2 sources Sep 14
Poko a Pokemon Player Builds Working Word Processor From In-Game Circuits
A player known as Mr. Nomutora built a word processor inside Poko a Pokemon, using switches marked with the Pokemon Unown as alphabet keys.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Automaton.
Why it matters
Poko a Pokemon shipped with switches and sensors for automation, and the word processor shows players pushing those same parts into general-purpose computing rather than simple automated farms.
The device displays input text on a screen with a cursor, and includes Shift, newline, full character erase, and Caps Lock. It measures roughly 50 blocks tall, 100 wide, and 100 deep. In a video, it inputs the characters "Venom Drench."
The word processor sits behind a screen that shows entered text and a cursor marking the input position. Each key is a ground-level switch labeled with Unown, the Pokemon whose shapes resemble letters, so the alphabet mapping comes from the game's own creatures.
Mr. Nomutora told Automaton the build is about 50 blocks tall, 100 wide, and 100 deep, and that he tried to keep it as small as possible. He said the item placement limit for electrically powered parts, previously 512, was a particular obstacle, and that an update changed how the display section behaved and forced corrections.
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Sources
- Anime News Network Get Your Very Own Pokémon Spam in South Korea
- Automaton 『ぽこ あ ポケモン』の回路研究で「ワープロ」爆誕。“アンノーン式キーボード”で自由にアルファベット入力可能、Caps Lockすらある