Snake Game on Split Flap Display!!

We programmed the classic game of Snake to run on a Split Flap Display.
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[@quint1715]

Imagine how loud this gets around score: 50

[@15Redstones]

Not actually any louder. The number of changing displays per second doesn't change with the length of the snake.

[@quint1715]

@@15Redstones thanks.. now 18+ people know I’m a fraud

[@topaz-rn]

As loud as this 00:03

[@quint1715]

@@topaz-rn guy above you got that covered

[@Bobby11]

@@15Redstones Why wouldnt it change? the entire length of the snake changes constantly so each new one will increase the total ?

[@DailyDoseOfInternet]

:)

[@LeviathanTamer31]

Oooh, wonder when this will pop up now.

[@Mikelica69]

Hiiii

[@piggyporkerboo]

hello everyone this is YOOOOOOUUUUUUUUURRRRRRR daily dose of internet

[@lucymac4403]

I hope this makes it into one of your video’s

[@insxrtnxme64_22]

this would fit very well on one of your vids

[@superarno121]

Since you can display text on it, I would use it to create a text based game like colossal-cave-adventure. I think the flapping sound it makes when it's slowly writing a sentence would sound very cool!

[@anonandon71]

Why this doesn't have over a million views baffles me.

[@OatFoundry]

Appreciate you checking it out - more to come!

[@airborne2876]

It will just give the algorithm time to find this one.

[@lilcalculator5109]

cause likes are off

[@graealex]

The explanation is that most of the videos on this channel don't work well with the algorithm. KZbin is penalizing the channel for having Cannabis content. Also penalizing this video for the missing like/dislike counter.

[@alinepiroutek8932]

Just wait

[@stephenb.8381]

This should be the new definition of awesome! Unfortunately, I've only seen flap displays as line number indicators on subway cars, but nowhere else. They definitely should be used more often for their iconic look and feel.

[@OatFoundry]

Glad you like Split Flaps! We've been building them for a ton of use cases from museums to breweries.

[@stephenb.8381]

@George Corbul Indeed, this type of displays is closely associated with airports. However, the last time I was at an airport (around 2015), they only used LCD screens. Surely, they might have been there earlier, but the only other time I've been at an airport is almost two decades ago, so I can't remember seeing them anymore...

[@krokok.977]

@@stephenb.8381 Frankfurt (Germany) still has one giant split flap display. But they need higher maintenance. They only keep it for the look and the tradition.

[@ccllvn]

@@OatFoundry can you make a split flap TV? basically this with a hdmi input and some controller to convert the display image of a PC to ASCII. then you could play GTA V on it or watch a movie on the split flap screen lmao

[@justaguycalledjosh]

I've seen a hybrid system used on some older buses here in the UK, they use a flip disc display

[@BoSaidSo]

*"The numbers Mason, What do they mean?"*

[@youreawesome1251]

Commenting before this vid hits everybody’s recommended list.

[@megakoni1]

Too late bro

[@cmyk8964]

Wheel of Fortune deserves to be played on this

[@Need_A_New_Game]

I could never go back to playing this game normally

[@ExcelTutorials1]

This is dope bro!!!

[@lpt2606]

looks sick

[@zsk8301]

That is sick :) Well done !!!

[@RandomStuff-rc3rd]

The sound is awesome 😍

[@Noah-gw9cg]

This is amazing

[@UltraGamma25]

This is awesome

[@alex7602]

Let me know when this gets recommended to an insane amount of people

[@trof4904]

Next, bad apple on this. Looks nice, i love it!

[@muriithi2044]

Yes Bad Apple

[@LukeEdwin]

That is soo cool! So much Nostalgia for me to. Subscribed!

[@intelboydj1]

Really Cool game LOL!!!

[@florianinside5666]

What a machine!

[@OatFoundry]

Check out the full build! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pafUhaapZZx-ers&ab_channel=OatFoundry

[@Lexitivium]

NICE! I LOVE IT!!!!

[@huntsbychainsaw5986]

That's awesome.

[@deepansharya1111]

O man you got to be kidding me that's awesome! 😲

[@Craig_Spurlock]

The mechanical noise is oddly satisfying!

[@i_cam]

Ohhhh no, this is recommended now. Someone will have bad apple running on it in a week

[@gurragaming4888]

Will it run doom?

[@OatFoundry]

LOVE IT AND WE'LL TRY!!!

[@blaskkaffe]

This is my jam!

[@ValugaTheLord]

Now this is some gamer refresh rate

[@EllipticGeometry]

This is great! An interesting touch is that horizontal steps are faster than vertical steps, to equalize overall speed at this non-square pixel aspect ratio. Not sure I’d have done that because I favor a consistent rhythm. Also mind that the tail’s speed becomes nonsensical.

[@PoIiwag]

"Why is your zoom camera so bad?" My laptop:

[@19DMartinez98]

Man this needs to be at a museum

[@jean-christophebriolin8989]

This is pure genius 😂

[@Underscore23]

Sick!

[@julienwongjuinrey6868]

CYberpunk would have this in high schools

[@sarangvs2326]

This is so wholesome

[@BIGSCREENQUIZ]

This is very cool 😎 #IWantOne

[@poisenbery]

thats cool

[@schweresleichtmachen4269]

Cool😳👍🏻

[@RioChandra]

this video will blow upon 7 years later

[@notkeehan]

Nice

[@Xenerus]

The only time I saw a split flap display was in Harry Potter. Now this is interesting! Good work, you have my like.

[@garge7676]

.. Me likey. This is sick.

[@roykale9141]

this is going to blow up mark my words

[@r3ked272]

now make it run bad apple

[@TheDivinos]

This is YOUR daily dose of internet

[@MrFrambooise]

I was about to not ask why this doesn't have a milion more views, but someone else did...

[@SalemFU]

I 'read' (more like disorientingly observed) that title and was genuinely concerned for a moment there that I might be having a medical emergency...

[@TinyMaths]

Not too long ago finished programming original Snake using Javascript. Literally two days ago finished programming my first web page flip clock. My brain: " hmmmm, this looks so interesting; wonder how they did that?" Me " ... Don't you even think about it brain..... no way are you attempting this..." Anyway, brilliant project and hilarious idea - I can't begin to imagine how you guys went about programming the game...

[@OatFoundry]

Now time to put them together😎

[@smorzYT]

I'm gonna say it... *Can you play Bad Apple on it?*

[@AyukiAkiba]

this

[@jpsalis]

How does the display get driven, is each pixel just given a position to go to by some sort of display driver? Fascinating tech.

[@jackmcslay]

"Press Select to Start" So, what did the programmer thing the 'Start' button was for?

[@T.J]

He thought the start button was made to select

[@yeong126]

Perhaps the start button was tied to 'pause' command and they didn't wanna mess with it

[@DefaultDenault]

This is great! I wonder if you could get pac-man to run on this?

[@Eralen00]

is the horizontal and vertical speed calibrated to account for the variation in distance between the "pixels" ?

[@Hybridhero26]

Algorithm. Get to work and make this guy famous.

[@yasithanjana4713]

That is coooooooooooooooooooooooool. One day I wanna make that tooooo

[@PNCNDNOB]

Cool.. :D

[@Pickelhaube808]

The numbers, Mason

[@ingussilins6330]

Sounds like a rattlesnake :D

[@PhoenixStudios92]

How the hell is this not in The Smithsonian?

[@ohmslaw6856]

I wonder how much power is being dissipated on the startup lol

[@NQUSTN]

What's the refresh rate on that monitor?

[@onelikeandidie]

Higher refresh rate than my monitor

[@luddzor7645]

see you guys in a couple of years when the youtube algorithm brings us together

[@MERKWAUN87]

Where can I buy one of these?

[@nagasaipurvaz4251]

I like how they just stored number which snake eat rather than easy routine

[@ErokLobotomist]

Super cool. It almost belongs in a Fallout game lol

[@herbiehusker1889]

Now port Doom to it.

[@Anastas1786]

So are the spinning character segments just a "phantom snake" to help you get your bearings, and it's only the solid segments that count?

[@catprog]

The spining characters are the disaply going back to blank.

[@jaydevsingh3067]

Mechanical display Seeeeeesh

[@Okiknox321]

Time to blow out the cartridge

[@andymcleary]

Who would dislike this?

[@myeyeshurt9328]

See you in Million views

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

Super duper impractical, but impressive nonetheless.

[@anytorp]

Mom: dont look at The screen. Me :

[@maik1982]

genius

[@bawk2boom]

Wife: what did he do at work, probably cheating i knew it

[@AhahiGaming]

Is that the matrix ?

[@RenegadeScooter]

But can it play Bad Apple?

[@crapsist2013]

Did they accept to make it?

[@Thesavagesouls]

It looks so cool. Why have you hiden the like/dislikes ?

[@dense9937]

JUST SAYING THAT I WAS HERE BEFORE IT STARTED TO GET RECOMENDED TO EVERYONE

[@23jewfan]

What I see when I am trying to find my flight in an international Airport.

[@growingup15]

ok thats cool. Thank you KZbin Algorithm

[@yay4this]

Hard on the eyes

[@DirectorHMAN]

Can it run Crysis?

[@kevinthomson6324]

This makes me miss my 2001 Nokia phone

[@gyrenrockz]

can it run doom?

[@ItsJustWolff]

But can it play bad apple?

[@GierlangBhaktiPutra]

I wish they increase the refresh rate for better gaming experience

[@uh3what]

You could do bad apple on this...

[@superarno121]

There is a small bug, the 'pixel' where you pick up the food doesn't start shuffling when the snake eats it so it doesn't look like it's part of the snake But great work!

[@DataBroth]

from what I can tell, the shuffling tail of the snake isn't actually part of the snake. you can see the full white blocks of the snake grow as it eats X's the white block is the next in line after the blank squares, but to go back to blank it has to go through every character I don't believe this display can go back and forth between characters, which is why it has to go through everything when the snake eats the X, it shuffles back to the blank position, but because it's starting at X it cycles through faster so I think more so the shuffling isn't part of the snake, but is pixels "dimming" down

[@estwern]

is this for sale?

[@OatFoundry]

Oatfoundry.com/split-flap

[@rainingcatsandjune]

Bad apple when?

[@Shiruvan]

4k? 2k? 1080? nah, SPLIT FLAPS

[@bdot02]

Is this one of those products where if you don't know how much it costs already you won't be able to afford it?

[@aetheralmeowstic2392]

Now play Pokémon Red Version on a 160x144 one.

[@happyinsideg]

What are the numbers mason WHAT DO THEY MEAN

[@shayan69]

Now play Bad Apple!! on it

[@JoshAndBooze]

But can it run Crysis?

[@kuronekogaming8378]

Pls, Tetris! I love Tetris!