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The Masterpiece

Game objectives

  • Emulator used: DeSmuME 0.9.6
  • Colors Fruit
  • Becomes insanely rich and famous

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Hello people. After seening the Brain Age video on AI abuse, I've decided to do something similiar.

Stage by stage comments

Flowers and Fruit

I color flowers and fruit. The Masterpiece is created.

jlun2: Got a new idea for this thanks to this post. Cancelling...

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This topic is for the purpose of discussing #3088: jlun2's DS Paint by DS "Famous Artist" in 00:55.69
Post subject: Famous Artist
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Seems like the game judges using some kind of modern art rubric. "Wow, he only used two colors! He deserves the highest art rating!" This is a fantastic display of artistic skill, compounded further by the compelling medium chosen to showcase this piece. As such, I can only express my true appreciation of this TAS by voting "Meh".
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Did you figure out for the image is compressed and fill it in accordingly and reduce compression time or is the time it takes to compress always the exact same time?
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Voting Meh to make the Yes and Meh votes even. (Now we only need 2 No votes.)
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Voting Meh to get the best Fool today. :D
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Mildly amusing, meh.
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not near as entertaining as the Brain Age run
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voting no because you didn't color a dinosaur
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errror1 wrote:
voting no because you didn't color a dinosaur
A very compelling reason to vote no, I must agree. But I can't even vote so I give a verbal and nearly unintelligible grunt as my vote!
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I too would like to see more detailed discussion of the game's compression algorithm and how the gameplay choices were made to optimize for compression time!
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What should I do to make this submission better (for next time)? Should I paint all the pictures, paint it "correctly" but get the lowest rating, etc?
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I think I would like to see a TAS of this game that paints all the pictures in terrible ways but gets best rating on each one.
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om, nom, nom... want more!
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So, anyone interested in seeing a run of all modes done quickly? That'll include a painting + 3? minigames done once, just like the duck hunt TAS. Infact, will that be acceptable for the vault?
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jlun2 wrote:
So, anyone interested in seeing a run of all modes done quickly? That'll include a painting + 3? minigames done once, just like the duck hunt TAS. Infact, will that be acceptable for the vault?
Here's the painting part improved so that I don't even need to move down anymore. And here's the painting itself: Yea, beautiful, huh? Notes: Oil paintings are alot easier to get 4/4 (5 stars) than using pencil/water color. Edit: To anyone who wants to try, here are some important memory addresses: 021763BC - Color Accuracy 021763C0 - Line Accuracy It ranges from 0 - 4, with 4 being the best rating for a painting.
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Posting info here because when the heck would this game ever get accepted anyway? So...I've managed to improve the Apple Pic and discovered in the process which colors and which parts of the picture count for the score. Important Addresses: 021763BC - Color Accuracy 021763C0 - Line Accuracy 021761CC - Color Format: Color (Val, Color Acc, Line Acc, Stars) Using this submission as a reference, this is what I've noticed: -You only need to color the main body and the leaves -Coloring things white seems to be the same as leaving it empty for this picture -Best to worst color for leaves (Found by coloring only leaves): Black (11, 3, 1, 2.5) Blue (6, 2, 2, 2) Dark Green (8, 1, 2, 1.5) Green (7, 1, 2, 1.5) Grey (10, 1, 2, 1.5) Red (3, 1, 2, 1.5) Cyan (5, 0, 2, 1) Orange (2, 0, 2, 1) Yellow (1, 0, 2, 1) Brown (9, 1, 1, 1) Purple (4, 1, 1, 1) White (0, 0, 0, 0) -Best to worst color for body: Blue (6, 2, 0, 1) Purple (4, 2, 0, 1) Black (11, 1, 0, 0.5) Brown (9, 1, 0, 0.5) Cyan (5, 1, 0, 0.5) Dark Green (8, 1, 0, 0.5) Green (7, 1, 0, 0.5) Grey (10, 1, 0, 0.5) Orange (2, 1, 0, 0.5) Red (3, 1, 0, 0.5) Yellow (1, 0, 0, 0) White (0, 0, 0, 0) Curiously, despite black leaves being the best, when paired with a purple body, only give 2 Color Acc, 1 Line Acc for a total of 1.5 stars. Black leaves + Blue body gives 3 Color Acc, 2 Line Acc, for a total of 3 stars. So far, it seems only Blue leaves + Purple Body can generate the image above.
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Getting the highest ratings with the minimal amount of work (which therefore means that the drawing looks nothing like the original) is amusing. On the other hand, I wonder if there would be value in a TAS that replicates the original image 100% as fast as possible.
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I'd be interested in such a movie. Hopefully it will even be liked enough for Moons.
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How about something like that Brain Training TAS, where you draw something completely unrelated and the computer accepts it as the right answer?
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How about something like that Brain Training TAS, where you draw something completely unrelated and the computer accepts it as the right answer?
I'm not sure it's such a novel idea anymore... And the medium itself limits the possibilities because the outlines are already given and all you can do is use colors.
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Curiously, despite the recommendation from the game to use "Water Colors/Pencil Colors" for "Apple", I can't seem to get a 5 star rating with either of them. 0_o