interesting, good Video! :)

[@Midnight_NOW]

i got one a game that is "2D" but you can switch view from x/y/z plane to see the map and you can only move on that plane

[@dannypeet9191]

This is really cool Ben, I love the concept!

[@BenBonk]

Thanks Danny!

[@spookbag24]

@@BenBonk dani boi

[@nexgenofficial665]

Awesome Videos!

[@welltypedwitch]

I really like how the mechanic when you're behind an obstacle works! As a suggestion: why don't you write a seperate sxript to handle objects being moved to the front? They would just have to check on some static variable whether the game is in 2D Mode and them you wouldn't need those awkward arrays

[@badchannel377]

3:57 *U N I T Y ' S P A R T I C L E S Y S T E M*

[@Steveplays28]

Awesome video as always, BenBonk!

[@BenBonk]

Thanks Steve!

[@VioletHtml]

damn this is impressive def deserves my sub!

[@BenBonk]

Pog

[@tapgd1846]

Found a glitch: If you spam tab to switch from 3d to 2d, at sometime, it'll be mixed. 3d will have a 2d effect. And 2d will have a 3d effect.

[@smellthel]

0:32 That’s genius

[@bscrushy]

Liking your videos, found your channel today! Btw, I believe you actually can use gravity in 3D like you want to... there's an example in the Unity documentation (under CharacterController), I think. Hope that helps.

[@ishpdl]

I don't know how to make game but I enjoy watching videos like this.

[@sunareii]

This feels like a game of perspective

[@GoldenEvolution]

The idea of this is super cool and something that could be worked out into a very cool puzzle game. 2D, 3D and 4D game next?

[@BenBonk]

9999999D next

[@Bomsanchu]

eey ben i played the game a bit and when you jump at the same time as you tab you can basically beat levels without doing the puzzle as intended

[@jamespennington6428]

This is awesome! I have a idea; add platforms that appear only if your in 1 perspective

[@pineconechamp7931]

AMAZING... Ive been trying to do this for ages

[@pineconechamp7931]

the 3d and 2d part

[@saurn1221]

BenBonk: I don't recommend copy and pasting code, unless you absolutely have to 99.99% of the programmers in the world: I did not heard anything, I swear

[@zig8925]

As somebody has said there is a setting for the gravity, but you can also change the gravity for spereate objects through script.

[@corruptdoge748]

basically Super Paper Mario

[@kidbanana1795]

Looks like a game for cool math games

[@infodev5222]

That is one cool looking start menu

[@joaooliveira185]

Love the vid! Your voice reminds me of Holyhock's voice from Bojack for some reason

[@m-unity-developer6823]

Go to Projects Settings -> Physics there is a field for gravity you can set it whatever you want or you can add rigidbody force downwards.

[@SparkeyAvalon]

This is so cool. I've seen this before, but I can remember only one game with something similar: RiME.

[@randomef]

And I just started playing it and I already found some glitches. On level 2 and above, if you position a player behind a block and then place the other on top of the block and then switch to 2D, the player on top will glitch on top or glitch into the player behind. On level 4, you can position a player on the front right block and then go into 2D making the player in the block. Also, if you time it correctly there is a for about a 0.5 seconds where the collider for the back right block will not activate and you can step onto the smaller block. On this same level, timing it correctly will allow the block behind the block to push you out of the level when you jump. On any level, you can clip into any block and the other player, disabling your jumping ability until the other player is swapped. Furthermore, the players move first when switching between 2D and 3D which means that you may fall straight through the block or the collider of that block or player will be disabled. On the level with 3 cubes, you can get the player next to the wall, jump into it and then somehow access a box collider that extends out of the floating floor next to it, this will then give that player the ability to walk around on any point on that space and jump to other platforms. The ability is then broken when you switch between from 3D to 2D and then back. If the player is not above ground, that player will fall through the void, meaning you have to start the entire game all over again. There are some more bugs but they are all sort of similar to the above bugs, with most of them including colliders and the void.

[@BenBonk]

Oh wow, I knew there were some glitches, but I didn't realize there were that many 😮

[@randomef]

@@BenBonk No problem. I still want to point out that the game is still great at heart.

[@thechosenone9910]

When I saw some of those mechanics, I was thinking of a different game than the one that you made, where there could be 2 players playing at once, where one is flat on a 2D surface, and the other is in a 3D space. However, the 2D surface is within the 3D space, so the 3D player can see the 2D one moving about. The object of the game is to communicate things that can’t be seen from the other player in order to solve puzzles.

[@thechosenone9910]

There’s possibility for several game mechanics, like recursion, where the 2D plane is inside the 3D one, and vice versa.