Ballaam
@ballaam.dk64randomizer.com
Donkey Kong 64 Scientist, DK64 Randomizer Dev, F1 & Monster Hunter nerd, Court's source of puns
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
If you are in those purple boxes, congrats: You still might not be within a chunk due to a bizarre way DK64 does chunk detection. It subdivides the chunks into subchunks. These are terribly inefficient. The main area of Japes (Chunk 3) has 67 subchunks.
November 14, 2025 at 3:54 AM
If you are in those purple boxes, congrats: You still might not be within a chunk due to a bizarre way DK64 does chunk detection. It subdivides the chunks into subchunks. These are terribly inefficient. The main area of Japes (Chunk 3) has 67 subchunks.
Well, first, you have to be within one of those purple boxes. If you're not within a purple box, you are not within a chunk of the game. This doesn't necessarily mean you have to be out of bounds either as this slice of Ballroom has no chunk.
November 14, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Well, first, you have to be within one of those purple boxes. If you're not within a purple box, you are not within a chunk of the game. This doesn't necessarily mean you have to be out of bounds either as this slice of Ballroom has no chunk.
DK64 splits it's massive worlds into chunks. This splits the world so that the game's performance is better. For example, Jungle Japes (shown here) is split up into 19 chunks, as shown by these purple bounding boxes.
So how does the game know you're within a chunk?
So how does the game know you're within a chunk?
November 14, 2025 at 3:51 AM
DK64 splits it's massive worlds into chunks. This splits the world so that the game's performance is better. For example, Jungle Japes (shown here) is split up into 19 chunks, as shown by these purple bounding boxes.
So how does the game know you're within a chunk?
So how does the game know you're within a chunk?
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
Hold up, something ain't quite right here
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Hold up, something ain't quite right here
"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:
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....
Do you think this game was devved by the same team who brought you the Mayahem Temple theme?
October 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Do you think this game was devved by the same team who brought you the Mayahem Temple theme?
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.
I decided to make a comment in Chunky Phase, and got the standard AI-written response.. What a shame:
September 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I decided to make a comment in Chunky Phase, and got the standard AI-written response.. What a shame:
The original "Hey, lets stream a person's TAS in it's entirety with no commentary, with Twitch ads, 24/7, with the video of the TAS taking up a weird portion of the screen cause we gotta have a bunch of Nintendo characters walking at the bottom of the screen for peak nostalgia"
ftfy
ftfy
September 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The original "Hey, lets stream a person's TAS in it's entirety with no commentary, with Twitch ads, 24/7, with the video of the TAS taking up a weird portion of the screen cause we gotta have a bunch of Nintendo characters walking at the bottom of the screen for peak nostalgia"
ftfy
ftfy
2018 DK64R development document
August 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM
2018 DK64R development document
Another reason why Lanky Kong is the worst kong
August 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Another reason why Lanky Kong is the worst kong
Turns out that DK64 has a wireframe mode built in. Doesn't look like there's any way to activate it in the vanilla game without memory hacking.
Thankfully, all it takes is 2 address changes to activate
Thankfully, all it takes is 2 address changes to activate
August 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Turns out that DK64 has a wireframe mode built in. Doesn't look like there's any way to activate it in the vanilla game without memory hacking.
Thankfully, all it takes is 2 address changes to activate
Thankfully, all it takes is 2 address changes to activate
A now legitimate feature of DK64R 5.0 (Outside the music)
August 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A now legitimate feature of DK64R 5.0 (Outside the music)
The joke just writes itself
July 4, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The joke just writes itself
Hey, BBC, this isn't a good thing. Locking the news behind a paywall is a VERY bad idea.
That price is ludicrous as well. You can literally buy a subscription to a password manager that comes bundled with a decent VPN for 10 people cheaper than the suggested price.
Barmy
That price is ludicrous as well. You can literally buy a subscription to a password manager that comes bundled with a decent VPN for 10 people cheaper than the suggested price.
Barmy
July 3, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Hey, BBC, this isn't a good thing. Locking the news behind a paywall is a VERY bad idea.
That price is ludicrous as well. You can literally buy a subscription to a password manager that comes bundled with a decent VPN for 10 people cheaper than the suggested price.
Barmy
That price is ludicrous as well. You can literally buy a subscription to a password manager that comes bundled with a decent VPN for 10 people cheaper than the suggested price.
Barmy
Late to the party, but
June 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Late to the party, but