Introduction flashes.
We here at immersion, have always been fascinated by perspective in video games.
It seems normal to control a character from a top down view in a virtual world, but what if you had that same perspective in a real life game?
For instance. if we were to play a life sized version of a game like " Pac Man" here. Well the main character should have an advantage, seeing from the top down and the whole maze at once.
Or would he?
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So, we've come out to our Rooster Teeth
Science Warehouse to run another one of our
little experiments. Today,
we're gonna see if someone navigating
a Pac-man life maze
will be helped from a top-down view.
Gus, what do we got? -Well, we recreated a
Pac-man maze using pipes and drapes to shape the course.
And that's what they're running through.
But, just running through a maze in first person doesn't really
re-create the experience of the video game, does it?
Well, that's why we suspended the camera 40ft above the maze, pointed down
transmitted that signal to the video goggles
that the lab rats will be wearing. So the camera that's
mounted on the ceiling, that's what ends up in Michael
and Gavin's goggles. So they'll be
navigating the maze from a top-down
perspective, just like Pac-man would.
And Miss Pac-man. -And Miss Pac-man. Thank you very much.
Well, I'm gonna go explain this to our lab rats,
this is probably going to take me a little while. So Gus,
SAVE MY PLACE.
The fuck does that mean???
Alright guys, we're just about set up. Are you ready to go?
Ayyo
Any questions?
Yes. What are the helmets for?
Oh, those? Well just like in Pac-Man when you look at the top down, you don't see the top of his head
You see the side of it, like his stupid face.
So, to be more accurate, we printed out big blown up versions of the sides of your stupid faces and we put them on top of your helmets.
Whose face is more stupid?
Oh that's such hard thing to judge.
I wouldn't really be qualified to say that...
Probably Gavin's. You guys wanna know how to play?
Ya! Yes!
Ok here's the way this is going to work
On the ground here you're going to see all these lighted dots.
You're going to navigate the maze
looking at yourself from the top down.
Every time you step on one you get a point. It's like consuming a dot.
You also can get points if you find the fruit that's hidden somewhere on the level,
and you consume the fruit while you navigate
I have to physically eat fruit.
What's wrong with eating fruit?
Well you'll be running and eating
You don't have to stop
I'll get indigestion
And if you get to one of these big clusters like this, that's a power pellet, tap that, and for the next few seconds,
the ghosts will turn blue, you can go up and touch one of them, and that knocks them out of the game.
If you lose three lives, games over; lab rat with the most amount of points wins the day.
Are there any holes? - There are no holes, you'll be fine.
Good luck guys. Anymore questions? Good. Alright.
Did you just go asleep, and you wake up here too?- I have a headache
So, I think they're all ready to go!
Great. I'm still not sure what we're doing about ghosts, though.
Oh ghosts? Don't worry...I got ghosts covered
Alright, Michael is our first Pac-Person
Guys, don't fuck me up too hard. I'm a defenseless little Pac, so if you see me, point me out towards the fruit
Michael, you ready?-Yeah!
Let's begin.
Wakakakakaka
Miiicheeealll
I hear you Waka-wakaing!
You got shit!
He's going for the power pellet!-I got him, Burns.
Oh my god!
I'm out, I'm out.
I'm eatin' pellets!
Get him before he gets to that power pellet.
You'll never catch me!
Waka waka bitch, waka bitch, waka waka bitch
I think he's in the back room. Gus, cut him off.
I see him! -Oh shit
Oh shit...oh shit...oh shit!
Oh, I got got. I got got. Ow. Ow. Holy shit... Am I dead yet? Am I dead yet?