App for mapping video game backgrounds from screen recording?
February 17, 2019 8:22 PM   Subscribe

I heard of software that builds maps of video game worlds/levels by piecing together background images as they appear on the screen. The idea being that you could play through something like Castlevania with the software running and end up with a large, single image of the entire level (or as much of the level that appeared on-screen during play). Any idea what software this is? My googling is fruitless.

I think I heard someone talking about it in a video or on a podcast. I think they might have used some old game with scrolling backgrounds as an example. Like Super Mario Bros. levels or the Final Fantasy world map. It might have been in the context of their work on video game reviews with these kinds of large maps accompanying articles in a magazine.
posted by hjo3 to Computers & Internet (3 answers total) 2 users marked this as a favorite
 
Best answer: Mappy - https://arxiv.org/pdf/1707.03908.pdf
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 9:00 PM on February 17, 2019


That link doesn't seem to work - is there any other web page for it?
posted by snarfois at 3:58 AM on February 18, 2019


Slate article
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 7:09 AM on February 18, 2019


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