Ok, but the idea of being able to phase through walls at the cost of not knowing where you are feels like it could be a neat mechanic for a video game with some small tweaks
13:38 "Actually I wouldn't mind if there's a game with just stuff like this, and where you just play as Tofu Boy"
Ah yes, the good ol stockholm syndrome I'm familiar with as a QA tester.
I sorta want it to be canon that Tofu boy can actually do the alt glitch whenever they want to. So Tofu boy can just canonically teleport around, but only horizontally without help or vertically with a vertical conveyer belt.
3:20 software developer here. It's not running calculations in the background at all. This is exactly why you see this happening. Each frame it's multiplying the player's movement by the time since this last frame. Typically this is a really small amount. But when you alt/tab out of the game the game essentially freezes. When it regains focus, however long it was frozen it multiplies like it usually does, only now the value is way larger than expected. The reason walls get skipped is because the game never checks if the next movement point goes through a wall because this technically shouldn't be possible. It checks if current pos + (vector * time) lands you in a wall, if so then you have collided. If your movement pushes you clear past the wall, then as far as the game is concerned you're good to go.
Apparently, when the update that adds Tofu Boy was first announced, PETA was pleased to see the team behind Super Meat Boy put their character as a cameo, stating they're "excited to see which character preforms better, but since vegetarians live longer, we bet on our Super Tofu Boy".
Oh boy, they did not see that coming...
You'd probably think that meat boy feels so much smoother and better after playing this run, it'd be like riding a bike with training wheels after going up a hill on a unicycle
Ah yes, meat boy has extreme parkour skills while tofu boy can ... teleport and phase through solid matter. fair enough.
This reminds me a lot of Zip-tech from Elden Ring speedruns, just on a smaller, more controlled scale.
@Snazzysnail15
If super meat boy ever gets a sequel, I hope they give tofu boy the ability to phase horizontally through walls
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@dervy1309
i find it absolutely hysterical that tofu boy is such a bad character that he literally has to cheat and abuse glitches/exploits to get anything done
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@funniloneliboi
Seeing Tofu Boy repeatedly stop time to skip through every obstacle he can’t normally get past is really funny ngl
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@ironcloud3463
Ok, but the idea of being able to phase through walls at the cost of not knowing where you are feels like it could be a neat mechanic for a video game with some small tweaks
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@averysleepyboi
I love the idea of "I have to warp space and time to do what everyone can do normally" could make a great series
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@gigatonwatch
Tofu Boy follows Scott Pilgrim logic. Makes up for his physical weakness with reality-warping vegan powers.
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@Monk-ts3xr
Tofu Boy may have a major iron deficiency, but he has the power of "being forced to break the game".
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@filipahlers6156
Man, you cut 28 impossiible/theoretically possible levels down to 9. That's over 2/3 unbeaten levels cleared! Mad props!
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@Idk05271
Nice video, I still find it hilarious that the Super Meat Boy devs just made fun of PETA instead of taking anything too seriously.
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@Fierce0Deity0Link
13:38 "Actually I wouldn't mind if there's a game with just stuff like this, and where you just play as Tofu Boy" Ah yes, the good ol stockholm syndrome I'm familiar with as a QA tester.
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@mutanttepig4759
I sorta want it to be canon that Tofu boy can actually do the alt glitch whenever they want to. So Tofu boy can just canonically teleport around, but only horizontally without help or vertically with a vertical conveyer belt.
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@AlexMunz-bg3bc
I love the idea of a character that is so physically garbage but has specific really stupid hax that they use in a smart way to win.
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@lordcoolington
this video has made lil’ tofu boy grow on me tbh. you go, you little anemic man
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@BryanRegrettablyAnimates
7:47 “now here’s the first impossible one” proceeds to show a clip of him beating the level
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@LunaticEdit
3:20 software developer here. It's not running calculations in the background at all. This is exactly why you see this happening. Each frame it's multiplying the player's movement by the time since this last frame. Typically this is a really small amount. But when you alt/tab out of the game the game essentially freezes. When it regains focus, however long it was frozen it multiplies like it usually does, only now the value is way larger than expected. The reason walls get skipped is because the game never checks if the next movement point goes through a wall because this technically shouldn't be possible. It checks if current pos + (vector * time) lands you in a wall, if so then you have collided. If your movement pushes you clear past the wall, then as far as the game is concerned you're good to go.
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@Moss_Dude
So the alt glitch and jump glitch are two of the most well known techniques in the game, yet no one ever thought to combine them until now??
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@Jokoko2828
I unironically love tofu boy, it's the fact that he's overwhelming misery in tofuman form and that just resonates with me.
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@kuba4ful
Apparently, when the update that adds Tofu Boy was first announced, PETA was pleased to see the team behind Super Meat Boy put their character as a cameo, stating they're "excited to see which character preforms better, but since vegetarians live longer, we bet on our Super Tofu Boy". Oh boy, they did not see that coming...
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@Aurosteel
You'd probably think that meat boy feels so much smoother and better after playing this run, it'd be like riding a bike with training wheels after going up a hill on a unicycle
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@xormak3935
Ah yes, meat boy has extreme parkour skills while tofu boy can ... teleport and phase through solid matter. fair enough. This reminds me a lot of Zip-tech from Elden Ring speedruns, just on a smaller, more controlled scale.
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