I Remade Super Mario Bros From Memory

I Remade Super Mario Bros From Memory
Become a game developer with Unity Learn: on.unity.com/3d3k7MZ
→ Master Unity's 2D Toolset with this Free Book: on.unity.com/3cKk8W6
I remade Super Mario Bros from only my memory, challenging myself to recreate the art, gameplay, and levels without using the internet or any reference images!
WATCH LIVE ► / polymars
→ Main Channel - / polymars
→ Twitter - / polymarsyt
→ Instagram - / polymarsdev
→ Discord - / discord
-If you liked this video, here are similar ones you might enjoy!-
RubberRoss - making artists draw from memory in gartic phone
• making artists draw fr...
Markiplier - We Draw Cartoon Characters FROM MEMORY
• We Draw Cartoon Charac...
PolyMars++ - I Became a Roblox Developer for a Day
• I Became a Roblox Deve...
PolyMars - Making a Game With Twitter's Bot API
• I Made Snake With 30,0...
PolyMars - Making a Game With Discord's Bot API
• Making a Game With Dis...
PolyMars - Making a Game With C++ and SDL2
• Making a Game With C++...
PolyMars - Learning SDL2 in 48 Hours - GMTK Game Jam 2020
• Learning SDL2 in 48 Ho...
PolyMars - Best Python Game Wins $1000 - Game Making Challenge
• 2 Python Developers VS...
CodyCantEatThis - I Made Super Mario Bros but it's 3D
• I Made Super Mario Bro...
DevBanana - I Made Flappy Bird, but in First Person
• I Made Flappy Bird, bu...
Dani - Adding a Giant Crab to my Game So Netflix doesn't Sue me
• Adding a Giant Crab to...

[@PolyMarsLIVE]

subscribe... or you will look like my goomba drawing

[@ultra_9861]

fear

[@lillibrl]

@Ultra_ dude what are you talking about? that goomba drawing was based.

[@dillpickles3879]

bro the goomba be goomba

[@qnonsly.]

bro goomba look like he saw something

[@BruhManOnYoutube]

unfortunately, I actually kinda dig the Goomba drawing

[@LazyAlarm]

Now you need to recreate your recreation from memory and then recreate that. See how distorted the game becomes after several iterations.

[@victorius2975]

he'd still remember that it is based on super mario so not really useful

[@tomnook5481]

And then he’ll make an AI to do the exact same

[@CloudMan123]

A literal game of telephone

[@Tomatech]

The term for that is Generation Loss

[@melvinpena1477]

You mean to recreate the recreation of the recreation of the recrearion of the recreation of the recreation of the recreation of super mario bros Edit:why you reply guys???

[@Legocoder1234]

The “that is clean” towards the end of development while he was making the most janky bootleg super Mario just cracked me up

[@MasonIsntChillOfficial]

No reply? I’ll fix that.

[@theoneandonly-qs1uw]

1 reply? Please don't fix that.

[@jeremyandrews3292]

I notice that the goombas you drew and the Mario colors actually resemble Super Mario World. So if you've played the SNES game, those memories could be interfering.

[@amstrad00]

Or, if you mostly played the version of 'Super Mario Bros' included in 'Super Mario All-Stars' for the SNES with the revamped sprites.

[@nickolasperazzo8254]

Yeah, those are a subspecies called galoomba

[@LordVarkson]

The bipedal koopas too.

[@TheSyconerd]

yea, I sort of noticed that too how it sort of accurate for other iterations/games but not accurate to the original Mario on the NES

[@Shakooba]

And the mushrooms with eyes! A lot of crossover from SMWorld

[@rogercruz1547]

7:59 That mushroom just falling sideways killed me hahahah

[@Balls987]

NO FUCKING SPOILERS!!!!!!!

[@rglgra]

​@@Balls987 chill

[@CodingWithLewis]

Im actually impressed at how well the sprites were based off of pure memory lol

[@allanaspe9110]

bro

[@31coreadfull]

Bruh

[@GG-ow3ke]

Really? The koopa troopa too?

[@lolwtnick4362]

@@GG-ow3ke it actually isnt too bad. it's like when i give people a blank paper and tell them to draw a bicycle from memory.

[@JoseMarquez-wz3fr]

🤦‍♂️

[@citratune7830]

The mario maker 1-1 remakes from memory just got a new competitor for being incredibly innaccurate

[@ashercd6487]

yeah, man's got at least 5 parts of levels which are all from different games

[@IHateSmilingFriendsTheTVShow]

@@rmc3728 I hope your heart stops beating

[@keepyourshoesathedoor]

@@IHateSmilingFriendsTheTVShow sheesh

[@cakeandicecream1582]

@@IHateSmilingFriendsTheTVShow sheesh thats rough man

[@sollew7434]

@@IHateSmilingFriendsTheTVShow what did he say?

[@NaudVanDalen]

9:04 At least your Mario has better colors. But that's only the fault of their limited technology, which was cutting edge at the time.

[@nulcow]

Their technology wasn't really "cutting edge." Super Mario Bros. came out in 1985, 2 years after the Famicom/NES released. The Master System came out around the same time and is much more impressive in my opinion.

[@NaudVanDalen]

@@nulcow You're right. What's true is that they tried to get the most out of limited consoles instead of limiting themselves. Just like AAA games now. Compared to 2D indie games, which could be played 20 years ago except maybe games with tens of thousands of blocks like Terraria.

[@RRRR-jr1gp]

@@NaudVanDalen The original gameboy could have had more colors - they explictly avoided that to stimulate designers. Also games like Hollow Knight or Hades couldn't be made 20 years ago - You're thinking of *pixel art* indie games (and even then, hi-res pixel art can look *beautiful*

[@darrenmacqueen9884]

@@RRRR-jr1gp 20 years ago was the era of Gamecube and PS2. I'm pretty sure something like Hollow Knight could be made then.

[@zanep.r.2514]

​@@RRRR-jr1gp Hollow Knight could have been made 20 years ago for sure.

[@danandtab7463]

that's a fun challenge, also a great way to learn Unity for those who haven't yet. you were probably thinking of some of the characters/NPCs looks in later games, especially Mario himself.

[@sean7221]

Don't bother with Unity, go with Godot

[@trianglemoebius]

​@@sean7221 I actually got Godot recently, but for some reason it keeps insisting I wait for it.

[@Boltthe410]

@@sean7221 i want to get a coding website

[@FlaccidFella]

8:00 "such an accurate remake" As a mushroom falls and lands on it's side like it forgot what it was doing

[@CoolModderJaydonX]

Go home, mushroom, you're drunk.

[@william_suitcase]

yes

[@eyesonthey]

You made the sad bargain bin version my mom would have accidentally bought me back in the day. God love her.

[@costelinha1867]

These blocks do not tile correctly. I like it, I think it adds character. I think I've found the pixel art equivalent to "It's not a bug, it's a feature".

[@dip.918]

I can;t tell if you're a DotoDoya fan, or that's just a widely used phrase

[@costelinha1867]

@@dip.918 You mean the "It's not a bug, it's a feature"? That one is just a widely used joke among programmers.

[@trianglemoebius]

@@costelinha1867 And was brought mainstream by Todd Howard. I hate when someone's favourite creator/athlete/etc says an already common phrase and they act like that person made it up. I'm agreeing with you, just to be clear.

[@costelinha1867]

@@trianglemoebius Fair enough.

[@brotherdaniel1524]

I loved watching you do this, but at the same time, the pixel artist in me was screaming during the art creation

[@NaiveCat45446zeroSEVEN]

i agree, since i remember the 3 color limit and the design of mario well

[@simonw.1223]

what would you create if you need to do mario from mind?

[@Boltthe410]

He literally forgot about the 3 color rule.

[@Boltthe410]

@@NaiveCat45446zeroSEVEN ikr i remade mario a couple of times...

[@aerth6946]

Same. Internal screams and all.

[@Inveestigator]

2:14 my dude made a galoomba instead of a goomba I'm dead

[@theoneandonlydao3386]

😂

[@djtpj8821]

wow, I didn't know that Nintendo used GIMP for all of their art assets when they made Super Mario Bros :O

[@cirkulx]

this better be a joke

[@entro_sillyman]

@@cirkulx i hope it is

[@lutfensusshow5397]

nah they used paint 3d

[@entro_sillyman]

@@lutfensusshow5397 no its ms paint ofc

[@Enlightenment0172]

Actually they made them in a text editor of sorts, drawing them out on paper and then coding them in. Then we got ms paint, which has been used ever since, as recent as Mario Oddesy where you can clearly see the personality the pencil tool adds.

[@lawrence9713]

The first level of mario is like the perfect tutorial. First trying stuff out, having one little thread coming towards you so you HAVE TO act. Then you are introduced to powerups. Next you learn you can jump higher by pressing longer. Every jump is getting more difficult

[@midwestmind691]

That's how a lot of games were designed back day and how so many of us boomers rage about unskippable tutorial hand holding missions in modern games.

[@redfireddragon8584]

@@midwestmind691 to be fair, some games have too many (or too complicated) mechanics to explain without saying anything

[@Lord_of_commencement]

2:31 the koopa behind the slaughter

[@theoneandonlydao3386]

😂lmaaoooo

[@iplayminecraft2248]

6:41 dad after detecting a distinct lack of milk

[@Creeper_and_chikn]

How about when Mario eats too much spaghetti

[@orangenal]

I could probably make 1-1 and then I'd forget all the levels after that

[@S.F.Y.T.A.G]

Yeah only ASCENDED LEGENDARY PLAYERS can do all levels

[@coconutfredenjoyer2863]

I feel like I could recreate all levels up to 1-4.

[@2003lxp]

"It doesn't work, let's goooo" ~ Every programmer ever

[@SpaceCadet0023]

That koopa troopa from the thumbnail is like. 1000X better then mine when I remade the game in game maker garage

[@gamer_gaming9589]

This game literally looks like a scratch game, but it's made in unity! This is like if mario bros had alzheimers

[@darrenmacqueen9884]

lol The koopa troopa was the funniest part. I figured everyone knew the shells face upwards at least. Overall a much better job than I could have done though. My memory is awful.

[@takanara7]

Yeah they need to face up so you can bounce on them.

[@heinrichagrippa5681]

They got redesigned to be bipedal and have little hands starting with Super Mario World and have been that way ever since, so I can't really blame him for forgetting that SMB and SMB3 had them look more like actual turtles.

[@darrenmacqueen9884]

@@heinrichagrippa5681 I often forget that Super Mario World had them like that. I always think it started with the 3D games.

[@SampelMSM]

I can see the mixture of modern mario and old mario in your remake lol

[@asierx7047]

I knew things would go wrong the moment you made the list and left out the star

[@b3nj4m1nyt]

This man deserves more especially for his art skills

[@alve_n.s.f8953]

I laughed at 2:22 because of the “something is a little bit off about this” and the sus “Koopa Troopa” in the background🤣

[@robiginal6458]

"Mushrooms have eyes" "Pipes don't have dither" bruh

[@sylviaafonso]

2:00, it look like a galoomba...

[@mepblep]

he even made it so you can clip into pipes like in the og game 12:07

[@tapgod]

10:36 bro forgot what a rectangle was 🤣😆

[@rglgra]

Bro ym triangle

[@hzDelta]

2:11 polymars accidentally creates a galoomba from super mario world

[@asierx7047]

3:01 polymars accidentally makes a mega mushroom

[@fangier0]

At least it looks happy

[@mikethompson1653]

0:52, You can actually create pretty amazing shit on MS paint, it's not the product that sucks

[@sometf2player752]

9:48 I think you were thinking of the smw goomba when you made this (also it’s actually fairly decent as a sprite compared to the rest)

[@youraverageintrovert1990]

I'm gonna be a nerd here, I know, but I'm pretty sure the smw goombas are called Galoombas. Completely arbitrary difference and I cannot fault you for not caring about it lmao, might be wrong here too

[@HistoricalFanatics]

9:50 That Goomba sprite you made actually looks better then the OG

[@Icalasari]

As a pixel artist Yeah, yeah, that Koopa is how a lot of pieces start out looking like

[@KLGB76]

I've remade SMB 1-1 so many times in Super Mario Maker 1 & 2 that I know it like the back of my hand. Whenever I play an inacurrate version of this level in SMM, I always get triggered but seeing you creating the level in this video has to be the most triggering thing I've had to endure in my life!

[@ssupermarlo]

why do the goomba, question block, ground block, mushrooms, and brick blocks look so good

[@greenchees]

Thanks for including me in this video

[@Claugustus]

"Without help from chat!" *Chat proceeds to assist in little details*

[@justamicrowave5297]

Some of the sprites actually look pretty good (mainly the blocks, mushroom, goomba, and piranha plant.)

[@Vulpas]

I can feel the floatiness of the physics so bad it's like I'm gonna float off myself lol

[@mellowgtag]

1:20 captions: *never gonna gIVE YOU UP, NEVER GONNA-*

[@ebo4522]

3:03 dude drew a mega mushroom

[@f.u.m.o.5669]

This guy knows half as much as me about a game I played once

[@f.u.m.o.5669]

Piranha plants do not have white lips. Koopas walk on all fours. Goomba have smaller eyes.

[@pennylessz]

For real though.

[@f.u.m.o.5669]

This is in the original game, look it up before arguing with me

[@acksawblack]

@@f.u.m.o.5669 WHo are you talking to ? Weirdo.

[@potato9998]

9:53 but they really do

[@matthewmathis62]

10:22 It was Dithered!

[@mayonnnnnaise]

dude, for someone your age, i'm impressed. Like most of your differences come from exposure to the SNES and later games.

[@Pokeyyyyyy]

tbh I like the question mark block way more than the original it looks super clean

[@RaffyTaffy14]

seeing what they've done to MS paint on windows 11 is enough to stop me from upgrading

[@eldafint]

Why?

[@SwagWizard555]

Lazy super Mario maker creators at 3:42 : I am 4 parallel universes ahead of you!

[@YourBoyDonald]

I like this video! The editing is great, and i like the idea. I could really see you being a populair KZbinr in the future with videos like this! You just earned a new subscriber with the notifications on!

[@Nightweaver1]

Honestly, that's really fun. Quite a solid effort there, especially for someone so young whose parents were probably the ones who played SMB when it was new.

[@awefulchaos821]

2:21 the cut to the goomba killed me

[@sometf2player752]

10:00 he was once again confused by the modern design

[@thurstonbisenio9550]

Polymars: no intenet, no refrence images, no chat Also polymars: google docs, livestreaming, chat

[@Num1MarioFan]

Guy forgot to make the Hard block lol.

[@official6686]

0:41 top of the chat someone asked for morbius

[@asierx7047]

Chat became an echo chamber and kept repeating Mario Morbin for like 5 minutes

[@albingrahn5576]

8:20 i have vague feeling those goombas to the right should be hammer bros, and maybe perhaps come a couple of worlds later

[@PlaceholderAlex]

ngl watching this has made me want to take another shot a learning unity, this time to recreate mario. I've been subbed to polymars for years, so I'm happy I found this channel. great content :)

[@numburger]

This video made me appreciate how the actual game looks

[@thepabli]

Didn't know that Zac Efron had a games development channel. Well done!

[@quarterzillion]

I laughed at this

[@Augoeides32]

13th of September, 1985 (in an alternate universe) *Mario* "Nintendo refused to document our life story!" *Luigi* "Brother, it's okay. I know a guy... He hasn't been born yet, though"

[@RaDappa]

Earthbound music was perfect for this video, matches especially well with all the slightly off sprites.

[@DannyDaDino]

Why is no one talking about some guy going to the sun and burning in chat 6:00

[@LeftyPencil]

It's ok, someone reminded them to bring sunscreen

[@amosnimos]

The mario bros we have at home, the good enaugh one.

[@davidhinojoza262]

1:41 thats actually really good 👍👏

[@henriquestankescandelari908]

I became a subscriber thanks to 6:48 This is one of the most creative videos I`ve seen in quite a while - the idea and ingenuity of this really inspired me. Thanks so much for your work!

[@KingSmoothcheeksPig]

The Goomba is literally a Goombrat

[@gamepadstudios3097]

Looks like a galoomba to me

[@lucasgamer0001]

0:20 You are using the internet (Google Documents)

[@Tethrarxitet]

You can use Google docs offline

[@tylers5thvictim]

i find it funny how some guy in the chat says "did someone say dots? is this a unity sponsorship?" or smth like that and then around 5 mins later he gets to the sponsorship part

[@pizza_36]

"Moving from simple blocks to CREATURES" Mario is a simple block :0

[@aman7525]

Dude this is really cool. I want to try this myself now. Props

[@slimyslimer2642]

This dude made a game from memory I can't even make a game i already have images of how it will look like

[@Josh_isDonaldDuck]

Now this is how you get Nintendo to give you a Cease and Desist.

[@KeyAndrew]

There is a DOOM Mod/WAD that recreated all of DOOM from memory that is really cool.... And he did the entire game...

[@naikrovek]

"I do not know Mario Bros. as well as I thought." No one knows anything as well as they think they do. One of life's universal constants.

[@bruhSaintJohn]

Except speedrunners. Or developers. These guys know how and why it works.

[@naikrovek]

@@bruhSaintJohn well, I'm a developer and I'm constantly surprised.

[@RednaxG]

the entire time i was wondering when he was gonna make hard blocks, then i realized ive played way too much mario maker

[@TaxeAndStuff]

well why wouldn’t he they’re literally in the original

[@mobius9119]

I grew up with games like SMB, this was fun to watch, and for a basic, quick, from-memory creation, you kinda nailed it haha! Excellent job!

[@sandrocostaferreira4435]

I think it's great that young people still enjoy playing this game. I myself grew up with Super Mario Bros. I was 5 when it came out. And nice video by the way. ;)

[@kingofbingus468]

2:42 *literally cheats*

[@Num1MarioFan]

1:11 Bro I can make the Mario sprite just from memory XD

[@emrys5612]

Nintendo : Coins PolyMars : Yes ?

[@pv8685]

awesome work! the departure from the original is totally normal when creating something just out of memory. and that is why artist use reference!

[@Zejoant]

I would use unity but it gives me 298 errors every time i create a project.

[@Axolotl2630]

I can’t think of anything to comment so…. Luigi > Mario

[@FewVidsJustComments]

"piraña plants are definitely not red and white" me: "they are in literally every other game in the series"

[@hunner4760]

my left ear really loved that ad read

[@sylviaafonso]

2:26 its 1-1 first game or super Mario ODYSSEY?

[@SMB_Fan2010]

it's 1-1 from smb1

[@booklagecodwarrior]

polymars staring into my soul through his webcam...

[@FootballDudeMan]

"Unity lets you have built in 2d physics!" *the mario floating away* "i dont think thats correct sire"

[@DanielJones-rr9qv]

4:26 wait just realized YOU ONLY DID THE ONE UP MUSHROOM

[@zsombor_99]

What if you try to recreate Sonic "Green Hill zone" completely from memory? 😉

[@AymenZero]

nah man. nah. as someone who started programming in 2021 i don't think recreating sonic physics is easy. there's slopes and spinny things. mario bros has simple physics of walking in flat surface. physics are super simple with easy collision checks. to code in "slopes" you have to make like a million lines of code to make it work.

[@cerealkeepsyougoingeveryda555]

@@AymenZero a good programmer likes a challenge or two even if it takes them several weeks and they regret their life decisions.

[@AymenZero]

@@cerealkeepsyougoingeveryda555 easy for you to say it. I don't see you programming anything.

[@cerealkeepsyougoingeveryda555]

@@AymenZero bruh it was a joke and I do program just chill for once in ur life there's a thing called sarcasm

[@byrontheusurper6505]

I need to start coding again, this stuff's mad fun!

[@NunyaMcBusiness]

2:22 As Markiplier said in the beginning of Getting Over It, "That's not right." *giggles in the middle of saying "right"*

[@johnnybon258]

Him drawing the piranha plant the wrong colour made me lose 10 brain cells lol

[@HuskiGames]

FAKE, You 100% had a Reference image while drawing Koopa Troopa, it's identical.

[@4nevar]

0:46, excuse me, but what did you just say???

[@nosferatu6385]

This is the game that not only revolutionized the gaming industry, but arguably saved it.

[@Scigam243]

4:02 A M O N G U S