Ben Crawshaw
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How A Videogame Simulated Infinity
Welcome to our deep dive into the mesmerizing world of Manifold Garden! In this video essay, we explore the mind-bending architecture and infinite landscapes of this unique puzzle game.
Join us as we unravel the mysteries of Manifold Garden and ponder whether it can offer a glimpse into the infinite. Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more thought-provoking content!
REFERENCES
Ludvig in Legendary Lands. "AI depicts Space Weirdly."
ua-cam.com/video/8GOIE3MTKgE/v-deo.htmlsi=Sn8LVLPHxpQBXqYX
GDC 2025. “Manifold Garden: Level Design in Impossible Geometry.” ua-cam.com/video/ed2zmmcEryw/v-deo.htmlsi=ltlun2cizluTjkyU.
Lex Clips. “Universe Is Larger in Time Than Space, Sara Walker and Lex Fridman.” ua-cam.com/video/Hn7gARfryX8/v-deo.html.
The Cursed Judge. “Manifold Garden Is a Beautiful Game.”
ua-cam.com/video/roK38tw1DD4/v-deo.html.
Can videogames let you experience an indescribable concept like infinity? Kant called the experience of infinity ‘the sublime’ and I will analyse depictions of infinity from across the world in relation to his theory. Kant thought that sublimity was felt while viewing vast expanses like mountains, or powerful events like thunderstorms. Kant thought that these experiences are pleasurable overall because they reveal the power of humanity to conceive of the idea of infinity, showing how human reasoning is distinct from, and superior to the natural world. Kant's theory is rooted in western philosophical traditions that emphasize individualism and the separation of mind and nature. Coinciding with the development of the scientific method, linear perspective allowed for a systematic approach to representing the world. Both linear perspective and the scientific method reinforce a distinction between the observer (the human mind) and the observed (nature). I suggest that the infinite spaces in Manifold Garden alone may not grant a holistic experience of infinity, because their use of perspective creates a false sense of separation between humanity and nature. I believe we only feel this separation because we cannot see time.
While linear perspective allows for the depiction of an infinite space, non-Western artworks depict an eternity of time. Non-Western depictions of infinity represent progressively repeating cycles, and humanity interconnected with nature. I believe that while our experience of space and our rational minds make us feel different from infinity, our experience of time shows how connected we are to eternity. Scientist Sarah Walker says that the universe is much larger in time than space, and the interconnectivity of humanity and nature is one of the largest things in it. Time is constantly bifurcating and its generating new structures, this is the concept of phylogeny. While we can’t see time, we feel its effects in the complex integration of life and technology on this planet. I think this accounts for our rational minds being equal to infinity, but also for our interconnectivity with nature and the universe.
Manifold Garden uses perspective to depict infinity vast spaces, however its gameplay symbolises the interconnectivity of humanity and nature over time. The player is tasked with completing puzzles to bring life to a geometric world, unifying architecture and nature. This symbolises the interconnectivity of humanity and the universe, a global metaphor which connects us in time. All artworks show us the power of human creativity, but videogames are unique. In Manifold Garden, your actions directly impact its world, as you use the power of your mental faculty to change the spaces over time. I believe that the source of sublimity in an artwork is due to it showing the vastness of the human experience in time, this is experienced in Manifold Garden as you use your human creativity to solve puzzles. The power of human reason brings life and vibrancy to the brutal landscape. In the same way, I think that humanity brings meaning to the universe. The power of our creations can bring life to the future, so in a sense we are eternal.
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#ManifoldGarden #VideoEssay #Infinity #Gaming
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  • @AxelVikstrom
    @AxelVikstrom 4 години тому

    Almost all videos under this sound are fishing for compliments

    • @bencrawshaw3D
      @bencrawshaw3D 4 години тому

      @@AxelVikstrom the ones you see are the ones where people show off their good art because that’s the kind that people enjoy

    • @AxelVikstrom
      @AxelVikstrom 4 години тому

      ​@@bencrawshaw3D yes but the sound is talking about how trash the drawings are when they are actually really good and then they know people are going to say "all of them are so good!!" No hate btw

    • @bencrawshaw3D
      @bencrawshaw3D 3 години тому

      @ Yeah the mysteries of UA-cam ahaha but whatever works I guess 🤷

  • @Nobody.-.Important
    @Nobody.-.Important 10 годин тому

    I will like this verbally to not disrupt this harmony

  • @Channel2012yt
    @Channel2012yt 11 годин тому

    12 definitely

  • @trollhuntertitan
    @trollhuntertitan 15 годин тому

    Hey were here for you

  • @Editz-fm2zx
    @Editz-fm2zx 20 годин тому

    Sucks how this vid didnt get popular

    • @bencrawshaw3D
      @bencrawshaw3D 20 годин тому

      Yeah man :( just gotta keep trying!

    • @Editz-fm2zx
      @Editz-fm2zx 15 хвилин тому

      @bencrawshaw3D ik you will be popular one day i subbed bro love ur content

  • @jusk-67
    @jusk-67 21 годину тому

    Did a long time ago:)

    • @bencrawshaw3D
      @bencrawshaw3D 21 годину тому

      @@jusk-67I know you did I remember your comments ❤️

  • @Ivarius321
    @Ivarius321 День тому

    You show a lot of promise. Keep going, and you'll get big like the other channels

    • @bencrawshaw3D
      @bencrawshaw3D День тому

      @@Ivarius321 thank you that means a lot, I’m planning on keeping going so hopefully we will see

  • @darrelarianna5204
    @darrelarianna5204 День тому

    Don't give up ur dreams, bro!!

  • @BroMakeSpaceForMe_XD
    @BroMakeSpaceForMe_XD День тому

    You can be popular some day!

    • @bencrawshaw3D
      @bencrawshaw3D День тому

      @@BroMakeSpaceForMe_XD thank you I hope so!

  • @senaharu6768
    @senaharu6768 День тому

    Don't give up yet!

  • @ryanbenedick9164
    @ryanbenedick9164 День тому

    Very sweet, would you be able to share your playcanvas project for forking? Love to better understnad how you were able to pull this off

    • @bencrawshaw3D
      @bencrawshaw3D День тому

      @@ryanbenedick9164 yes of course! How can I share it with you?

    • @bencrawshaw3D
      @bencrawshaw3D День тому

      @@ryanbenedick9164 (I just followed the Convai UA-cam tutorials btw so you might only need to watch that)

    • @ryanbenedick9164
      @ryanbenedick9164 15 годин тому

      @@bencrawshaw3D Ah that's what it reminded me of. I watched it last month and started going down the rabbit hole but after a few things broke, I started to get lost and never came back to it. The URL to the project overview page (where it has buttons for Editor/Play/Fork) would be ideal.

  • @p-raven
    @p-raven День тому

    Manifold garden is peak, one of my all time favorite games

  • @qwqeqrqtqz
    @qwqeqrqtqz 2 дні тому

    I just found your channel through this video and stumbled upon your "wild space" series. I absolutely love it. Clearly an insane amount of work has gone into it. I'm honestly baffled almost nobody seems to have seen it. What a hidden gem. Also thank you for this video. Manifold garden is such a beautiful game. I remember being immediately captivated by the trailer and its unique aesthetic. The development of the game is surprisingly well documented on William chyr's channel and blog. His dev streams and blog entries going back to when the project was still called relativity are a treasure trove for anyone interested in game development

    • @bencrawshaw3D
      @bencrawshaw3D 2 дні тому

      Hey! That’s amazing I’m so glad you like you wild space! I do it with friends and it takes us years to make an episode. There’s a new one coming out soon on it’s own channel. Yeah it’s a really fascinating game with concepts and creative problem solving. I wanted to include the stuff about why he changed the name but couldn’t fit it all in.

    • @qwqeqrqtqz
      @qwqeqrqtqz 18 годин тому

      I tried to reply but I think it got removed because it had a link to the wild space channel in it. Rest assured, I found it. I personally like the decidedly non-clickbait thumbnails, but I'm afraid they will not work for people not already familiar with the series. You can't tell what kind of video it is, so new people won't know if they would be interested. You have a memorable art style and a very creative animation technique, but I would never know from just the thumbnails, which is a shame. Have you considered using something more in line with the thumbnails on this channel, maybe with the title superimposed?

    • @bencrawshaw3D
      @bencrawshaw3D 18 годин тому

      @ hey!!! Nice to hear from you. I hope you don’t mind but I sent a screenshot of your comment to my friends. We’re really proud of the next episode so would actually like it to get views and we’ve been trying to think of how to get the thumbnail and titles working. I couldn’t agree with you more, I think people will look at the thumbnail and think the entire video is just a drawing. We could even put the word ‘animation’ in there there somewhere. UA-cam is a funny business because what feels tasteful is rarely what people actually click on ahaha. Thanks for your comments though it really brightens my day :)

    • @qwqeqrqtqz
      @qwqeqrqtqz 17 годин тому

      I don't mind at all. It is kind of exciting to find a real hidden gem and I would love for you to succeed. I'm no expert in UA-cam marketing but it may be helpful to look what works for others as inspiration. There is a channel called Righteous Robot for example. He also does animations with paper, seems quite successful and the thumbnails seem eye-catching but quite tasteful. The word 'animation' on the thumbnail itself is maybe overkill and takes away valuable space, but it could be part of the title. It might also be a good idea to add a description; a bit of information about the project and maybe some credits. This is not only helpful for viewers but might also help the algorithm categorize the video and show it to people interested in similar videos

    • @bencrawshaw3D
      @bencrawshaw3D 8 годин тому

      @@qwqeqrqtqzYeah I think I’ve seen righteous robot before, they mentioned that it’s a short film in the title which I think we could do. Adding a description and some hashtags would also definitely help. I also saw that they post content like ‘making a cowboy stop motion film (out of paper) and I think people would be as much interested in that as the final output. I think the fact that we make it out of paper is more interesting than the fact that it’s a badly acted space adventure

  • @aro_mation
    @aro_mation 2 дні тому

    I swear to God that talented devs gets less attention

    • @bencrawshaw3D
      @bencrawshaw3D 2 дні тому

      Ahahah that you that means so much! I haven’t been doing this very long so maybe the attention is around the corner

  • @BrunoLuzdeJesus
    @BrunoLuzdeJesus 2 дні тому

    Pretty cool vídeo, loved the philosophy references

    • @bencrawshaw3D
      @bencrawshaw3D 2 дні тому

      @@BrunoLuzdeJesus thank you my friend, it’s a super interesting subject and there are loads of other videos out there if you’re interested

    • @blackcatpirates8134
      @blackcatpirates8134 2 дні тому

      ​@@bencrawshaw3DDo you need a video editor?

  • @phaylali
    @phaylali 2 дні тому

    Did you make this character with metahumans ?

    • @bencrawshaw3D
      @bencrawshaw3D 2 дні тому

      No I used mostly blender, I explain how i made it in a video on my channel

  • @philiptbs
    @philiptbs 3 дні тому

    Peak content. GJ.

  • @itsfin01
    @itsfin01 4 дні тому

    I rate them mate

  • @bobble360
    @bobble360 4 дні тому

    Wooooaaaahhh

  • @jusk-67
    @jusk-67 5 днів тому

    Tha hair tho🤣

  • @jusk-67
    @jusk-67 5 днів тому

    That is not a sketch book bro 🙏😭that's a mystical wizard book it's looks so cool

    • @bencrawshaw3D
      @bencrawshaw3D 5 днів тому

      @@jusk-67 hahhahthank you subscribe or I’ll turn you into a frog

  • @warsarebeautiful3504
    @warsarebeautiful3504 5 днів тому

    Bro this interactive world is not working…. Migration….from what engine bro I tried 5.3 5.0 but I can’t open my engine with the plugin it say missing module interactive world

    • @bencrawshaw3D
      @bencrawshaw3D 3 дні тому

      Yeah I think they might have removed it :( sorry

  • @jusk-67
    @jusk-67 6 днів тому

    Gud drawings tho

  • @lastsonofktn
    @lastsonofktn 6 днів тому

    Nice work

  • @kamilgackowski3615
    @kamilgackowski3615 6 днів тому

    its kinda ragebait

  • @BillyMcbutt
    @BillyMcbutt 6 днів тому

    “Oh look an actual drawing” bro all of them were actual drawings 😂😂

  • @BatmanCartsOfGlory1
    @BatmanCartsOfGlory1 6 днів тому

    Can you make a tutorial on how to do this when clicking a button for example E?

    • @bencrawshaw3D
      @bencrawshaw3D 3 дні тому

      Search for an E keyboard event in the blueprint

  • @shilohmerilan9858
    @shilohmerilan9858 6 днів тому

    What is bro yapping about?????

  • @jusk-67
    @jusk-67 6 днів тому

    Fax

  • @IdrawwithP
    @IdrawwithP 7 днів тому

    Those are good though

  • @jusk-67
    @jusk-67 7 днів тому

    I thought it was drone footage at like midnight :O

  • @jusk-67
    @jusk-67 7 днів тому

    Ngl those r great tho

  • @jusk-67
    @jusk-67 7 днів тому

    Imma bet my friend 5$ about this I trust you :)

  • @jusk-67
    @jusk-67 7 днів тому

    Some lays :)(

  • @LongtentYT
    @LongtentYT 7 днів тому

    All of those are great 👍

  • @Fazui-f8j
    @Fazui-f8j 7 днів тому

    UNDERATED ARTIST TF I CANT DO THAT AND THE PERSPECTIVE IS AMAZING

    • @bencrawshaw3D
      @bencrawshaw3D 7 днів тому

      @@Fazui-f8j thank you!! I appreciate it

  • @levikhan6836
    @levikhan6836 7 днів тому

    What do u even mean!?🤨those are great

  • @jusk-67
    @jusk-67 7 днів тому

    He looks like you a bit tho:O

    • @AshMeowPrrrrr
      @AshMeowPrrrrr 7 днів тому

      yea

    • @bencrawshaw3D
      @bencrawshaw3D 7 днів тому

      ⁠@AshMeowPrrrrryeah you can find out how I made him in the video linked to this, basically I used photos of myself :)

    • @AshMeowPrrrrr
      @AshMeowPrrrrr 7 днів тому

      @@bencrawshaw3D tysm

    • @jusk-67
      @jusk-67 7 днів тому

      Ohhh

  • @ItsJustEliHere
    @ItsJustEliHere 7 днів тому

    Some salvia please. The sketch one down the street sells that legit stuff.

    • @bencrawshaw3D
      @bencrawshaw3D 7 днів тому

      @@ItsJustEliHere No problem, it’s buy one get one free so we can both get high as fuck

  • @jasonbasso
    @jasonbasso 8 днів тому

    M&M Peanuts please.

  • @MarcinKolekson
    @MarcinKolekson 9 днів тому

    I am trying to find "Interactive World" in FAB but no luck, it does not pop up in search :(

  • @Shylofr
    @Shylofr 9 днів тому

    Let's see it boss

  • @ElizabethDean-t4u
    @ElizabethDean-t4u 9 днів тому

    I love how geometric your art style is!

    • @bencrawshaw3D
      @bencrawshaw3D 9 днів тому

      @ElizabethDean-t4u thanks! I studied architecture so

  • @douglaslopes5913
    @douglaslopes5913 9 днів тому

    My time to claim... fake internet points?

    • @bencrawshaw3D
      @bencrawshaw3D 9 днів тому

      @@douglaslopes5913 they’re all yours

  • @610_senpaibaka_soffbordet
    @610_senpaibaka_soffbordet 9 днів тому

    Aight

  • @No-Qualitydk
    @No-Qualitydk 9 днів тому

    Ight fam

  • @Lone_wolf906
    @Lone_wolf906 10 днів тому

    Keep going bro. You are doing right, just require polishing your works and done.

  • @reallyunluckylol1
    @reallyunluckylol1 10 днів тому

    HELLO??? THESE R SO GOOD WTH

    • @bencrawshaw3D
      @bencrawshaw3D 10 днів тому

      Thank you!! Truth be told I think so too

  • @Rottenboozer
    @Rottenboozer 10 днів тому

    For the algo :)

  • @nikosmatis
    @nikosmatis 10 днів тому

    Thanks man!Keep up with these amazing work!💪🔥