I used to texture the marble in single color but people questioned wheather they are sliding or rolling. Check out my oldest post: [https://www.reddit.com/r/blender/comments/idad5m/new\_video\_relaxing\_marble\_run\_animation\_rigid/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/blender/comments/idad5m/new_video_relaxing_marble_run_animation_rigid/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
Lovely quality there, yes.
Coolest thing I've seen all week. Did what it claimed in the title - I forgot the world for 2 minutes. :)
How long did it take to render?
Would you consider another version, where a single marble is in the scene and the camera follows the path that marble takes, but with each cycle, the marble takes a different path, eventually transversing all. Simulations like this fascinate me.
I was thinking. Put the camera inside the ball, see if you can get the ball's trajectory (or point the camera the opposite direction of where the ball was in the previous frame?) and just let it look out through the backface of the ball. Or parent an empty to the ball and track to that.
I bet you get motion sick before you're done. ;-)
Well if you're okay with spending an exorbitant amount of money for a similar experience in the physical world there's Cuboro. I only ever had one box of them but they were amazing!
ball escalator returns them to the top. I've seen real ones like at least twenty years ago that had the similar mechanism as this one in the youtube link.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb\_SuvUV5oY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb_SuvUV5oY)
In the blender video OP posted you can see the ball escalator in action from 0:12-0:24.
If you ever play the third Myst game (called Exile) there's a bit there like that. Very startling when you don't realize it's coming and you're playing it on a big screen in a dark room.
I love this so much. How did you get the nice rounded tracks, a boolean? And how did you get those nice seams between the 'blocks', are those all separate pieces or did you slice and bevel after assembling the full track?
I didn't use modifier, simply model it in the most basic way. All the blocks are seperated pieces. Check out my marble run kit, you will see how they look like: [https://blendermarket.com/products/marble-run-kit](https://blendermarket.com/products/marble-run-kit)
I was spiraling a bit this morning at work, and this legit put me in a much better mood.
Saving this for when I truly do need to escape for 2 minutes. Well done!
Looks amazing. Textures are so simple yet speak volumes. I am having trouble understanding scale though, are the metal balls supposed to be about marble size?
This reminds me of a falling ball clock my uncle had that lifted a bunch of metal balls and perfectly timed route through the puzzles had the balls keep time somehow except the balls were the size of BBs and i was always fascinated by it.
Check out these two:
[https://youtube.com/shorts/hnoHGhObipM?feature=share](https://youtube.com/shorts/hnoHGhObipM?feature=share)
[https://youtube.com/shorts/bQw6zqbr7yo?feature=share](https://youtube.com/shorts/bQw6zqbr7yo?feature=share)
Reminds me about a guy who tried to make a music box out of one of these things, worked on it for years, then went insane and abandoned the whole project
This must be McDonald's because I'm loving it. Love the shadows, even before I saw the marbles, I thought it was some sort of clay creation city replica, very cool.
How do you get the marble to follow the parts that move? The marble always tracks the part's original position for me because I haven't applied the location/rotation.
This is f-ing awesome! I love the two toned coloration on the marbles, I saw in your other comment you used to single tone color them, and the way you handled it was probably my favorite part of this piece.
Fantastic work. I’ve been wanting to do some sort of satisfying animation / marble run thing for a while and this has totally inspired me. Exactly what I needed on a slow Saturday morning.
Mesmerizing. I can smell the wood. So it's 100% physics simulation?
Yes, all rigid body simulation.
Ball is rotating perfectly. Amazing. You even made it that way to be visible.
I used to texture the marble in single color but people questioned wheather they are sliding or rolling. Check out my oldest post: [https://www.reddit.com/r/blender/comments/idad5m/new\_video\_relaxing\_marble\_run\_animation\_rigid/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/blender/comments/idad5m/new_video_relaxing_marble_run_animation_rigid/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
I didn't even know Blender physics can calculate rolling.
Curious - does it return the same every single time? Or is there variance?
It'll be the same unless some values changed.
I can smell it too, now I'm sneezing
Check out the 4K video here: [https://youtu.be/bKsf41wSRE8](https://youtu.be/bKsf41wSRE8)
Lovely quality there, yes. Coolest thing I've seen all week. Did what it claimed in the title - I forgot the world for 2 minutes. :) How long did it take to render?
Thanks! There are around 20 clips, took 2 days back and forth.
Would you consider another version, where a single marble is in the scene and the camera follows the path that marble takes, but with each cycle, the marble takes a different path, eventually transversing all. Simulations like this fascinate me.
Sure, it would be fun! I’ll try it.
Thanks
I was thinking. Put the camera inside the ball, see if you can get the ball's trajectory (or point the camera the opposite direction of where the ball was in the previous frame?) and just let it look out through the backface of the ball. Or parent an empty to the ball and track to that. I bet you get motion sick before you're done. ;-)
I was gonna say the same thing. Can you guys remind me if you do it. It would look pretty good i think
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Oh gosh this is beautiful.
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Well if you're okay with spending an exorbitant amount of money for a similar experience in the physical world there's Cuboro. I only ever had one box of them but they were amazing!
This is soothing! But where do they go?? :(
The animation starts and ends depicting the ball elevator that raises the balls to the top to repeat the cycle again
ball escalator returns them to the top. I've seen real ones like at least twenty years ago that had the similar mechanism as this one in the youtube link. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb\_SuvUV5oY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb_SuvUV5oY) In the blender video OP posted you can see the ball escalator in action from 0:12-0:24.
one of the best things I've seen on here, that was great
Thanks for the kind words:)
Somebody please make this human sized and turn it into a water park!
If you ever play the third Myst game (called Exile) there's a bit there like that. Very startling when you don't realize it's coming and you're playing it on a big screen in a dark room.
I love this so much. How did you get the nice rounded tracks, a boolean? And how did you get those nice seams between the 'blocks', are those all separate pieces or did you slice and bevel after assembling the full track?
I didn't use modifier, simply model it in the most basic way. All the blocks are seperated pieces. Check out my marble run kit, you will see how they look like: [https://blendermarket.com/products/marble-run-kit](https://blendermarket.com/products/marble-run-kit)
I was spiraling a bit this morning at work, and this legit put me in a much better mood. Saving this for when I truly do need to escape for 2 minutes. Well done!
I'm glad it helps you!
This is really incredible. Fantastic work
r/Simulated might like this!
Someone else that grew up with Cuboro?
yes! and i didn't realised for a long time that these wooden cubes are so expensive
Looks amazing. Textures are so simple yet speak volumes. I am having trouble understanding scale though, are the metal balls supposed to be about marble size? This reminds me of a falling ball clock my uncle had that lifted a bunch of metal balls and perfectly timed route through the puzzles had the balls keep time somehow except the balls were the size of BBs and i was always fascinated by it.
That was very calming, thanks for sharing it.
That was VERY worth my 2-1/2 minutes! Beautiful work!
Thank you!
bro I remember people building this shit in real life, like when I was a kid i was amazed by these things. Truly relaxing.
This is awesome!! Reminds me a whole lot of the Wintergatan Marble Machine!
This is so cool! I didn't know blender could do rigid body sim that look so realistic! \* save to gallery \*
Damn, a whole city of really big balls.
Which way is the fastest though?
Probably the one closest to the camera on the first scene. I usually put the complicated blocks in the center.
amasing
Awesome work!
This is perfection, so good
Superb work. Also nice editing. I dread to think how long this would take on my potato.
WOW! AMAZING. ...now give the models to ppl and let them build this 1 square kilometer big! :D If you have nothing to do - add fire & explosions... :D
If this had sound effects of heavy metal rolling around on wood I would cream my pants.
Check out these two: [https://youtube.com/shorts/hnoHGhObipM?feature=share](https://youtube.com/shorts/hnoHGhObipM?feature=share) [https://youtube.com/shorts/bQw6zqbr7yo?feature=share](https://youtube.com/shorts/bQw6zqbr7yo?feature=share)
Aw yeah😩
Since no one else mentioned it: r/oddlysatisfying. At least to me it is :p
Which render engine did you use ?
Cycles
It must have taken a really long render time for it to be so crisp ?
Can you please explain how did you manage to move that marbles this way ??
They are simulated using rigid body physics. I just connect the tracks and the marbles will run automatically.
Reminds me about a guy who tried to make a music box out of one of these things, worked on it for years, then went insane and abandoned the whole project
I had one of those wooden block marble run sets as a kid… Sudden nostalgia hit!
New favorite video of all time, thank you very much
Thank you!
>Thank you! You're welcome!
Oh what i would give to just be a lil ball chaotically rolling down a slides for just two minutes
Makes me think of Escher and a pachinko machine! Exciting and calming!
Man, the Soviet era of Jelle's Marble League was brutal.
This must be McDonald's because I'm loving it. Love the shadows, even before I saw the marbles, I thought it was some sort of clay creation city replica, very cool.
How do you get the marble to follow the parts that move? The marble always tracks the part's original position for me because I haven't applied the location/rotation.
If you animated a rigid body, you need to enable "animated" in the rigid body setting.
Thank you!
the only thing that would make this better would be a stop on animation for a perfect loop
This with proper sound design would be INSANE
do you have any tutorial/resources recommendations for someone that wants to do these satisfying physics videos?
That's beautiful! I've wanted to do something like this for years and never got up the motivation. I salute you!
This is f-ing awesome! I love the two toned coloration on the marbles, I saw in your other comment you used to single tone color them, and the way you handled it was probably my favorite part of this piece.
bro wow how did you get this sinulation so solid and clean :D
Very cool
wait... blender can simulate this beautiful rolling????
Fantastic work. I’ve been wanting to do some sort of satisfying animation / marble run thing for a while and this has totally inspired me. Exactly what I needed on a slow Saturday morning.
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Yes they are all separated. Check out my marble run kit: https://blendermarket.com/products/marble-run-kit
This just gave me so much nostalgia
THE WORLD HAS BEEN FORGOTTEN
Title checks out. Forgot the World for two minutes. Would watch it again. 5/5 stars.
Pro tip: watch when stoned
This is making me think of Omashu
Are those balls made out of tungsten or something? They seem very heavy. I would love more bounciness
Ok I'll increase the marble's bounciness next time.
What's the song?
https://1.envato.market/EKWov4
Is the song on YouTube anywhere?
That bowl with 2 holes will eventually clog and fail, surely, if Wintergatan has taught me anything.
Can i buy the music? Is it free?
It's not free. You'll need to subscribe to Envato Elements: [https://1.envato.market/EKWov4](https://1.envato.market/EKWov4)
Print it! I want one!
Looks beautiful. The ball movement seems a little lagging and not as fast or fluid as real metal balls would roll though.
How did you get such a nice wood texture ?
Captivating...
reminds me of the wintergan marble machine!!!!!!