Spherical Portal

[@ninjacat230]

this ALMOST makes sense

[@user-gm3wi1rt8r]

essentially everything he does *almost* makes sense lol

[@columbus8myhw]

The first one's so strange because it looks like we're not going through it at all (though the brick looks like it is)

[@ZenoRogue]

It is like if you were going along the Equator, and there were some towers on the poles (that you could still see for some reason). You move, but the towers are always in the same position.

[@thatguyyouknowtheone4073]

this is probably the hardest-to-understand video so far, unfortunately. is there some sort of demo we could check out?

[@ZenoRogue]

Added a link to the playable demo to the description. (Press 'o', 'o', 'c' to access the scene at 0:00.)

[@StefanReich]

Nooo idea what's going on

[@williammanning5066]

If the developer of HyperRogue says something is "quite hard to grasp", then it's probably complex enough to drive Cthulhu mad.

[@johnathanegbert9277]

This is probably what the inside of a fifth-dimensional eldritch abomination looks like.

[@kagamine353]

The music choice really surprised me but it fits so well lol. I love how playful the song is but then there’s a few unsettlingly off kilter moments 😊

[@c64cosmin]

Weird how far away place are also super close, interesting how our minds can conceptualize something we weren't supposed to work with.

[@lottieratworld]

love these recent experiments with portals! keep up the great work :)

[@Adam-zt4cn]

My mortal mind was not meant to comprehend this. But it does sort of make sense. I understand why in the first clip it looks like as if we're not going through the portal, even though we are.

[@Kaiveran]

Hmm...could this be exploited to create worlds that are both positively curved _and_ boundless? (I guess it depends on the order)

[@columbus8myhw]

Yeah, the first one could connect as many worlds as you want. The *quickest path between two distant worlds involves walking up to the edge of the portal and spinning around it a bunch of times

[@ZenoRogue]

You cannot get a connected complete manifold with spherical geometry larger than a sphere. Here the manifold is not complete, because the space inside the portal is not consistently defined. But yeah, if you do not want complete, it can go infinitely large.

[@Isaac-ph5co]

sure it is very trippy but i dont like because of that, i like because its well made

[@Guitareben]

This is mental, wow!

[@fuzzytheduck]

I don’t understand why people bother with drugs when there’s stuff like this on the Internet

[@johnathanegbert9277]

Pipe down, you don't want the people taking Ramblin' Evil Mushroom spores to hear you.

[@einekartoffel2490]

I love your stuff.

[@Inversion10080]

It looks like they are all based on the 120 - cell, except the last one, which is based on the 600 - cell. Is this correct?

[@ZenoRogue]

Indeed -- the loop is based on the 120-cell, and the knotted one is based on the 600-cell.

[@Criz454]

this scares me

[@mookiibookii3496]

Nice sekibanki pfp

[@woulfhound]

I can't help but think of the warp from WH 40K.

[@roccoleader279]

What is a berger sphere?

[@hiccupwarrior89]

it's a sphere meat out of meat, bread and sometimes cheese

[@tultrapfighter]

"Your dreams have meaning" My dreams:

[@tubebrocoli]

I am very confused

[@jpcaldwell2]

Having trouble getting the executable file to work. Great project

[@ZenoRogue]

Thanks! Some people say that enabling the Vista compatibility mode helps.

[@-_Nuke_-]

The more I look at it the weirder it gets XD

[@columbus8myhw]

Where do you get your music from?

[@stl-xx5rq]

The music is from his own game Hyperrogue which is a Rogue-like set in a hyperbolical space.

[@columbus8myhw]

stl 1988 Did he compose it?

[@ohlordhebacc220]

@@columbus8myhw no

[@columbus8myhw]

Ah, I see: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oonLqWefaKyMbbs

[@ZenoRogue]

Yeah, this is the "Laboratory" theme from the HyperRogue soundtrack, composed by Shawn Parrotte. Most videos with sounds use something from the HyperRogue soundtrack, I forgot to add explanation this time.

[@SuperPanoply]

This would have broken Lovecraft.

[@nekomimicatears]

KZbin?? What???