Super Cheap Katamari Damacy Soccer Ball Controller

[@BigRigCreates]

Now this is something I can roll with. Love it!

[@WithProfessorTom]

Ha! Well played!

[@kenworthunofficial1934]

i love the format of your vids dude, not a word spoken so we can bask in your genuis

[@WithProfessorTom]

Thanks! I try to keep them as visual as possible and hopefully convey how it works. I'm also not a fan of the sound of my own recorded voice.

[@mercury5003]

Namco should make a katamari arcade game with a mechanic like this.

[@WithProfessorTom]

I originally built this controller to play Armadillo Racing which is another Namco game from 1997. Those cabinets use something like a small bowling ball as a trackball and are a lot of fun to play - especially racing against friends.

[@Rabidsmiley665]

This is so awesome, you should be proud and this song will be in my head all day

[@xcrazysunshine]

I wanted something like this so bad when Katamari first came out in the US. Awesome work!

[@chrismcinnis3051]

Wow! Brilliant to use the deodorant rollers! My friends and I did something similar with a yoga ball but it was way more complicated and you got the same effect! Nice work!

[@WithProfessorTom]

Cheers! Do you have a link to your build?

[@chrismcinnis3051]

@@WithProfessorTom kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnSWfHeYjruVgbMsi=trQ90fWPB933Cbyg

[@chrismcinnis3051]

@@WithProfessorTom kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnSWfHeYjruVgbMsi=-RTZQ5QBnEb3z2Qd

[@chrismcinnis3051]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnSWfHeYjruVgbM

[@evanharrison4054]

You, sir, are a genius. My hat is off to you, I have not seen anything this amazing in years.

[@WithProfessorTom]

Cheers! If you haven't seen it you might enjoy this update: kzbin.info/www/bejne/naangX9jhs2KY6s

[@levirhoden]

Woo! This im was my Frist thought when I saw the armadillo race version. Glad to see it works!

[@BoushoC]

Thought this was a fantastic idea worth replicating until I realized you can't turn while using this control scheme, only strafing is possible. I wonder what adjustments would need to be made.

[@WithProfessorTom]

The button enables rotation but it currently doesn't do jump, quick turn, or dash. You could add extra buttons for jump and quick turn and use an action like shake for dash.

[@chrismcinnis3051]

Our hack for this problem was to use two mice - one to replace each thumbstick’s input. That let us get the sidestep and the turn to work (but it required going through a raspberry pi). We also had a much bigger ball, so it was more practical than it would be for your setup.

[@Jashmeenneemhsaj]

This arcade game would be CRAZY

[@WithProfessorTom]

I originally built the controller to play Armadillo Racing which is another Namco game from 1997. Those cabinets use something like a small bowling ball as a trackball and you can have up to 4 linked cabinets - it's a lot of fun. A Katamari cabinet with something similar would be very cool.

[@ArtEqualsLife]

I came here from an article written on Destructoid! This is so cool!

[@Mr._Pretzel_Roll]

THIS IS SO COOL

[@WithProfessorTom]

Cheers!

[@TheMoodyfire]

cool !!! im so glad the algorithm brought me to your video ^^

[@Snek42]

THEY DESERVE ALL THE LOVE!!!

[@9latinumStudioz]

Masterpiece 👌✨ get this man a patent 🤙

[@NateDoktor]

This looks so awesome.

[@endlesswanderer1753]

This is seriously cool, dude.

[@WithProfessorTom]

Cheers!

[@elsas9904]

THIS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING I LOVE IT

[@pr0x383]

I have a feeling, KZbin will randomly suggest this to people in a couple years... Now it has 10.677 views. I wonder what the time will show...

[@pr0x383]

Btw the Date is 01.11.2024 :)

[@simondrawsstuff]

This is fantastic!

[@DavidEssex2112]

You have a beautiful mind.

[@WithProfessorTom]

Cheers!

[@deezer8202]

I beg of you PLEASE put a full tutorial of this on your website I would love to play we love katamari with this thing

[@piinkdew]

THIS IS AMAZING ✌️✨

[@WithProfessorTom]

Thanks!☺

[@cronodob]

Amazing!

[@hoshii.8533]

Now make a life sized one please!

[@mariocrew2407]

One question: How do you do a charge and roll on that thing

[@WithProfessorTom]

Great question! Right now you can hold the button to rotate but it doesn't have jump, quick direction change, or charge/dash. Dash could be mapped to an action like a ball shake while extra buttons could be added for jump and 180 degree change.

[@autiomaa]

@@WithProfessorTom Or you could add a foot controller (commonly used for rally games and various accessibility tools), so that those extra actions would be done on the floor level (while this custom controller itself would focus on directions).

[@WithProfessorTom]

@@autiomaa An excellent suggestion!

[@Kyfow]

Awesome!!

[@bluebunnies165]

MASS CLUMP SOUL SPIRIT

[@jdng86]

But can it play Super Monkey Ball?

[@WithProfessorTom]

Watch this space...

[@dnakad5601]

欲しい

[@bandicoot7977]

天才w

[@WithProfessorTom]

谢谢！