{"id":2029154,"date":"2026-07-06T12:40:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T09:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2029154"},"modified":"2026-07-06T12:40:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T09:40:26","slug":"you-can-sort-of-play-mario-kart-on-youtube-as-an-interactive-video-that-could-lead-to-more-complex-experiments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2029154","title":{"rendered":"You can sort-of play Mario Kart on YouTube as an &#8220;interactive video&#8221; that could lead to more complex experiments"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">You can sort-of play Mario Kart on YouTube as an &#8220;interactive video&#8221; that could lead to more complex experiments<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Off-limits.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Mario-Kart-on-YouTube_custom.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Mario Kart Tour&apos;s Mario on YouTube logo - custom\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Mario-Kart-on-YouTube_custom.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer \/ Nintendo \/ YouTube<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fran-j-ruiz-author.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"fran-j-ruiz-author.png\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/fran-ruiz\">Fran Ruiz<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-07-06T12:40:26+00:00\">July 6, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"991ccbed-636f-4e88-a4b0-66afffb27500\" data-name=\"Mario Kart World\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Mario Kart World\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Mario Kart World\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Mario Kart World\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Mario Kart World\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Mario Kart World\" title=\"Follow Mario Kart World\"><br \/>\n  Follow Mario Kart World<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>There&#8217;s a whole world of shockingly creative YouTube channels out there, but it&#8217;s not often we come across something as surprising as Atlas Arcade&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SUP7x_DiyXw\">playable Mario Kart video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mind you, it&#8217;s not <em>actually <\/em>Mario Kart with mechanics, items, and all that. Instead, you&#8217;re just going from left to right with a racer of your choice &#8211; you can switch between different ones by changing the video&#8217;s subtitles &#8211; for less than one minute on the famous Rainbow Road, but as purely a concept for more complex experiments that may or may not happen, it&#8217;s impressive.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Mario Kart World - Official Accolades Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fhdob0zbWak?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Fhdob0zbWak\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Mario Kart World &#8211; Official Accolades Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Mario Kart World &#8211; Official Accolades Trailer<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Fhdob0zbWak\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@AtlasArcade\/videos\">Atlas Arcade<\/a> has seemingly been working on similar interactive videos for a few months now, ranging from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MtgyCorvy_s\">Flappy Bird<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j3e_mz5mypY\">Five Nights at Freddy&#8217;s<\/a> adaptations. They&#8217;re all excellent exercises in ingenuity, and with 37.5k subscribers and hundreds of thousands of views on many of these videos, it&#8217;s clear there&#8217;s an audience for such creative endeavours.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The team&#8217;s take on Mario Kart &#8211; like many of Atlas Arcade&#8217;s videos &#8211; was made possible by YouTube&#8217;s 360-degree spherical video function, which lets users upload and move around a &#8216;camera&#8217; inside videos that expand beyond the usual borders and even loop around. It&#8217;s been available for a long time, but this is the first time I&#8217;ve personally seen it used to make a game &#8220;playable&#8221; in tandem with keyboard shortcuts and custom subs. &#8220;The code for this game was written in HTML and JavaScript with additional assets and animations rendered using Python with the help of the Manim library,&#8221; the official description added.<\/p>\n<p>The custom subs are perhaps the most amazing bit of the whole thing, with different languages offering the opportunity to select different &#8216;characters&#8217; even if the video plays out the same. That element was handled by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCl_M-d9USFsrmusIP7QKqWg\">Animated Subtitles<\/a>, a channel entirely dedicated to porting sprites and animations to YouTube&#8217;s subtitle system which is equally impressive on its own.<\/p>\n<p>While the rise of these videos doesn&#8217;t guarantee we&#8217;ll be playing full-blown flash games on YouTube anytime soon, it&#8217;s a good reminder that some folks out there are really pushing the limits of most platforms. When it comes to interactive videos, they might be a great option for narrative-oriented games, but I&#8217;m ready to be surprised.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>There&#8217;s a whole world of shockingly creative YouTube channels out there, but it&#8217;s not often we come across something as surprising as Atlas Arcade&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SUP7x_DiyXw\">playable Mario Kart video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mind you, it&#8217;s not <em>actually <\/em>Mario Kart with mechanics, items, and all that. Instead, you&#8217;re just going from left to right with a racer of your choice &#8211; you can switch between different ones by changing the video&#8217;s subtitles &#8211; for less than one minute on the famous Rainbow Road, but as purely a concept for more complex experiments that may or may not happen, it&#8217;s impressive.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Mario Kart World - Official Accolades Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fhdob0zbWak?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Fhdob0zbWak\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Mario Kart World &#8211; Official Accolades Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Mario Kart World &#8211; Official Accolades Trailer<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Fhdob0zbWak\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@AtlasArcade\/videos\">Atlas Arcade<\/a> has seemingly been working on similar interactive videos for a few months now, ranging from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MtgyCorvy_s\">Flappy Bird<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j3e_mz5mypY\">Five Nights at Freddy&#8217;s<\/a> adaptations. They&#8217;re all excellent exercises in ingenuity, and with 37.5k subscribers and hundreds of thousands of views on many of these videos, it&#8217;s clear there&#8217;s an audience for such creative endeavours.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The team&#8217;s take on Mario Kart &#8211; like many of Atlas Arcade&#8217;s videos &#8211; was made possible by YouTube&#8217;s 360-degree spherical video function, which lets users upload and move around a &#8216;camera&#8217; inside videos that expand beyond the usual borders and even loop around. It&#8217;s been available for a long time, but this is the first time I&#8217;ve personally seen it used to make a game &#8220;playable&#8221; in tandem with keyboard shortcuts and custom subs. &#8220;The code for this game was written in HTML and JavaScript with additional assets and animations rendered using Python with the help of the Manim library,&#8221; the official description added.<\/p>\n<p>The custom subs are perhaps the most amazing bit of the whole thing, with different languages offering the opportunity to select different &#8216;characters&#8217; even if the video plays out the same. 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