Outside help

I was trying to figure out Mario's height and wight and Alex Clark (a fellow nerd) showed me a video that had all the information on from some youtuber named game theory. I would have had to make a stupid guess otherwise so I am grateful for that.

final summary

So I started by trying to find out how much thrust there was in a jetpack but there were to manny variables so I switched to a simpler much cooler topic.
Mario! After messing around I found some shocking things about Mario's world and how it works. I think that this was not only lots of fun but a great experience. I loved seeing peoples reactions as I told them my discoveries.

The most important thing I learned is that if video games followed the laws of physics then they would be boring. The only thing that matters is that the game is fun and creative.

Mario's G-Force issue

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/gravity-forces.html


there is tons of info about g forces on this site I'm gonna pull some data from this site.

Based on rates of survival (or lack thereof) during crashes, it became accepted wisdom that no pilot

could withstand more than 18 G's, or 18 times the force of gravity at sea level. So cockpits were

designed to withstand only 18 G's. Yet pilots sometimes walked away from crashes in which the G

forces were calculated to have been much higher.


in 1948 a scientist did some experiments himself to see what the human body could really endure he was able to withstand 35 G''s but he cracked to ribs and broke his wrist. He also lost some dental fillings.


Mario is experiencing 139.278 of g force


So if Mario experienced this kind of G force his outside would move faster than his inside. He would pass out instantly and his legs would be shattered. His organs would be pushed down hard causing all sorts of internal bleeding and his spine would snap in a least on place (just below his head) :)




All of this is just for experiencing gravity on earth! Mario's gravity is just shy of DOUBLE THAT!

3 questions in consept

1. Mario falls pretty fast can he survive that kind of a fall?
Theoretically yes, but it is not the fall that would kill him! When he jumps the amount of g force would destroy his body and turn all his organs to mush.

2. how strong would Mario have to be to jump that high with that kind of gravity? 
So Mario's acceleration is 357 m/s/s or 11.1 g due to the gravity on earth so next we have to equate that to gravity so add one g so 12.1 g

Ok so the equation we are going to use is F=m*a.  Mario weighs 245 pounds and his gravity is 17.76 so that times 12.1 so 214.816*245= 52,649.52 newtons of force.

a regular human only has 889.6 newtons
(Mario can squat 11,836 lbs!)

3. Mario reaches his max speed almost instantly when he jumps. What would that kind of acceleration do to someone?
Mario goes from 0 meters per second to 191.22 in only 0.14 seconds thats 1365.85714285714 Meters/square second that puts his body are around 139.27866732 G force!!!!!!! 

(more details in "Mario's g force issue")

Flash Mario's gravity in detail

d=1/2 g t^2

2d/t^2=g

it takes him .483 seconds to fall 21.4 ft

42.8 ft/0.233= 183.69g

terminal velocity for Mario comes out at about 39 meters per second

Mario is traveling 44.29 ft/sec! converted to meters per sec thats about 13.5 m/sec

He would probably survive but his body would hurt. Also he couldn't do that fall all the time.

Problems

So there are just to manny variables for me to figure out for this to be a good idea so I am switching to a simpler game. I could not figure out the exact weight and they are wearing exo suits that help them jump so I don't know how much they weigh and without a jetpack they were jumping 400 inches into the air as apposed to the regular 12 inches. So I have switched to flash mario.

The 3 questions for the game

1. Is the gravity in that game realistic
Mario falls at an avg. of 58.3 ft/sec thats almost 700 inches per second. Wolfram time thats 1.813g thats 17.76 way more than the gravity of earth (9.8) mario is very strong to jump that heigh with such a strong gravity.
2. How fast is Mario running
He runs 36.6 ft/sec thats almost 25 miles per hour! This guy is crazy.
3. How high can Mario jump
Mario in his super state stands 7 ft tall, That's very tall just to start. But then get this, He can jump 35 ft into the air that's 5 times his own height

The Study of Light

It was so cool to see how they looked at light to create that underwater affect. Light is affected buy what it hits and it is cool to see videogames and animated movies trying to recreate that. That is what really add a realistic aspect to a game. In Rainbow Six Seige they have done some lighting work to copy pupil dilation. If you are in a dark room and the door gets blasted open its hard to see outside because it's so bright out. Also in that game you can use metallic surfaces to see enemies coming from down the hall. You can see their reflection.

Rocket power Skater testing

So I tracked the rocket and I found out that it puts out 12.1 N thats 2.43 plus the 9.67 of gravity -

Solid Rocket Boosters. form the NSTS Shuttle Reference Manual (1988). NASA. put out 13.7 GW so we are a little strong off for the backpack rocket. I think that the the power measurement is in different units but I will have to check with mrs. Boorsma.

So I need the time he flew and the distance and then I can know the power. He flew 65.5 feet in 4 seconds 12.1*20/4 so I'm putting out 60.5 W


A model rocket puts out 12.1 N of thrust the same as our rocket so there is no feasible way that could ever work.

Skater testing

Had to make sure that the gravity was what it said. Turns out that it was there was some *cough (human error) *cough and that made it not so perfect but it was good practice.

My avg was 274 inches per second so I put that in wolfram and got 0.968 g so I calculated that to come out to around 9.66 almost 9.8 of earth.