Current Cerebrations

Super Metroid Interactive Map

Something I'd been kicking around in the back of my head for years was an interactive 3D map for different Metroid Prime speedrunning routes. Not sure I want to go there quite yet as it would be quite an undertaking, but since I've been going old school lately and playing Super Metroid again, I decided to try and make one for one of the best SNES (or dare I say of any) games ever. Head here if you're not on a phone (since it's not made for that, but if you really want to, go into desktop mode to view).

Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!

Calendar Cube

This is one ingenious idea. As someone who loves 3D puzzles like the Rubik's Cube, I was amazed to run across one that is also practical as well. It's a perpetual calendar; you only have to solve one face, and don't have to (and actually can't) solve the other five. The genius here is that it's designed in such a way that you will always have the necessary (and correctly oriented) pieces to make a full calendar for any month of any year. Very clever.

7x7x7 Perpetual Calendar Cube

This was a good challenge, but not impossible by any means, took me about a half hour to complete on my own. So now I have an intriguing puzzle to solve every month. Sold here.

Pico Goblin 2.0

After successfully using an ultra-small camera/VTX/antenna combo in the Micro Bat, I decided to reclaim the current system in the Pico Goblin and replace it with a similar one, as the current 1.6W VTX was completely going to waste in this beat-up little plane. More details here.

"She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts."

Super Mario 64 1-Star in under 15 minutes

Utilizing the new "Crackslide" trick to replace the SBLJ (Side Backwards Long Jump), I was able to finish Super Mario 64 in under 15 minutes.

Nightmare King Grimm - "Radiant" Fight

This version of the fight is the hardest; you can't get hit once, and are able to fall of the sides of the stage, instantly killing you. Actually did it twice since OBS didn't record the audio the first time :(

In VR Space, No One Can Hear You Scream

Finally plunged into the realm of PC Virtual Reality, and coincidentally, a new Alien: Isolation mod just came out that adds to the current Mother VR mod, called GRAND Mother, which adds 6DOF tracking controls. Read more here.

Free Hugs!

Micro Bat - Smallest Fixed Wing FPV

Found an ultra-small (wingspan of one-and-a-half foot-long subs) and cheap foam fixed wing on AliExpress, and after flying it for a bit found out it indeed was capable of FPV via a tiny camera and VTX combo you can buy separately that's used in Tiny Whoop drones. See the details here.

I Am The Night

New 3D Stunt Plane

A gamble on a cheap 3D Stunt plane from AliExpress pays off. Read more.

Cheap Thrills

3D Printed Nano Gremlin FPV

Figured out my issue when trying and failing to print this model out almost a year ago - see more details here.

Strix Nano Goblin Knock-off

Apple II Saturn Reborn

Recently got around to doing something that's been in the back of my head for decades. Read more about it here.

A blast from the past

Rutan Long EZ Flight Video

Check out the latest flight video on the Rutan Long EZ page.

Goblin Amongst The Clouds

Beautiful day today, albeit slightly chilly for this time of year. The sky was very pretty. See the latest video on the Pico Goblin page.

Beautiful Sky

Cheetah Painted

Finally got around to designing a nice...well, design, for the Cheetah. I thought it turned out quite well. I was originally going to airbrush it completely, but after the first layer of green shapes, I noticed that the paint was easily being pulled from the foam, meaning the next vinyl decal masks of the other colors would just completely pull them off. So instead I opted to just cut them out of vinyl as well with the Silhouette and stick them on.

Only took about a year to get around to painting it

Pico Goblin FPV Maiden

The weather has finally gotten nice enough to use the FPV goggles again, and with the sunlight quickly fading, I grabbed the Pico Goblin and set out to fly it first-person for the first time. See the latest video on the Pico Goblin page.

My first fixed-wing FPV flight

Scratch Built Tiny Whoop

For my second FPV drone, I wanted to try the smallest version possible so I could fly it indoors, as well as without much fear of crashing.The Tiny Whoop scratches that itch.

COMMENCING ASSIMILATION SCANNING

DIY Anemometer

This was a project I had started last year after getting into RC flying, but never got around to following it through. With the weather not being so great, I found some time to finally finish the project, and it turned out quite well.

Anemometer, favored over the original name, windspeedometer

Cheetah v2

The Cheetah RC conversion wasn't a complete success. I was having issues flying it, and I almost went mad trying to get to the bottom of the problem. Read about the v2 update here.

"50% less swole"

3D Drone Camera

Electronic cameras are getting smaller and cheaper, and being installed in just about everything you can think of. Pretty soon your ice cube tray will have one - for every cube.

Which means it's easier to put them on things like RC planes and quads, which I've already done. But then I had the bright idea: what if I had TWO cameras - I could make a 3D video! Behold my latest creation.

"Fairisle Electronics presents it's new model: The M.A.R.K-13"

The Batwing RC Plane

Batman's plane of choice. Robin flies a Cessna.

Menards Foam Jet Part Deux

Now With 100% More Prop!

Pico Goblin Foamboard FPV

Same wingspan as a large bat!

Rutan Long EZ 3D Printed RC Plane

Rest In Peace John Denver

3D Printing an RC Plane

Such Green. Much Sparkles.

Railroad Swing Bridge FPV

Railroad swing bridge in transition

111 Miles Per Hour

Finally got around to putting a GPS module on the 5 inch quad, and was able to see what kinds of speeds it was capable of. Check out the video 'Speed Test' on the First FPV Drone page.

Cheetah RC Conversion

Cheetah RC Conversion

Mini Foamboard RC Wing

Second version

FPV Over Water

A beautiful summer day

Mini Solius Glider RC Conversion

A very small RC glider

Foamboard F22 Jet

F22 Raptor made from military grade foamboard

Menards Mini Foam Jet RC Conversion

Foamboard Flying Wing Build

The Red Bat

Airwing Glider LED Mod

Scratch Built 5 inch Quad

Pretty in Purple

Mari0 1.6 Rail Gun 1.2

I always felt Mario was missing something. And that something was...being able to fire off aluminum bolts at close to light speed. This is the first iteration of my mod; I have some other ideas I may or may not do as my time is limited. Haven't tested this on multiplayer, or every single cheat mode, or even very heavily at all, so caveat emptor.

Use the cheat by changing the MODE from 'portal' to 'railgun'. It uses coins as ammo. If you also turn on 'goomba attack', you get unlimited ammo as well as the firing rate being twice as fast. My previous 'bullet-time remap mod' is already incorporated in this mod. Turn the bullet-time cheat on as well to really make it feel and sound Matrix-like!

Installation-wise, its just like any other mod, you need the latest unstable build of Love to run it. *UPDATE:* You no longer have to remove your old config file, it will read your old one and make a new one, but you will have to redo your control mapping.

Get it here.

Mari0 Bullet-Time Remap Mod

Here is a mod I made for Mari0 1.6. For some reason, bullet-time isn't allowed to be mapped to anything but the mousewheel. With this mod you can now map joystick buttons or keyboard keys. It works by going full bullet-time when a key is down, and stops when the key is released. Grab it here. You will need to install the latest unstable build of LOVE for this to work - Get the latest build for Windows here. Before running the mod tho, make sure you remove the current options.txt file, as it has settings that will not be read correctly with this new mod - find it on Windows 7/Vista in %AppData%\Roaming\LOVE\Mari0. (You can add the "gamefinished;" setting back in after running the mod and creating a new file if you want.)