very lucky that I have a life and family where being able to come out again (and again) sounds great. I actually haven't come out to many people yet because I'm waiting to have conspicuous boobs to surprise people with but god if I got the same kick every time I'd become a gender reveal junkie
I love how this series started as a semi-tutorial for creating a Cellular Automata, and now has devolved into "How many ways can I destroy reality with seemingly simple mechanics" while also bringing us a heartfelt story in the background.
Do the three characters represent particular ways of engaging with subjects? Berd always seems enthusiastic but clumsy, excited to create but ignorant of existing work, not very proficient, careless of best practices, and resentful of restrictions. Bot(s) seem very knowledgeable, but stiflingly critical. They rain down comments on the animals' mistakes, constantly put Tode and Berd in boxes, and disappear into endless introspection when trying to define themselves. Does Tode represent a synthesis between the two, someone patient and disciplined enough to learn but still motivated enough to create?
@@red_rassmueller1716 I'm not totally confident in Defining everything in a rigid way, but I think that: Tode falling asleep after Spellular Automata may indicate that the current sand projects have reached a sort of local maxima and that Tode requires a pause to "dream up" something new. Bot disappearing in Define Define may represent the decision to further broaden the Sandpond Saga with a series of videos and experiments, like Arrows, that are even further afield than normal.
all types of arrows: 1. creation arrow (+) (creates other arrows) 2. recording arrow (•) (records) (move vertically to change pitch) 3. noise.. bar (-) (drag left and right to change noise starting point) 4. connection arrow (o) (connects arrows) 5. time arrow (.) (makes arrows fire at the same time) 6. timing arrow (▷) (makes arrows fire one beat later) 7. also timing arrow (▶) (makes arrows fire one beat earlier) 8. colo𝖚r arrow (■) (can be colo𝖚red) (points to arrows of the same colo𝖚r) (white fires all) 9. deletion arrow (x) (deletes last arrow in sequence i think it's not exactly clear how it's shown) 10. -Berd woz here- ( I ) ( [insert text here] ) 11. infinity arrow (#) (you can go inside or outside of it.. until the sun exploades or something i dunno) -12. infinity gauntlet-
seeing other enbies both on the internet and irl makes me so happy!! also your projects and videos are absolutely incredible, i’d love a more technical video that explains the code behind one of your projects
These videos are simultaneously good showcases for these programs/projects, fun to watch, and really well coordinated when it comes to the parts where your voiceover is being affected by these programs/projects. Great job! Edit: I also noticed that the music that berd made is credited as Pigen Palace. I didn't expect to see the framing device applied to the credits too.
New video every hour you say? Guess I will wait approximately 30 minutes or so Let's hope it doesn't go to 3 picoseconds, that might be a bit too extreme!
This is an arrow of convolution. When an arrow it connects to fires, that arrow fires through the arrow it's connected to. Set up parallel worlds and travel through auditory dimensions.
Proper job! I do love a good youtube programmer/philosopher/general thinky person going down some crazy rabbit hole of thought. It happens surprisingly often, but you are certainly among the best
I don't remember why I subscribed to this channel or what type of channel it is, and now I'm scared of checking the videos to collapse the unknown possibility space.
I love this channel so much. For me, it is a way to escape from all the stress I experience. This is just a cosy place to chill, turn off your brain for once and enjoy the *not* music.
I like the IRL shots you put in your videos. The meadow in this one was especially nice, I haven't seen a proper meadow since I was a kid which is a shame. I'm finally finished going through your backlog which was great fun so this is my comment because TH-camrs seem to like them. Thanks for the stuff :)
@@dranorter "Halt is Defeat" based on "Sphinx" is a very interesting language and project. "mariposa" is IMO a bit less interesting, it isn't really well defined and not quite as thought out. (both findable with google + "programming language")
in the absolute best way possible, your videos feel like fever dreams, and i love them also the first time i tried writing this comment my youtube glitched… your video broke my youtube… honestly if anyone’s video was gonna break my youtube it’d be yours
When I was little, once a year we would drive 10 hours to stay a for a few days at my grandparents' place. In the mornings, I would wait quietly until my grampa would wake up. He was always up before the others, and the mornings were when we would spend time together, just the two of us. He would let me put on his shaving cream (and let me make a handprint on the mirror), and while he has shaving, we would play a game. "Marco! What are the rules?" "Hmmmm.... no singing!" "No singing???" He pauses for a moment, and begins to hum "No humming!" He pauses another moment, then starts whistling "No whistling!" and by now I'm giggling like a maniac. Another pause, and he starts shuffling a little back and forth "No dancing!" He makes "ooh ooh aah aah" noises. "No making monkey sounds!" And so on. Every morning the rules were different. It's a miracle he never cut himself with the razor. ... Grampa? Grampa, you can bring the singing, humming, whistling, dancing, and monkey noises back. Grampa?
TodePond is that channel I discovered when I was half asleep one night and I now get excited whenever a new upload appears I just love the randomness that's actually something useful
I discovered this channel today, and i have just finished watching every video. I i liked the first videos because i just like cool code and math stuff, but each video got better and better and now it is one of my favorite channels of all time. thanks for making stuff, it has filled me with inspiration ❤
IKR IM NOT EVEN KIDDING I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A VIDEO SO LONG MAN IT IS MY DYING WISH .. / .... .- ...- . / -... . . -. / .-- .- .. - .. -. --. / ... --- / .-.. --- -. --. / .... --- .-.. -.--
Your work is always engaging, and thought-provoking, and reminds me why I love programming so much. This one, though, is genuinely beautiful. Not just "the music was pretty," - though it was - but beautiful in a "this artist is in their element and absolutely killing it," way. Really cool to see it. Very glad you shared it.
I had already watched demos of this on the talks channel but also on the Mastodon. But it's nice to finally discover a more advanced version (I loved the concept of color and auto mutation). In short, I really missed the videos and thank you.
I can't explain the feeling your videos make me feel, but somehow it's very emotional. Your art is so unique and inspirational! I hope you are as proud of it as you should be.
This one fits so well, I loved the ways music emerged from all the arrows. My mind has been thoroughly cleared and set on a path of thoughtfulness :) Love your stuff, take care Matic
Allowing the zoom-in into arrows seems like a clever configuration option but honestly I haven't deduced what it's for. If we try to automate a creation arrow, there's a missing parameter, namely where to put the new creation... but putting things inside the creation arrow seems like a way of telling it what to create, not telling it where to place stuff.
I cannot tell if you're a girl or a guy or something else, and honestly, that's so real.
the secret esotheric third option.........
Programmer.
Aren't they a sandpond?
well you gotta give the 3d modelers credit, it's hard to work out from a disembodied voice.
"Oh no, they're hot!" I mean what? haha
I love the talking into the headphone jack at the start like it’s a microphone. I have no idea why but my brain just finds it hilarious.
And with a microphone stand in-frame at the same time.
Love it!!!❤
lmao, a detail that I wouldn't have noticed.
a perfect joke about the current "meta" of yt, where everyone talks to a mic they have in their hand ^^
Luke obvious lives in December 2026
W E L C O M E B A C K T O T H E S A N D P O N D S A G A
*A N G E L I C C H O I R*
@@LineOfThy *B E R D*
what a time of my life to have a video repeat "come out" at me at 200bpm
Rooting for you
very lucky that I have a life and family where being able to come out again (and again) sounds great. I actually haven't come out to many people yet because I'm waiting to have conspicuous boobs to surprise people with but god if I got the same kick every time I'd become a gender reveal junkie
I’m beginning to notice that bird might have a bit of a difficult time to not make music, considering how musical these arrows seem to be.
its berd to you
@@corydonk very foolish of me 😔
I shall keep this in mind if I ever refer to berd in the future.
✨sonification✨ ^_^
“This video will have no music”
*proceeds to bust it down with the most Fire release of 2024*
Can we get a wellness check on Toad? He's been sleeping for nearly a year.
Well... the music was not loud enough to wake him up... maby he has something serious...
@@red_rassmueller1716 maybe he died
actually only 3 months based on last vid's upload schedule
@@DuringDark actually watch those videos and then come back. I am not making the joke you think I am making.
I agree
I love how this series started as a semi-tutorial for creating a Cellular Automata, and now has devolved into "How many ways can I destroy reality with seemingly simple mechanics" while also bringing us a heartfelt story in the background.
This is an arrow. It might not look like it, but click on it and watch it play. It's the arrow of a new TodePond video!
Berd is really berding in this episode.
Addendum: I had not finished the video when I made this comment. Berd please come back
Do the three characters represent particular ways of engaging with subjects?
Berd always seems enthusiastic but clumsy, excited to create but ignorant of existing work, not very proficient, careless of best practices, and resentful of restrictions.
Bot(s) seem very knowledgeable, but stiflingly critical. They rain down comments on the animals' mistakes, constantly put Tode and Berd in boxes, and disappear into endless introspection when trying to define themselves.
Does Tode represent a synthesis between the two, someone patient and disciplined enough to learn but still motivated enough to create?
What does it mean then that they vanished... only Tode is still there, but asleep...
@@red_rassmueller1716 I'm not totally confident in Defining everything in a rigid way, but I think that:
Tode falling asleep after Spellular Automata may indicate that the current sand projects have reached a sort of local maxima and that Tode requires a pause to "dream up" something new.
Bot disappearing in Define Define may represent the decision to further broaden the Sandpond Saga with a series of videos and experiments, like Arrows, that are even further afield than normal.
These videos genuinely make me so happy and giddy, your art fills a connection between art and programming that is sincerely appreciated
My immediate question is if these arrows are turring complete... In which case this would seem to be a musical esoteric programming language
turing completeness isn't necessary for a language, often it's preferable to not have it
no more halting problems, we have enough
Dude. This did not disappoint this is insane, as educational as it is existential you should be super happy with this project
Human body Berd is beyond cursed
This is the weirdest product explainer I've ever seen. I like it.
Jean Baudrillard would loose his fucking mind.
I just love the vibe that these videos have, and I still don't know why not more people are subscribed.
all types of arrows:
1. creation arrow (+) (creates other arrows)
2. recording arrow (•) (records) (move vertically to change pitch)
3. noise.. bar (-) (drag left and right to change noise starting point)
4. connection arrow (o) (connects arrows)
5. time arrow (.) (makes arrows fire at the same time)
6. timing arrow (▷) (makes arrows fire one beat later)
7. also timing arrow (▶) (makes arrows fire one beat earlier)
8. colo𝖚r arrow (■) (can be colo𝖚red) (points to arrows of the same colo𝖚r) (white fires all)
9. deletion arrow (x) (deletes last arrow in sequence i think it's not exactly clear how it's shown)
10. -Berd woz here- ( I ) ( [insert text here] )
11. infinity arrow (#) (you can go inside or outside of it.. until the sun exploades or something i dunno)
-12. infinity gauntlet-
Perhaps the noise bar is simply an arrow without its head?
seeing other enbies both on the internet and irl makes me so happy!!
also your projects and videos are absolutely incredible, i’d love a more technical video that explains the code behind one of your projects
Enby programmers and an interest in art rise up!
represent!!!
I love how your videos are like youre on serious drugs, and very entretaining, its just amazing
These videos are simultaneously good showcases for these programs/projects, fun to watch, and really well coordinated when it comes to the parts where your voiceover is being affected by these programs/projects. Great job!
Edit: I also noticed that the music that berd made is credited as Pigen Palace. I didn't expect to see the framing device applied to the credits too.
Toad is still asleep and now Berd is MISSING??
uh oh
So... we have to wait for Tode to wake up... until then... no Video??
@@red_rassmueller1716apparently so
New video every hour you say? Guess I will wait approximately 30 minutes or so
Let's hope it doesn't go to 3 picoseconds, that might be a bit too extreme!
Everything about this is just genius. The best mix of art, programming, and videography I've ever seen.
I was not expecting something this god Damb high quality from every aspect.
This is an arrow of convolution. When an arrow it connects to fires, that arrow fires through the arrow it's connected to. Set up parallel worlds and travel through auditory dimensions.
Why does berd have smooth moves though like dang
The extesentialism is a great mix with the programming and storytelling and cinematography and oh my GOD I LOVE IT SO MUCH!
babe wake up TodePond uploaded
Already the best video on youtube
The infinity arrow hits different. now it's an actual ToadVerse
alright, enough youtube for today
Waiting for the next video in 45 minutes
first
❤❤❤
I can tell he's cooking something behind the curtains..
Proper job! I do love a good youtube programmer/philosopher/general thinky person going down some crazy rabbit hole of thought. It happens surprisingly often, but you are certainly among the best
- sand in sand in sand
- sands of time
I don't remember why I subscribed to this channel or what type of channel it is, and now I'm scared of checking the videos to collapse the unknown possibility space.
I love this channel so much. For me, it is a way to escape from all the stress I experience. This is just a cosy place to chill, turn off your brain for once and enjoy the *not* music.
wow, it is like this video is an aesthetic reflection of my ease of distraction and me thinking everything in a more complex way than they are.
Use the Berd arrow to Berd
I'm not entirely sure what I just watched, but I think I like it
I like the IRL shots you put in your videos. The meadow in this one was especially nice, I haven't seen a proper meadow since I was a kid which is a shame. I'm finally finished going through your backlog which was great fun so this is my comment because TH-camrs seem to like them. Thanks for the stuff :)
This is how death is going to look like: arrows everywhere in arrows
new video every hour indeed
it has been 9 moths. that is significantly longer than every before
All your videos are art, and this one its one of your best one. Congrats!! 👏👏
So youre telling me that I need to come out to ALL the worlds? Sheesh I thought only one world needed to know I was gay...
I was not expecting a cutie in a frog hoodie today
"There will be no music".
Blasts my ears with Tech House, and I loved it.
Really hyped for the new video in 10 minutes
Gosh *insert compliment about your vibes*
Their mind creates thing that mine cannot even comprehend
I love how the sandpond saga has nothing to do with sand anymore
sandpond saga also has nothing to do with pond anymore so i guess we are left with just "saga" now?
Berd woz here
This is somehow the third... project? programing language? I have heard of in the last week that involves time travel.
Ooh were the other two interesting?
@@dranorter "Halt is Defeat" based on "Sphinx" is a very interesting language and project. "mariposa" is IMO a bit less interesting, it isn't really well defined and not quite as thought out. (both findable with google + "programming language")
The plot thickens!!! Who will host next episode?
I was absolutely caught jamming with berd to the music :o
in the absolute best way possible, your videos feel like fever dreams, and i love them
also the first time i tried writing this comment my youtube glitched…
your video broke my youtube… honestly if anyone’s video was gonna break my youtube it’d be yours
I don't know nor understand what I am watching. And this is exactly why I am subscribed.
You told me there would be no music but then you played music during the intro. I'm glad you didn't wake up tode. 🐸 Berd also likes music though.
When I was little, once a year we would drive 10 hours to stay a for a few days at my grandparents' place.
In the mornings, I would wait quietly until my grampa would wake up. He was always up before the others, and the mornings were when we would spend time together, just the two of us.
He would let me put on his shaving cream (and let me make a handprint on the mirror), and while he has shaving, we would play a game.
"Marco! What are the rules?"
"Hmmmm.... no singing!"
"No singing???" He pauses for a moment, and begins to hum
"No humming!"
He pauses another moment, then starts whistling
"No whistling!" and by now I'm giggling like a maniac.
Another pause, and he starts shuffling a little back and forth
"No dancing!"
He makes "ooh ooh aah aah" noises.
"No making monkey sounds!"
And so on. Every morning the rules were different. It's a miracle he never cut himself with the razor.
...
Grampa? Grampa, you can bring the singing, humming, whistling, dancing, and monkey noises back. Grampa?
6 months passed from the release and it feels like just yesterday
Honey wake up, TodePond just dropped a new video!
This has exactly the same energy as the future of coding podcast, and I love that.
i wonder why that is
@@TodePond I wonder indeed.
Theres a LU PODCAST?!?!!
@@neftalydotcom futureofcoding.org/episodes/064.html i appear partway through that one
also i put out a weekly podcast on my patreon
This is the programming equivalent of when Squidward breaks the time machine
Excellent, a Turing machine sound machine bird machine
TodePond is that channel I discovered when I was half asleep one night and I now get excited whenever a new upload appears
I just love the randomness that's actually something useful
This Arrowverse somehow makes more sense than the other
I was expecting something good with this one.
I was not disappointed
I discovered this channel today, and i have just finished watching every video. I i liked the first videos because i just like cool code and math stuff, but each video got better and better and now it is one of my favorite channels of all time. thanks for making stuff, it has filled me with inspiration ❤
Other people can't tell what gender you are, other people still can't tell whats going on in this video, and then there's me who just can't
I love how a series about creating a voxel simulator has evolved into this beautiful fever dream.
Can't wait for the next video in an hour.
TodePond: This is an arrow.
Me: Dear God.
TodePond: There's more.
Me: No!
Your channel is so unique, I'm absolutely in love with it. It's one of the few channels I have notificatons turned on
I like that part when they go "berd"
Bar none the best devlog series ever made. I think this is your magnum opus
YES FINALLY HOLY SHIT DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW LONG I'VE BEEN WAITING
IKR IM NOT EVEN KIDDING I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A VIDEO SO LONG MAN IT IS MY DYING WISH .. / .... .- ...- . / -... . . -. / .-- .- .. - .. -. --. / ... --- / .-.. --- -. --. / .... --- .-.. -.--
10 minutes !?!?
8:44 got me good
I am still waiting...
Your work is always engaging, and thought-provoking, and reminds me why I love programming so much. This one, though, is genuinely beautiful. Not just "the music was pretty," - though it was - but beautiful in a "this artist is in their element and absolutely killing it," way.
Really cool to see it. Very glad you shared it.
sorry to interrupt, i have just found out that i am sorry to interrupt. love this channel.
This was a fever dream. A good fever dream. One with cute soft spoken narrator. Can't wait until next hour
I love your sense of humor and the way you think about code. Please never stop making these. Hope all is well!
I had already watched demos of this on the talks channel but also on the Mastodon.
But it's nice to finally discover a more advanced version (I loved the concept of color and auto mutation).
In short, I really missed the videos and thank you.
midi computer when
This is an arrow. It may not look like it. Its the arrow of comment
A node-driven network
for recording and mixing sound
that somehow organically feels like it's based on the rules of automata
Well that's a good way to make myself cry...
I loved it!
Just sent this channel to a friend and now there's a new video? Awesome! Love your stuff! :D
😂😂 the chances 😂😂
I can't explain the feeling your videos make me feel, but somehow it's very emotional. Your art is so unique and inspirational! I hope you are as proud of it as you should be.
The jack-mic
This is definitely my favourite youtube channel
Yay, another episode of my favorite fever dream.
Oh boy, new video every hour? Heck yes!
This one fits so well, I loved the ways music emerged from all the arrows.
My mind has been thoroughly cleared and set on a path of thoughtfulness :) Love your stuff, take care
Matic
How many times have you watched the video?
YEEEES ❤❤❤❤❤❤
to be frank, im not sure what i have watched, but i liked it
I agree Frank
this channel's upload schedule is amazing, such quality videos and they come out every hour?! that's insane
I live near some of those NYC and Central Park shots- your videos are in a class unto themselves.
Allowing the zoom-in into arrows seems like a clever configuration option but honestly I haven't deduced what it's for. If we try to automate a creation arrow, there's a missing parameter, namely where to put the new creation... but putting things inside the creation arrow seems like a way of telling it what to create, not telling it where to place stuff.
it's cos it's fun
I couldn't figure out how the subsets and supersets fit into the picture either. Do they subdivide a beat? Things got a little hazy around that point.
yeah will explore that more in a future video