Ballaam
@ballaam.dk64randomizer.com
Donkey Kong 64 Scientist, DK64 Randomizer Dev, F1 & Monster Hunter nerd, Court's source of puns
New video from WhitePointer talking about crashes in DK64. Its a solid video that I provided some technical help on: youtu.be/A0bWoo1h8FQ?...
Digging into crash bugs in Donkey Kong 64 | White_Pointer Gaming
YouTube video by White_Pointer Gaming
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
New video from WhitePointer talking about crashes in DK64. Its a solid video that I provided some technical help on: youtu.be/A0bWoo1h8FQ?...
Adding these to Donk Viewer (cause of course I am) and found 2 interesting tidbits.
There's an ambient SFX bubble that is near (most) Cranky's Lab locations to play the electricity SFX. Eg: Picture 1
For Factory though, this is incredibly offset to the middle of the room. Why?
There's an ambient SFX bubble that is near (most) Cranky's Lab locations to play the electricity SFX. Eg: Picture 1
For Factory though, this is incredibly offset to the middle of the room. Why?
December 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Adding these to Donk Viewer (cause of course I am) and found 2 interesting tidbits.
There's an ambient SFX bubble that is near (most) Cranky's Lab locations to play the electricity SFX. Eg: Picture 1
For Factory though, this is incredibly offset to the middle of the room. Why?
There's an ambient SFX bubble that is near (most) Cranky's Lab locations to play the electricity SFX. Eg: Picture 1
For Factory though, this is incredibly offset to the middle of the room. Why?
Babe, wake up! A new inexplicable part of the map geometry file was found
December 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Babe, wake up! A new inexplicable part of the map geometry file was found
I found where the game stores the paths that the minecarts have to adhere to during the minecart rides, and it's pretty nonsensical.
❌ Enemy Paths File
❌ Object Paths File
❌ In it's own unique file
✅ Map Geometry File
Cause the best place to put something unseen is in the file for seen things.
❌ Enemy Paths File
❌ Object Paths File
❌ In it's own unique file
✅ Map Geometry File
Cause the best place to put something unseen is in the file for seen things.
December 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I found where the game stores the paths that the minecarts have to adhere to during the minecart rides, and it's pretty nonsensical.
❌ Enemy Paths File
❌ Object Paths File
❌ In it's own unique file
✅ Map Geometry File
Cause the best place to put something unseen is in the file for seen things.
❌ Enemy Paths File
❌ Object Paths File
❌ In it's own unique file
✅ Map Geometry File
Cause the best place to put something unseen is in the file for seen things.
Next year will be our year
December 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Next year will be our year
The devs of DK64 made a mistake when creating the save file. The save data for the names associated with your DK Arcade highscore share 1 bit with your jetpac highscore.
As such, depending on the name you enter, your highscore will either look like a normal player or Steve Wiebe's cousin
As such, depending on the name you enter, your highscore will either look like a normal player or Steve Wiebe's cousin
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The devs of DK64 made a mistake when creating the save file. The save data for the names associated with your DK Arcade highscore share 1 bit with your jetpac highscore.
As such, depending on the name you enter, your highscore will either look like a normal player or Steve Wiebe's cousin
As such, depending on the name you enter, your highscore will either look like a normal player or Steve Wiebe's cousin
Don't talk to me or my brother, or my uncle, or my son again
November 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Don't talk to me or my brother, or my uncle, or my son again
All hail the beaver
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
All hail the beaver
Working on a chunk viewer for Donk Viewer and, to say the least, DK64's chunk system is..... odd.
🧵 - How DK64's chunk system works
🧵 - How DK64's chunk system works
November 14, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Working on a chunk viewer for Donk Viewer and, to say the least, DK64's chunk system is..... odd.
🧵 - How DK64's chunk system works
🧵 - How DK64's chunk system works
Reposted by Ballaam
Hold up, something ain't quite right here
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Hold up, something ain't quite right here
So figured out what this was... another race in Crystal Caves. This time a flying course against a very vulture-sounding Squawks. Unfortunately incredibly broken so requires a lot of pushing and poking to get it working as intended.
youtu.be/Pw7b1pj_Ecs?...
youtu.be/Pw7b1pj_Ecs?...
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
So figured out what this was... another race in Crystal Caves. This time a flying course against a very vulture-sounding Squawks. Unfortunately incredibly broken so requires a lot of pushing and poking to get it working as intended.
youtu.be/Pw7b1pj_Ecs?...
youtu.be/Pw7b1pj_Ecs?...
"Hey Ballaam, how goes debugging the testing crash"
How it's going:
How it's going:
November 4, 2025 at 3:06 AM
"Hey Ballaam, how goes debugging the testing crash"
How it's going:
How it's going:
Reposted by Ballaam
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THE #AGDQ2026 GAMES LIST IS OUT!!!!!
AND the New Game Submission Period is open now through Nov. 10th!!
Games that released on September 1st, 2025 and after are eligible
Games list: gdq.gg/games
Submit a run: gdq.gg/submit
AND the New Game Submission Period is open now through Nov. 10th!!
Games that released on September 1st, 2025 and after are eligible
Games list: gdq.gg/games
Submit a run: gdq.gg/submit
November 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Reposted by Ballaam
Reposted by Ballaam
I got a crazy idea that DonkViewer could highlight all spots where you can ledge clip.
I'm about half way through making the algo and for a trick discovered in the late 00s, its incredibly mindbending trying to go from "all these triangles have some exposed edge" to "yeah you can ledge clip here"
I'm about half way through making the algo and for a trick discovered in the late 00s, its incredibly mindbending trying to go from "all these triangles have some exposed edge" to "yeah you can ledge clip here"
October 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I got a crazy idea that DonkViewer could highlight all spots where you can ledge clip.
I'm about half way through making the algo and for a trick discovered in the late 00s, its incredibly mindbending trying to go from "all these triangles have some exposed edge" to "yeah you can ledge clip here"
I'm about half way through making the algo and for a trick discovered in the late 00s, its incredibly mindbending trying to go from "all these triangles have some exposed edge" to "yeah you can ledge clip here"
Whoever cooked up this path in Caves where a GB or balloon rises from the water deserves both a medal for their ingenuity and a question on why they went back on that decision
October 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Whoever cooked up this path in Caves where a GB or balloon rises from the water deserves both a medal for their ingenuity and a question on why they went back on that decision
Introducing DonkViewer:
The past few days I've been working on a brand new tool which shows all 216 maps in DK64 in various modes (geometry, collision etc) all within the web browser, and I finally have it in a state where it's ready for others to play with.
theballaam96.github.io/donk_viewer....
The past few days I've been working on a brand new tool which shows all 216 maps in DK64 in various modes (geometry, collision etc) all within the web browser, and I finally have it in a state where it's ready for others to play with.
theballaam96.github.io/donk_viewer....
October 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Introducing DonkViewer:
The past few days I've been working on a brand new tool which shows all 216 maps in DK64 in various modes (geometry, collision etc) all within the web browser, and I finally have it in a state where it's ready for others to play with.
theballaam96.github.io/donk_viewer....
The past few days I've been working on a brand new tool which shows all 216 maps in DK64 in various modes (geometry, collision etc) all within the web browser, and I finally have it in a state where it's ready for others to play with.
theballaam96.github.io/donk_viewer....
Your once-every-now-and-then reminder
Small reminder: Don't assume that behavior that's seen in a ROM Hack is a hidden attribute of the vanilla game, especially randomizers.
October 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Your once-every-now-and-then reminder
Reposted by Ballaam
Stroll why are you driving
October 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Stroll why are you driving
Playtonic know how much everyone loves Grant that they put him in the game lol
October 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Playtonic know how much everyone loves Grant that they put him in the game lol
Discord has a new feature where you can style your name with various fonts (presumably nitro only). Unfortunately it makes it harder to read and parse through a bunch of names.
Here's the setting to turn off those custom styles rendering.
Here's the setting to turn off those custom styles rendering.
October 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Discord has a new feature where you can style your name with various fonts (presumably nitro only). Unfortunately it makes it harder to read and parse through a bunch of names.
Here's the setting to turn off those custom styles rendering.
Here's the setting to turn off those custom styles rendering.
Reposted by Ballaam
Donkey Kong 64 for the Nintendo 64
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Donkey Kong 64 for the Nintendo 64