Procedurally Animated Robots in Minecraft

[@heledron]

I used BDEngine to design the models, WorldPainter and Axiom to create the maps.

[@Ahmetzahidturk]

will this project be a mod on curse forge when its finished? because id love to do thoose with the spider youve made an amazing thing and i personaly love it

[@mr.m2675]

​i think it would be listed as a command block datapack nothing shown is a mod, i think​@@Ahmetzahidturk

[@illystray]

I'm glad my editor (BDE) helped you with this project!

[@memeiki]

axiom*

[@Inv1xxity]

What terrain gen mod do you use for the trees?

[@Jamarthe3rd]

subtle orbital strike

[@RTOmega]

7:51 XD

[@Powderheimer]

​@@RTOmegaomg its the 2R2T guy

[@flooku987]

_💀_

[@iceypumpkinhead]

Average american response to seeing a spider:

[@skogen5357]

​@@flooku987 yoo what is wrong that skull 😭

[@cozeecofycat6531]

The part where you just chuck tridents at the fella Gives Boston Dynamics pushing their robots around vibes.

[@Ultracultchaosultimate]

GET THE BROOM

[@P-lywood]

every time you come back I find myself 10x more amazed than the last time

[@chesvin1]

I find myself 10x more terrified than the last time

[@Rainer69]

​@@chesvin1 lol

[@doctor4t]

absolutely insanely cool stuff

[@koumphaxayphothisan7401]

wait rat!?!?

[@yunarad0ki]

Oh hello RAT

[@Flipdagoose]

Honestly not all that surprised you watched this, fuck it, yall should work together on something, i dont care how, just do it somehow

[@Fried_egg150]

it's the poolrooms guy

[@Miner4life-r4s]

Yoo it's doctor4t

[@JoeFly2009]

The procedural animation makes these creatures look alive and menacing. I would love to see an adventure map that used these spiders as a predator or a mount.

[@Numbabu]

I want one as a pet :3

[@albertmiron1157]

​@@Numbabu it will probaly send an air strike to your neighbors

[@vxzcvz]

lol yeah and look 8:51 major maze runner vibes...

[@diamondsimon020]

Oh hey Joe

[@Pexiltd]

Agreed, something I'd like to see is complicated pathing with this. Intelligent movement combined with procedural animation is imo the greatest

[@xaviersavard6343]

These look way better and way less terrifying than previous iterations

[@graealex]

Wait till you have a "cloaked robot spider" in your hardcore run...

[@somedude4087]

impressive how a bit more rounded shape and color can make something so much more cute

[@KevanTess]

The previous one looked like a Daddy Longlegs[Opiliones], while now it has a body and looks an robo spider.

[@quantumblur_3145]

Opinion

[@SirPembertonS.Crevalius]

The Aperture Science Arachnid Bot comes in 100s of different designer colors, ready to be shipped and sent to your doorstep to protect the things that matter most. _The Aperture Science Arachnid Bot Device is not responsible for any invoked fearful responses, mis-placed poultry, implosions, or tampered cakes that may occur._

[@TheOriginalManTrust]

WAS THINKING THE SAME THING LOL

[@Local_Toaster]

I swear if portal 3 happens this has to be a thing

[@grind-v3s]

TAMPERED CAKES??? DOES THE CAKE HAVE A Bomb

[@HukoJlau_06]

Hello investors, Cave Johnson here

[@dangernoodle235]

I gotta say, I just love the vibes of the test world you use The shaders, the crickets, the landscape, it all gives such secluded and cozy vibes. As if you were far off from any living civilisation, in the untouched wilderness, only some remnants of a long fallen civilisation left, all overtaken by nature again.

[@dark-5825]

Ikr? It has so much life and character and atmosphere to it, while also being so beautifully simple, truly clean. Giving something that certain touch is so difficult to pull of, i'm not sure whether his spiders or his maps intrigue me more lol

[@themelancholyofgay3543]

fr

[@AngelGonzalez-vp2en]

the ruined chasm with the spider jumping down was scenic and looked full of lore or our of a different videogame.

[@Batmagoo]

Reminds me of The Talos Principle maps

[@percent3767]

If you can sample the block each leg steps on, then you can find the walking sound for that block and give the spider dynamic walking sounds! Fantastically impressed with what you’ve done so far!

[@beaclaster]

it should be able, possibly similar enough to how the cloaking works

[@johngellare3507]

Oh, fuck, imagine a mod using this, and the spider constantly stalks you with the cloak on. Every so often, you'd hear the soft thunks of it on wood or stone, or the sound of it on grass.

[@themelancholyofgay3543]

7:50 well that caught me by surprise

[@futzz2055]

You see that thing? If it was a real minecraft enemy, I'd orbital strike it too

[@Voxen712]

I just love the silent humor in the "results and variations" part. tactical nuke on the spider sized robot was gold

[@tipsythecat]

7:36 small enemy spider *sick beatboxing*

[@YeetwithSwag]

Found it

[@ApolloTheAxolotl]

8:38 damn he just got sent to the stratosphere

[@Khadgaricek2024]

Omg its a robot spider

[@Khadgaricek2024]

What's next? Will it shoot stuff with it's eyes?

[@durratulaishah3703]

​@@Khadgaricek2024 probably the easiest thing to add for him 😂

[@ShadowHawkThe3rd]

The default white body one somehow looks cute to me now. I think it’s from the natural humanization projection of the defined head and “face” (the inset camera/sensor on the front). This effect gets even stronger with the exaggerated bouncing, it almost feels “over enthusiastic”

[@KaiserV-2]

Interesting how the human mind works like that.

[@TrafficPartyHatTest]

agreed they look like big dogs to me

[@linciecka3889]

The way the spider reacts to those spears gives me Rain World vibes and it's design is almost like it's out of Portal, I just love it. Great work!

[@Torbenby_]

I mean, rain world uses procedural animation too

[@cmmpr111]

Rainworld

[@Lucas-bb3ji]

Even though this only adds a single mob, the complexity alone makes it unironically one of the best minecraft mods to ever exist. If it's a mod, that is.

[@hiccupwarrior89]

it isn't a mod

[@meowdyxyz]

It's a plugin

[@sib315]

Its not a mod just comand blocks

[@quakxy_dukx]

Datapacks only use existing game code which is why they’re made with display entities instead of custom models

[@meowdyxyz]

@sib315 It's more than command blocks, it's a plugin

[@user-iGb]

5:55 I feel so sorry for the spider

[@deepintermission]

Those new spider designs are sick. The first two remind me of something from portal!

[@iron_ingot_]

You are very underrated, I love your content!

[@MultiSpeedMetal]

Minecraft would make a sick post-apocalyptic ruined sci-fi world game with these. Imagine ruined factories and laboratories scattered throughout the world with these things and other technological terrors lurking about.

[@Jedai_Games]

So basically rim world?

[@gabbyharney904]

Or horizon

[@timaton2729]

Aperture Laboratory map

[@oliveoilgaming69]

Horizon: Zero Dawn

[@The_Konester]

You deserve a michelin star for cooking this hard 🔥

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

You should try making something with the "angel" prototype you made a while back, like a giant seeker drone thing that finds targets.

[@jurajsintaj6644]

I wonder if it would be possible to even act stealthy, like trying to avoid differently colored blocks, keeping out of sight of the player until they get close, snaking outside of light (maybe even destroying it) Probably would also be quite difficult to make the legs attack the player.

[@Syntex366]

I think what would make it truly unholy is that it slowly flies trailing its tentacles behind it, and upon seeing a target it slowly drifts overhead and then a single tentacle strikes like a spear at it.

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

@@Syntex366 no no, the seeker drone doesn't attack, it just patrols through the woods, its white spotlight on its head turning bright red when it sees the player and letting out an ominous noise. It then follows, keeping track of you as best it can while all the spiders home in on your location to attack.

[@nikitalurye]

I absolutely love the colossal spiders. There is just something absolutely surreal to have an entity that can conform to its environment that is so massive compared to the player. I can't wait to see how far you take this and I'm looking forward to all the future progress updates you post!

[@basinofdreams]

it went from something that would petrify me if i saw it to a cute little helper :D

[@quantumblur_3145]

It has always been a cute little helper. You are blinded by fear. More for me.

[@monothephantom]

I love these funny metal spider things so much. I enjoy seeing the upgrades every time!

[@_zeeblo]

9:51 it's like a little happy doggo

[@Bluealien-jv1fz]

9:58 *versus starts playing*

[@brookbrown4164]

"Spin for me please" Proceeds to hit with trident. Also congrats on getting Rat to watch. Really is insane and all this breaks my mind.

[@sypwer]

Damn, this is so impressive. I'm inspired to dabble different programming projects myself. I like the extent you took to bring your ideas to life, this is dedication. Thank you for inspiring me.

[@dark-5825]

7:27 "stop, he's already dead!" Also what did the little one do to deserve that😭

[@TheHerbalistaa]

honestly such good quality cant wait to see it climbing on walls and ceilings

[@retrohero5475]

It looks cute now :D I feel like removing two tone blocks like terracotta or the crafting blocks might help it blend in a little better with the camouflage function, but it almost creates a sort of shimmer effect that's pretty cool as well

[@todeilfungo]

8:00 could you make it so when the spider is struck in a certain part of the body it looses it's "armour" in the same way?

[@dorukeryigit5202]

5:30 dude that spider is gonna be pissed when it develops consciousness

[@LeoB100]

despite it being soo loud and big for minecraft's small enviroment to be able to pull a surprise for you, this is still a great step for minecraft modding and what models we can do

[@FrankWalker2356]

Thank you for adding Robot Uprising fear to the Eldritch Abomination fear with this update. I fear what you'll add to the angel.

[@Ultracultchaosultimate]

6:49 this looks like one of those teardown videos, you know the type

[@koSein.]

I just really appreciate the presentation of these videos. The spider being disassembled to show all of the entities being displayed, for instance; very nice touches to an already great video!

[@SweatyNoO0ob]

8:51 My god this is going the be absolutely horrifying when it’s fully done

[@Elecsupchi]

This is so great! The only kind of problem I see is that the little spider is making too much noise for its size, but else it is really nice looking, GG!

[@Tuna_the_shark]

5:29 don't hurt my boy ); 7:40 he so smol

[@gamenightfeldon2897]

See there was a reason I subscribed to you. The absolute quality of your work is insane.

[@ToReN36]

Oh, man, that looks so cool. It moves so realistically and physically. A couple years ago, I wouldn't have thought it would be possible to do that.. Awesome job

[@woodster605]

I'm actually speechless at how someone can code this into minecraft

[@Nobody-sp5wx]

9:45 bro rotated so fast he no clipped into the ground

[@megacaesyar8586]

Interesting....❤❤❤ Can you make it able to enter a sort of stealth mode when a 'Target' is detected where the bot lower it's body and maybe make less noisy sound when walking, and when near a 'Target' the bot lunges in a short speed burst. Also seing how it interact with water maybe you can made a version that can dive when in deep water like a diving bell spider or maybe instead walk on water like water striders No pressure though, Love your works ❤❤❤

[@AaronSchilling-e3z]

8:33 another unexpected

[@stormbreaker_101]

THE CREATURES GET UPDATED! i love them so much. they're beautiful. they feel like they'd fit right into Portal (especially with the basic white body), or perhaps alongside the Virabots from Animator vs Animation. AND THEYRE RIDABLE MOUNTS!! (you exploded the teeny tiny one T_T)

[@Nafiur13]

Literally the coolest thing I've ever seen in minecraft. Shaders and High res resource packs are nothing compared to this!

[@Vinnidict]

Hitting the small spider with the orbital laser was necessary and noble

[@aabadiyfirmaanfaizal2190]

You shuold give them they're own unique AI tbh, that would be such a cool mod if you were to release it.

[@AOSP-is-still-Linux]

It is already open source and available on GitHub

[@pokemonmasterdevillan4999]

It's not a mod at all it's all command blocks

[@MaxonTheGoofyGoober]

​@@pokemonmasterdevillan4999You can compile command blocks into a datapack, and then compile the datapack into a mod.

[@meowdyxyz]

​@@pokemonmasterdevillan4999It's a plugin

[@AOSP-is-still-Linux]

@pokemonmasterdevillan4999 That's also not true, it is a plugin

[@Borispocalypse]

The boxy variant looks like something out of aperture science

[@creeperawman1431]

watching the spider get hit is like watching those boston dynamic vids before they stopped hitting the robots

[@MysticalRainbow]

i have no words this is amazing i saw one of your spider short a few months back but it was it and today your video show up on my home page and i had do check this out

[@yannismc4113]

The effect at 9:33 kinda makes me want to see you make Ramiel from Evangelion

[@annalyrics7234]

this is just amazing! wish you could make more protypes 💗

[@fedend_]

Now it needs a gun on top to look like mechs form Eighty SIx. Great work btw, i love it so much!

[@woodster605]

7:50 bro I had food in my mouth and almost spat it all over my pc

[@raysr6112]

It's my dream to see this become a minecraft mod of some sort, it would be the best looking mobs ever, even better than the Ice and Fire's dragons

[@Dan-km8je]

this is still the most insane thing i've seen accomplished in this game

[@Bebeu4300]

It's always very interesting and fun to watch your videos. I love the calm explanations of what things you tried and how you did everything. I also really love the clips of you just messing about with extreme values and the clips of the wonky prototypes.

[@zembaproductions]

a jumping mechanism would make this more menacing than it already is

[@astroturfisadude]

waittt

[@astroturfisadude]

firee idea

[@Ben_Johnson_]

This is one of the coolest things I've ever seen in minecraft. I've been keeping up with you since the first video on this topic. Amazing work, keep it up!

[@Salami_Hunter]

Loving the series! Could you recreate some of the creatures from Rain World? They all move procedurally and are fairly simple. I think it would really fit it!

[@slugcatsu]

There is actually Rain World in Minecraft development and I think it's going to include creatures!

[@Sheet_Ghost]

you make by far the coolest and most innovative things outside of mods, keep it up, your stuff is ridiculously cool

[@illegal.argument]

the designs remind me of aperture science/portal so much... i'd love to see a sentry turret like this maybe even glados could look really creepy too with all the angular bending

[@chameleondemeleon9642]

Even though I have no idea what any of this means, I love this series!

[@suspicioussand]

All of this basically means cool spider go brrrr

[@ScareSans]

Every time I think you've perfected this, you release another video increasing the quality of it tenfold. I feel like next time I check in, you'll have given it dynamic locational damage physics or something. Also, I love Quaternion Rotation Prototype. He's trying his best.

[@vtdolgai497]

I can't tell if you were just bored or you're just absolutely insane. I can not even comprehend how this works. Huge props to you for making this.

[@cube3558]

1:01 it looks like a spidertron

[@jeleboba]

Frfr

[@matthewboire6843]

Yeah

[@auxin903]

I am SO happy you keep working on these little guys. I love them so much

[@AriWobbles]

I absolutley love this project! Im super hyped to be running from some of these in a creepy factory! Some things I would suggest: The robot flops around as it falls instead of falling like it was keyframed. A variation that tries to kill you. Giving it the ability to crouch, so it can squeeze into 1 block gaps. Pet varient with 4 legs and a tail :3. Maybe a bit of pathplanning so it doesn't run into walls?

[@xislomega242]

The cloak is done stunningly well! The fact that on top of that it adapts to the player POV is MIND-BLOWING, THOUGH!

[@NICK....]

this series made me realize that minecraft is almost the perfect game for procedural animations since it's a sandbox it's very hard to make a mob feel smart or threatening without breaking the "mobs don't break blocks" rule mojang has (creepers and endermen don't count ig), most of them can be rendered entirely harmless by dropping them in a 2 block deep hole or pillaring up past their reach. this isn't a mistake or an oversight of course, minecraft isn't about PvE. But still, ik mobs would be a really unique challange

[@davidstohlmann5138]

I love that you show the goofiness of this creation. Not just the genius. like how the creation freaks out with exaggerated reactions to being struck by a trident

[@memetech-]

4:27 I like the way it looks like it's trying anyway and failing realistically, slipping and falling back lol

[@That_Damn_Plaid_Ram]

Not only are you an incredible modder, programmer, fx designer, you're also a crazy good 3D artist. You sir are the definition of underrated your work is incredible!

[@suspicioussand]

This fully vanilla spider looks better than many mods wtf

[@SeanStClair-cr9jl]

Beautiful work! That camo was mind-blowing 4:31 I think... it's time for some evolutionary algorithms

[@Am_Cookie2436]

Nothing short of bloody amazing

[@moneygrowslikegrass]

This is genuinely one of the best minecraft mods ive ever seen. It still has the smoothness of vanilla with this strange futuristic feel of mods.

[@Tool970]

I remember watching the first video you made about this with the basic four black spider legs walking about, can't believe it's come this far, bravo!

[@ApacheC]

god this is incredible, i've always loved procedural animations and this is just perfect in terms of, well, that. if this was like, a neoforge procedural leg library, i could see so many uses for it

[@memetech-]

7:16 KZbinr kills robot spider with trident

[@memetech-]

Then proceeds to find and destroy a child

[@hudumannaia]

I love this! No overreacting its truly a big deal, big project! Bravo! 👏👏

[@GoogleEyes64]

This is so cool! Keep it up!!!

[@BobzBlue]

Another day, another [Guardian Music Intensifies]

[@ThatOne-y5z]

Bro... This is awesome, I've literally watched every video of yours to figure out how the hell you did it, if you don't become the new owner of Minecraft I will protest for you! 🔥GG🔥

[@Zangetsu789ify]

this is so insanely cool. the constant refinement and technical demos. ahhhh just too cool!

[@Jajo_nomi]

5:40 reminds of how they would test the balance of the robot at Boston's dynamics.

[@6A31]

This never fails to amaze me, every Version of this, alone the math and kinematics must be insane

[@kait3n10]

9:06 This one looks like it came out of Aperture Science

[@AboNoder]

These animations are soooo satisfying to watch, also I suggest you to slow down the spider speed when players mount it so the spider movement and terrain climbing is more clear and the rider could appreciate the procedural animations.

[@matthewboire6843]

This video just randomly came to my recommended and my so glad it did! Pro cider almost there animation is so cool and I never expected to see it in Minecraft!

[@ИльяМитяев-г4ы]

Please make this spider so that it can cause damage to players and mobs, and it will be JUST GREAT

[@russellsproutser8308]

this guy uploading is the best thing for me this whole month

[@Moonfall360]

Hey there I said this on a old video but Someone made the entire Rainworld Map if you got the map from them you could make the lizards Great content by the way Keep it up!

[@DragonDePlatino]

I like how much life they were given by being able to look at the player. If you want to make them seem even more alive, you could give them a small chance of glancing at nearby entities every now and then.