Jade Deckers Chain Reaction ArchiveIn my life, I've given up long, restful days of open space for busy, jam-packed days of action and inevitable exhaustion, only to return back to the former, and though it can get tiresome and it's hard to notice, let me tell you - there's beauty to be seen in every single second of it. Of your life, of mine, no matter how busy or how sparse it gets.
This is my most expressive domino video yet. Not only is the whole concept of this video something that reflects my state of mind, but I feel that the setups themselves really illustrate my thoughts, emotions, and memories through a labyrinth of colourful patterns and designs. I focussed a lot more on self-expression in this video, and I feel that these are my most well thought out setups with the most natural pacing and flow I've ever achieved. I encourage all of you, when you are building your own chain reactions (or any other form of art), consider how you can really put your feelings into what you are creating - it makes all the difference and you will be rewarded with something that you truly feel represents you.
An enormous thank you to Flash Domino for collaborating with me on this project, I think this is my best video yet and I wouldn't have been able to do it without you, you are so amazing and thank you for everything you do (He also did the editing - look at those slick af transitions, mmmmMM)
Thank you to everyone who sticks around over my long periods of inactivity and continue supporting me, you mean so much to me! More videos coming soon, I hope!
Whoever you are, I hope you have a beautiful day, and remember to take good care of yourself :)
These Setups Become Progressively More CompactJade Deckers Chain Reaction Archive2020-04-01 | In my life, I've given up long, restful days of open space for busy, jam-packed days of action and inevitable exhaustion, only to return back to the former, and though it can get tiresome and it's hard to notice, let me tell you - there's beauty to be seen in every single second of it. Of your life, of mine, no matter how busy or how sparse it gets.
This is my most expressive domino video yet. Not only is the whole concept of this video something that reflects my state of mind, but I feel that the setups themselves really illustrate my thoughts, emotions, and memories through a labyrinth of colourful patterns and designs. I focussed a lot more on self-expression in this video, and I feel that these are my most well thought out setups with the most natural pacing and flow I've ever achieved. I encourage all of you, when you are building your own chain reactions (or any other form of art), consider how you can really put your feelings into what you are creating - it makes all the difference and you will be rewarded with something that you truly feel represents you.
An enormous thank you to Flash Domino for collaborating with me on this project, I think this is my best video yet and I wouldn't have been able to do it without you, you are so amazing and thank you for everything you do (He also did the editing - look at those slick af transitions, mmmmMM)
Thank you to everyone who sticks around over my long periods of inactivity and continue supporting me, you mean so much to me! More videos coming soon, I hope!
Whoever you are, I hope you have a beautiful day, and remember to take good care of yourself :)Snufkin in Dominoes (ft. Snufkin)Jade Deckers Chain Reaction Archive2023-06-08 | when you talk about what you miss about dominoes, you don’t talk about the setups or the videos themselves — you miss this culture around video calling — building and knocking things down with friends on a call. but when we watch the video of all those people making that huge field together, the actual finished thing they made is so boring, but the process and the people are so interesting — i can totally see how everyone there would want to come out and help with that.
but i imagine that’s frustrating, working in an art form where the actual thing you present emotionally reflects so little of what you’re feeling and thinking about while making it.
what is the actual art you experienced here? was it the dominoes themselves, or the culture and people around them?
“some of the museum is very old, and some of it is very new, and all of it is right together […] it doesn’t revere history, and it doesn’t ignore history. it reflects back on what’s been done before, it builds on it using modern advances, and all the while, keeps a cautious eye turned turned to the future. it’s proud of it’s roots, but it’s more proud of where it’s headed now because of them.”
Thank you.Our Part in Domino World 2021Jade Deckers Chain Reaction Archive2021-09-25 | A Pygmalion with a big reputation holds the power to transform a simple domino setup into a canyon of pity and confusion.
Special thanks to The 1975 & The Scary Jokes for being awesome bands who inspired this project, as well as various wonderful spiralling chaos people in our life who have inspired and supported us. Thank you for everything!
Scenes: Act I, Scene I - The Beginning 0:00 Act I, Scene II - An Upbringing 1:02 Act I, Scene III - Destructive Intent 1:24 Act I, Scene IV - Lost in Confusion 2:24 Act I, Scene V - Returning Home in Fear 2:59
Act II, Scene I - Regaining Dignity 3:20 Act II, Scene II - Harmony 3:43 Act II, Scene III - Adventure 4:22 Act II, Scene IV - Self-Discovery 4:42 Act II, Scene V - Self-Acceptance 5:27
Epilogue - Returning Home in Peace 5:53
A Domino Odyssey is a short film that explores the musicality, rhythms, energies, and emotions of domino toppling. Through synchronizing our setups to an emotionally diverse piece of music, we have illustrated how different setups can represent different moods, as well as visualizing the overall journey of the music. It's our biggest, most ambitious chain reaction project ever, so we hope you will enjoy! :) :D :3
As for how this project came to be, this has been an idea that has been brewing in the back of our mind since early 2017, when we did our Musically Timed Screenlink collaboration with Flash Domino. (youtube.com/watch?v=6lmMYIV43kk) We loved making this video, but it felt like just an inkling of what was truly possible, since we had to change our style a lot for that video. I knew we would want to collaborate with Flash Domino again, and in 2020 we did, and These Setups Become Progressively More Compact was created (which was also a video concept we had in the back of our mind since as early as 2016!)
However, that was only one part of the puzzle - we wanted to explore the idea of syncing music to domino videos further. What if instead of matching every note/beat to something in the dominoes, we focussed more on the artistic side of music? How the song makes you feel, how it generally progresses? I knew that if we were to ever re-visit this idea, it would be to this piece of music you hear in this video: "Dark Matter Suite" by 1f1n1ty & sheddy. But it was the kind of idea that was brushed aside because it would obviously take forever and be way too ambitious.
Last summer, Double Domino contacted us about working on a project together (as it was a prize for winning my contest with his video Incredible Domino Ideas), and the idea was brought back to life, and started taking form. We planned the whole screenlink and spent the next 10 or so months constructing everything you see here. It has been so rewarding seeing this old idea finally manifest itself, and this video was a blast to work on.
Double Domino is an amazing builder and has been such a joy to work with for all these months. He's not only been such a kind and supportive friend, but he is insanely skilled at what he does, and his dedication is nuts. If we were ever at a low point during the building process, watching his clips would always light us back up and get us motivated again. This video would have never been possible without him.
Lastly, happy two years of Incredible Domino Ideas. I can't believe this video has been out for that long, but at the same time it makes sense, it has manifested itself as a classic in the community :) For the last time - Incredible Domino Ideas is a beautiful work of art, please go watch it!!!
Thank you for everything, see yu next time!!!!! :D :3Taylor Swift Plays Clarinet in a High School Marching BandJade Deckers Chain Reaction Archive2021-04-18 | "I think we grow up thinking the only love that counts as true love is the kind that lasts forever or is fully realized. When you have a broken heart, the first thing a stranger will ask is ‘how long were you two together?’ As if your pain can be determined by how long you were with someone. Or if you were with them at all. I don’t think that’s how it works. I think unrequited love is just as valid as any other kind. It’s just as crushing and just as thrilling.
No matter what happens in this situation, I want you to remember that what you are doing is selfless and beautiful and kind. You are loving someone purely because you love them, not because you think you’ll ever have your affections reciprocated. You are admiring something for its beauty, without needing to own it. Feel good about being the kind of person who loves selflessly. I think someday you’ll find someone who loves you in that exact same way.”
- Taylor Swift, in response to HannahProtanopiaJade Deckers Chain Reaction Archive2021-04-09 | A setup that attempts to simulate the experience of colourblindness.
Colourblindness affects about 8% of the population. This domino setup is intended to demonstrate to people with regular vision how colourblind people see the world, and give viewers with colourblindness the chance to experience a setup in the exact same way as they would if they had regular vision (except for the back corner, which makes use of the full colour spectrum)
Special thanks to @joelsinventions for inspiring this setup with his comment on our last video, and for being open about his colourblindness and helping us figure out the right palette for this video. You rock Joel :D
Disclaimer: this only applies specifically to protanopia, which is colourblindness in which where the red cones are absent, but there are many types of colour blindness and everyone's eyes are a bit different.
Thanks for watching :) :3Domino Rally 17Jade Deckers Chain Reaction Archive2021-03-25 | もう少しで、運命の向こう~ A few setups we've made in the past year! These were all super fun/thearaputic to make. Hope u enjoy :D
We've had clips laying around for years now, and I thought it was about time we finally made another Domino Rally video with them. The Domino Rally series will always be special because they were the first videos of dominoes we ever got into (both watching and creating). Lily/Hevesh5's were particularly inspiring, because she didn't use very many dominoes in the setups, but still made them really fun to watch, making us think as a 10 year old child - hey! I could probably do that! Now we're almost 17. Wow, time flies. And it's the 17th episode! How rambunctious!
I am aware the series has progressed far beyond what it originally was on my channel, which I'm proud of, but also a little bittersweet. Part of me wishes we could go back to that time again, when we were just learning.. but then I realize we are always learning! And there's so much to look forward to in the future! Soo, hopefully this video can capture a little bit of the original charm of older Domino Rally videos while showing where our style is moving forwards from here on out. :)
HUGE shoutout to LandonGMD for making this amazing GD level with this song. If you're into Geometry Dash at all, this is worth your time, it's genuinely heartwarming. youtube.com/watch?v=46IzwCAaydU
Super happy to finally release this one :) This will be the last year we do this so you'd better get your nose pierced and enjoy! Some of our best reviews and videos yet! Thanks everyone who helped make this recap possible! It's been such an incredible year for the growth of chain reactions!
Enormous thank you to Brady for editing the video and also helping so much with organizing the data (as well as Derek too!)
Long live chain reaction art :)Iona Beach AscensionJade Deckers Chain Reaction Archive2021-02-09 | A tribute to a remote beach where some friends and I used to hang out :3 Special thanks to one oh one, Brady and Blues, the LGBTQ community, and scary bike gang (!!!). You guys rock.
Over 7 years ago, a video called "Insane Domino Tricks" by Hevesh5 & midobo was uploaded to YouTube, and has since been one of the most iconic and well-known domino videos in the world. With its simple techniques and beautiful presentation, for many of us, it was our very first introduction to stylistic domino building as we know it. In this video, myself and 27 other builders have each recreated one clip from Insane Domino Tricks, expanding on the idea their own style to show what this video may have looked like if it had been made today. Sit back and enjoy the show!
Thank you so much to everyone who helped by making a part in this project and for being so creative with how you interpreted the prompt. It was such a delight to see so many different approaches to the theme, and you all did a fantastic job. I'm overjoyed to be able to showcase all sides of domino building in this video!
If you're a builder and you weren't in this, don't worry! There will definitely be more chances in the future, and there are always collaborations going on all around the community. It's up to you to put yourself out there! ;) In this video, there were only a finite amount of spots available, and interest was actually much higher than I expected so yea :3
Join the Domino & Machine Discord server if you're interested in connecting with other chain reaction enthusiasts! #h5dominocommunity discord.gg/aGhQNUeHKw
The idea for this collaboration was inspired by the re-animated Battle For Dream Island maps! Thanks so much to BFDI for all the inspiration over the years! BFDI 1a+1b Reanimated: youtube.com/watch?v=8R2TV3jZq6Y
Take care and keeping finding inspiration in new and old places alike! :D Long live chain reaction art ;)Best of Twig - 2019/2020Jade Deckers Chain Reaction Archive2020-12-22 | Here's some stuff I did in the last two years!! Thank you so, so much to everyone who sticks around and tunes in to my videos :3 Merry chrimmas!
Watch Incredible Domino Ideas by Double Domino, the most important video uploaded during this 2-year span: youtube.com/watch?v=I6bVMlLSfhg
Several videos currently in progress, there are actually so many things I built in 2020 that aren't in this video haha. Hopefully I will be able to show them off in near future :O thanks again!
MADE IN IMOVIE 2009 BUT I MIGHT UPGRADE TO 2010 FOR THE NEXT ONETwigs Timing Tricks! (13 Builders Collab Close-Up)Jade Deckers Chain Reaction Archive2020-09-21 | This is a Rube Goldberg/chain reaction machine I made for a huge machine collab featuring 12 other builders, hosted by the legendary Sirgabealot G! It was very challenging to construct as there were so many different paths that all had to be timed exactly right, which I tried to show in this video. I'm very pleased with the end result, and I haven't uploaded a complex chain reaction machine like this on my channel since 2017! I was a 13 year-old child!!
Stats: Date of Completion: 9/11/20 Total Fails: 76 Total Working Takes: 2 Difficulty: Extremely Challenging Estimated Build Time: 2 weeks Favourite Trick: Timed Mukmuk Launch
Sorry this mini-screenlink is very incredibly rushed and not that good, but maybe it'll be a bit nostalgia for some of my older videos haha. Trying to finish up a bunch of overdue projects right now as school is starting. The clips get progressively better as the video goes on :P
Love Me with All Your Heart (from the Moominvalley soundtrack) youtube.com/watch?v=Pj9FZKbjbV8The Insane Colourful Incredible Domino Ideas Gaming ScreenlinkJade Deckers Chain Reaction Archive2020-05-12 | This is a collab with the one and only Key Finder!!! :D we spent about 9 hours on this project so hope you enjoy please watch incredible domino ideasssss #dominowars2020
Well, here it is - my second installation of this annual top 10 series This took us a lot of work and I want to give a huge thank you to everyone who was involved in making this:
This is a machine that five of us built in one night after Domino World in the summer. Nicknamed "Ritardora Suicchi", this machine truly reflects the inner corruption of builders' minds after big events. If you observe closely, you can see many innovative ideas, like taping supports to a carpet, taping a banana to a wall, or using an enormous frog-clamp to guide a tiny piece of string. Regardless of if you want to take this seriously or not, we hope you enjoy :)
Built in Brady's basement, to his dismay. Special thanks to the terrible airlines for not letting Lyle fly back on the correct day and allowing him to witness this abomination in front of his eyes.
mukmuk is a clean healthy boyo now :)))) "May the incredible domino ideas be with you" -brady dolan 2020The Most Compact Domino Setup in the History of EverJade Deckers Chain Reaction Archive2019-08-28 | Hey :)
This is my new personal record for most dominoes set up containing over 99% of my domino collection. I spent all of August setting this up in my tiny bedroom, and the building process was incredibly challenging - at first I was stressed about how I was going to fit so many dominoes in such a confined building space to being terrified of running out of materials later on. If one thing is for sure, it's that after this setup, my respect for MarDominoes and anyone else who spends months on one setup has increased immensely; you've got serious dedication!
This video is dedicated to Flash Domino. Without him, this video would not exist, and every video from 2016 and onwards would be completely different. Thank you for the impact you have caused on my setups and my life ;)
With inspirations from: "Colorful Domino Commotion" by DaksDominos "The Most Destructive Domino Chain Ever" by Flash Domino "The Most Serene Domino Chain Ever" by Flash Domino "The Most Risky Domino Chain Ever" by Flash Domino "20,000 Dominoes - New Personal Record" by bpdoles "Domino Chaos 4" by MarDominoes
Incredible Domino Ideas is a beautiful work of art.Sanctuary of Dominoes 2Jade Deckers Chain Reaction Archive2019-07-12 | WHat be up domino fans! I'm sticktrickdominodude and i am buff af Also I am Twig and I stayed up until 6am building this setup which was a collaboration with Brady so you'd beeetter enjoy these sick launchy boys Built in less than 48 hours before Domino World, which is now currently in progress. We are excitement for that!
I've always wanted to do a top 10 list like this, but this is the first year I've actually done it, and wow, was it quite a lot of work, but it was worth it as this list is quite different from my own opinion. I organized a panel of twelve judges from across the community, who are listed below. Thank you to everyone who helped make this possible, and I hope you all enjoy this! And yes, this will become an annual series.
I will dedicate my life to Incredible Domino Ideas by Double DominoCollateral Conundrum: A Library-Wide Chain ReactionJade Deckers Chain Reaction Archive2019-01-05 | This is a two-day project myself and four other students from the GSS Domino Club built in our school's library. Thank you to the other builders: (Rowan Levens, Eliot Jakoy, Sam Bird and Hanson Ho) and to Mr. Jakoy for making the project possible. This was a very enjoyable setup to organize and work on!
Koraii - Cable Kid youtube.com/watch?v=TgoAACASLi8Best of Twig - 2018Jade Deckers Chain Reaction Archive2018-12-27 | In 2018, I went to my first live domino event taking place in Michigan, started at domino club at my high school, did in-person collaborations with some of my closest friends in the community, and gained over 1,000 subscribers and 500,000 total views. But none of this would have been possible without you, my lovely audience. Thank you for continuously supporting my channel, even if I haven't been the most active recently. My life is getting much busier and I've been unmotivated to do dominoes when I have spare time, so I didn't make too many domino videos this year. I hope I can be more active on this channel in 2019 and continue to grow my audience. Thank you for sticking with me, whether it has been since my BFDI in Dominoes or for the whole four years. :)
Another reason I haven't been too active on Twig is because of my two other channels. Please consider subscribing to those too!
"Incredible domino ideas - projects that come not just from the mind, but from the soul."Huge Domino Fail CompilationJade Deckers Chain Reaction Archive2018-09-30 | Heh...
NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS INCREDIBLE DOMINO IDEAS WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR YOUDomino Builder Tributes | 15,000 DominoesJade Deckers Chain Reaction Archive2018-09-27 | Sorry this video took so long to make, school is making me busier and I was also busy with other projects, blah blah blah the usual. Anyways I'm happy to get this out and congratulations to the winners who got tributes... make sure you subscribe to all of them because they are all newer and rising builders who are the ones who will be at the top perhaps when the older generation becomes more obsolete.. hope you enjoy this collection of projects. I think the final two are my two favourite setups I've built so far, or at least some of my favourites.
I literally just can't even with incredible domino ideas rn
mokSanctuary of DominoesJade Deckers Chain Reaction Archive2018-08-05 | My post-Domino World collaboration with Brady! We set up around 6,000 dominoes on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. Cool cool cool cocool
DOMINO WORLD COMES OUT AUGUST 11TH ON BPDOLES' AND DAKSDOMINOS' CHANNELS! DON'T MISS IT!Chain Reactions in BC & AlbertaJade Deckers Chain Reaction Archive2018-07-09 | 'Was on a road trip last week, so here is another "Chain Reactions in" video. Not as many random zoom-ins in this one, but plenty of MuKmUK!! Enjoy, like, comment, and subscribe, and if you're already subscribed, unsubscribe and subscribe again
Anyways, this is my first good level in Geometry Dash! Good as in possibly feature-worthy. I've been working on it on and off for six months. Also, to domino fans, don't worry, GD content is not going to become a thing on my channel. Only if I make a level I am really proud of. One more thing, there are a few bugs in the level shown in the video, but these have since been fixed and they should all be good now.
Thicc :3 Thanks to Derek and Alex for coming over, it was very cool to do a meetup! We hope you enjoy this +5000 domino setup we made in an afternoon/evening!
This is my personal record domino setup! Finally it's not Compact Colours anymore... Thank you everyone so much for supporting my videos, it's pretty cooool :D Also this was probably the most brutal falldown in all of domino history, it took nearly two hours between when the first and last dominoes fell, you can see how much the lighting changed. Those fail edits were insane, so expect an extras video this week or so ;)
What's a Future Funk? by LemKuuja youtube.com/watch?v=PbX5zPTfPXUBATTLE FOR DREAM ISLAND IN 30,000 DOMINOES!!!Jade Deckers Chain Reaction Archive2018-03-31 | I started this project almost two years ago and finally it has been completed. Brady and I are very happy to get it out! This screenlink contains over 30,000 dominoes and is one of our best projects ever. We very much hope you all enjoy and please consider subscribing for all of our hard work ^_^
fight cary10 INCREDIBLE Pivot Track Tricks (w/ DaksDominos)Jade Deckers Chain Reaction Archive2018-03-03 | Had to reupload so the video could be in HD ^_^ sorry about that This is a collaboration with DaksDominos about various ways pivot tracks can be used. Enjoy!
m u k m u kBest of Twig - 2017Jade Deckers Chain Reaction Archive2018-01-20 | Thank you all for watching these videos! This is a compilation of my favourite things I've built from 2017. okokokkokokokokok
Bossfight - Be Gone Mr. Gawne youtube.com/watch?v=74S2RwVaynIDominoPerson 5 contest entry 2017Jade Deckers Chain Reaction Archive2017-12-27 | This is my entry for DP5's screenlink contest, two of the clips I built today, and the other two were made over a year ago for BFDI in Dominoes, but never got used Promise that better videos will be coming soon :-)How to Show Your EmotionsJade Deckers Chain Reaction Archive2017-11-21 | I'd like to start making machines more frequently, and ones that don't fail over 300 times... Have fun watching this, nearly three months of work. A subscription would be very much appreciated :)
JJD & Marin Hoxha- Lift youtube.com/watch?v=6iZXsCNo-vkChain Reactions in ParisJade Deckers Chain Reaction Archive2017-09-01 | So I went to Paris for two weeks and of course I needed to bring my materials along because there were lots of historic sites I just needed to build at. Enjoy! AND YES I DIDN'T GET KICKED OUT FOR BUILDING ANYWHERE THIS TIME /:D
Hinkik - Guardian youtube.com/watch?v=oRm9t83r6cE27,000 DOMINOES - Majestic Domino Mayhem (DaksDominos, bpdoles, Twig & DominoPerson 5)Jade Deckers Chain Reaction Archive2017-08-05 | This is our entry for the Community Collaboration Contest 3.0. All the clips on the white-tiled floor are by me.