How to mod any toaster to control pc games in 3 easy steps vexal 2015-01-10 | This video tutorial will explain how to mod any toaster to control your PC game or computer in just three easy steps. No engineering experience is required, it only takes a couple minutes, and this works for any toaster built in the past couple years. Demoed with the Brutal Doom mod for Doom. Features Oster and Hamilton Beach toasters.
How to mod your Porsche 911 or other car to run Doom in 3 easy steps vexal 2017-02-19 | This video tutorial will explain how to mod your Porsche 911 or other car to run Doom in just three easy steps. No engineering experience is required, it only takes a couple minutes, and this works for many different cars built in the last couple years.Demoed with Doom and Doom 2 with a 2017 Porsche 911 Carrera S Cabriolet.NOTE: This mod was tested and filmed entirely on privately-owned areas. Never attempt to run Doom on your Porsche 911 or other car on public roads.
PyToast A mechanical Python emulator in a toaster. vexal 2015-01-03 | This is PyToast, a mechanical Python programming language emulator built from a toaster. It is essentially a 1-bit mechanical computer which uses the toaster lever as a 1-bit ALU (the lever being high signifies a 1, the lever being low signifies a 0). The lever is attached via a string to a servo motor.It is attached to my computer via an FPGA board.
Web App Internet: Internet Revolution vexal 2014-06-22 | Myself and a team of individuals have created the next internet revolution -- the internet that runs as a web app.
Character Voxel Upgrade Test: Roguelike Dev video 7 vexal 2014-06-01 | This video demonstrates how the user can upgrade their character by placing blocks on top of existing blocks. The level of upgrade on a block is designated by the shimmering effect on it.
Roguelike Voxel Animation Test: Dev Video 6 vexal 2014-05-30 | This video shows a prototype of the animation system for my upcoming game. In addition to adding blocks to their character, the player can use the UI to animate all blocks on their character by selecting a frame and the state of the block at that frame. Animations must yield a valid model -- no overlapping blocks, and blocks must always be adjacent to at least one other block.
Procedural Terrain Generation vexal 2014-05-28 | This video shows a fast run through of my procedurally generated world. This is written in C++ using Direct3D11. It utilizes the algorithm Simplex Noise.http://vexal.us/Projects/TerrainGeneration/TerrainGeneration.html Link to full writeup.The terrain is generated on a separate thread, with an arbitrary number of threads. The terrain is essentially infinite, limited by the memory of the computer. Far away cells are unloaded and replaced with very low resolution cells.
Warcraft 3 Tetris vexal 2014-05-24 | This is a video of a Warcraft 3 custom map I made in 2003 of the game Tetris. It was my first programming project.
Rogue Lite Platformer Development Video 4 vexal 2014-05-22 | This video demonstrates a short combat prototype. When a character's blue heart block is destroyed, the character dies. The green blocks are turrets. When a character takes damage, blocks no longer connected are destroyed.The second half of the video shows how the player can make their character stronger by placing blocks from their inventory onto their character.
Game Engine Ship Thruster AI Demonstration vexal 2014-05-21 | This video shows an AI ship in my game engine attempting to stabilize itself after performing stunts and having large balls thrown at it. The ship's movement is all based on physics from its thrusters.This video also shows the terrain generation in my game engine using simplex noise. The engine is written from scratch using C++ and Directx 11.
Kitten on the Keys by Zez Confrey vexal 2014-03-25 | Me playing Kitten on the Keys by Zez Confrey on the piano in the San Jacinto dormitory at University of Texas Austin.
Sugar Cane Rag by Scott Joplin vexal 2014-01-18 | Recorded in the Jester West piano lounge at UT Austin. Sugar Cane Rag by Scott Joplin played by Vexal.
Terrain Generation with Simplex Noise for Game Engine vexal 2013-09-19 | This video shows my terrain generation running for the game engine I am working on. The generation uses simplex noise and runs in real-time. Each square is generated on a separate thread and an arbitrary number can be generated at once. New cells are queued for generation when an object enters nearby.
Fractal Tree Generation vexal 2013-07-31 | This video shows dynamic generation of trees using fractals. There are leaves.
Window Tetris vexal 2013-05-26 | Tetris where the blocks are desktop windows. I wrote this in Java. Github source code link here: github.com/Vexal/WindowTetris.git
AI learns to fly spaceship in my game engine vexal 2013-05-23 | This is a video of my 3D game engine's AI attempting to fly a space ship whose movement is completely controlled by the physics engine. The AI is firing the ship's thrusters in response to its changing velocity and orientation in attempt to keep it level. The engine uses DirectX 11 and is written in C++.
Test Ineffective Missile Launcher vexal 2013-05-21 | Ineffective missile. 3D game engine in development.
Game Server / Client Synchronization Test vexal 2013-05-11 | First test of system to synchronize game objects with authoritative FPS game server using client-side prediction. It's difficult to see the full effect because YouTube caps the framerate at 30fps and the objectID's are apparently randomly switching at 60fps.Still some minor kinks to work out.
3D Real-time Dynamic Tree and Mesh Generation vexal 2013-04-19 | This video shows the progress for my system of generating 3D trees in real time. These trees are used in conjunction with my terrain generation system that will eventually be used in my game.This video also describes and compares two separate methods for generating the mesh curves.The renderer is written for DirectX 11 and the code is written in C++. More information here: http://vexal.us/Projects/Fractals/Fractals.htm
Vexal Team Hero Survival Preview 1 vexal 2013-01-19 | This is a preview of my upcoming Hero Survival map. It is similar to Enfo's Team Survival from Warcraft 3.This particular preview showcases the spell casting system, as well as a few spells from the Mage hero.Everything you see in this video, with the exception of the specifics I discussed is temporary and subject to change before release. The hero's attributes were modified for the purpose of testing. This map should be released publicly in the middle of April.Map page: http://www.sc2mapster.com/maps/vtsFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/Vexal (Matt Swarthout)Please, feel free to leave suggestions, comments, and feedback! And stay tuned for more previews to come.Sorry for the poor quality, I don't know why it didn't upload in HD.
Tetris / 2D Platformer Hybrid Prototype vexal 2012-11-14 | This is a presentation of a prototype hybrid of Tetris and a platformer. I made this for a two-day hackathon event sponsored by Microsoft at University of Texas at Austin. I won first place with this submission (the prize was a Microsoft Surface RT tablet).In this prototype, the player controls both a ball and the Tetris pieces. The ball is controlled with WASD; the Tetris blocks are controlled with the arrow keys. The levels are randomly generated with some starting Tetris blocks in random positions. The player must maneuver the ball over these blocks and not fall off the bottom. The screen constantly moves to the right, forcing the player to move fast enough or their ball will be cut off the side of the screen.The Tetris pieces will remove bricks that they land on if a horizontal row of at least five bricks is formed upon the landing of the Tetris piece.The game was originally meant to be for two players (one player controls the ball and the other controls the Tetris pieces), but during testing I found it can be fun for one player to control both.There are some bugs (which can be seen in this presentation) given that this was crammed during a hackathon with no breaks for sleep.This game is completely from scratch and uses a game engine I have been working on since September. The engine uses Direct3D11 and is written in C++. It can run in Win32 mode on Windows 7 / 8 as well as be run as a Windows Store application on Windows RT. Everything in the game engine from the renderer / shaders to the physics to the UI is from scratch.
Frustration Tetris - Physics vexal 2012-10-27 | Tetris with physics. Simple Java project from highschool.
Visual Basic GUI Interface for tracking IP addresses. vexal 2012-10-24 | I created a simple GUI interface in Visual Basic to track IP addresses. It is 100% Visual Basic code and 100% interface.
27 May by Yiruma Piano vexal 2012-06-04 | Me playing 27 May by Korean composer Yiruma on the piano in the UT Jester dormitory lounge. This was the song Yiruma wrote and performed for his own wedding ceremony. This is my favorite Yiruma song.
Heliotrope Bouquet by Scott Joplin Piano vexal 2012-06-03 | Me playing Heliotrope Bouquet by Scott Joplin on the piano in the UT Jester dormitory lounge. Ragtime
Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin (Swung) Piano vexal 2012-01-27 | Me playing Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin in the UT Jester dormitory lounge. I used dotted eighths (swing).
Starcraft 2 Spell / Projectile reflection demo for Vexal Team Survival vexal 2011-08-07 | This is a video demoing the spell and projectile reflection ability for my upcoming hero survival.
Vexal Hero Survival Gameplay video 2: First Boss Battle vexal 2011-07-21 | This is a video showcasing the first boss fight in my upcoming hero survival map. It also shows a portion of the level before it. Community page: http://www.sc2mapster.com/maps/vts
Me playing Gladiolus Rag by Scott Joplin on a piano on a pedestrian bridge in Austin, Texas vexal 2011-04-13 | I found a piano on a pedestrian bridge (I think it's on Congress Avenue). This is most of Gladiolus Rag. I had to stop a bit before the end due to the nervousness of playing in public.
Me playing Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin outside on Congress/6th street vexal 2011-04-12 | Found a piano outside on Congress and 6th street in Austin, Texas
Vexal Tower Defense Tower Preview vexal 2011-03-27 | This is a video showcasing a few of the more interesting towers in my Tower Defense map, Vexal Tower Defense
If Banelings didnt die when they suicided... vexal 2011-03-22 | A hypothetical typical PvZ match if Banelings didn't die when they Suicided.
光良 - 童话 / Tong Hua (Fairy Tale) by Guang Liang on Piano vexal 2011-03-17 | Me playing Tong Hua (Fairy Tale) by Guang Liang on the piano in the dormitory lounge. Played by ear / tabs. 2:55 through ending was improvised during recording.
Secrets Time Travel Theme by Jay Chou on piano vexal 2011-03-17 | Me playing the Time Travel Theme by Jay Chou on piano in the dormitory lounge.
Maybe by Yiruma on Piano vexal 2011-03-16 | Me playing Maybe by Yiruma on Piano.I improvised a bit on the repeats.
Bumble Boogie vexal 2009-07-31 | Bumble Boogie played on piano by me. Accidentally recorded over half a second at the beginning, but I did not split the recording into multiple takes.
Tong Hua (Fairy Tale), by Guang Liang, on piano vexal 2009-07-31 | Tong Hua (Fairy Tale) played by me. Used chord tabs for left hand; combination of sheet music / ear for right hand. Played on the piano in the Jester West study lounge at UT Austin.
My Device controls house lights via Internet or Phone vexal 2008-12-21 | I was really bored, so I invented a device which allows me to turn the lights in my bedroom on and off simply by connecting to a webpage. This works from any computer (assuming it knows the link), or from any phone capable of connecting to the internet. I soldered the circuits and connectors myself, and wrote the software myself; everything was built from scratch. It uses a relay attached to a transistor switch which is attached to the computer's parallel port. I wrote software (in C++, running on a very basic Linux setup) which, upon receiving a connection request, sends voltage back out through the parallel port, activating the transistor, allowing voltage to flow through to the relay. The power is drawn from the computer's 9v power supply (I soldered a connector to make it easy to plug in to the computer). This is the most useless device ever created.
Every Heart (Piano) by Boa vexal 2008-06-21 | Piano version of Every Heart (Inuyasha ending theme for episodes 61-85), by Boa.
The Entertainer (Piano) by Scott Joplin vexal 2008-06-19 | The Entertainer on piano by Scott Joplin. Played at the speed I feel this song was written to be played at. I made a few mistakes at that part where it goes dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun, you know, that part. I messed up some parts in the 3rd and 4th section, but the 3rd and 4th sections are boring even if played perfectly, so it's alright.
Maple Leaf Rag (Piano) by Scott Joplin vexal 2007-05-08 | Maple Leaf Rag on Piano by Scott Joplin. Fast and fun. I kind of zoned out for a couple seconds after the song, and just stare at the piano before turning off the camera (I don't really have software to edit video).
