Hello! Wow, good morning, everyone! What is up, Google I/O? I'm Valkyrae, and I'm so excited to be here with you guys today.
And I'm Jack, AKA courage. Shout-out to everyone tuning into the livestream worldwide. We are YouTube creators, gamers and occasionally competitors.
I wouldn't call it much of a competition, though.
Okay, hold on. So today, we're going to be playing a game together. It's called Infinite Scaler. And you can scan that big code right there to pull it up, no download required. Infinite Scaler is basically a massive collaborative experiment. That means over the next 20 minutes, we won't just be competing against each other, although I'll definitely be getting the highest score, but we'll actually be building the game together as we play it.
The game itself is pretty straightforward. You bounce on these little jump pads to climb a tower as fast as you can. If you're too slow, the lights go out below you, and you fall.
But you may have noticed that every level looks completely unique. That's because every block of the tower is a world you guys generate using your creativity and some AI magic.
That means every time you play, it's completely unique. You can create a cyberpunk city or a forest full of capybara. Whatever you dream up, just type it in as long as it's safe for work.
That's right. We don't want to get HR involved. Look, we'll give you a quick peek at how this actually works. You literally just type in a prompt. It can be super simple because our friend Gemini will automatically give it a polish for you on the back end. Then it gets sent over to --
Nano Banana, which makes the background and foreground sprite sheets, adds a little tech magic, takes the depth map and boom, you've got this awesome 3D effect. Like check out the one I made, a tribute to my Shiba Inu Mika. Look how cute he is.
So cute. It's decent. Mine is way better. Spaghetti slippery slide.
Of course, of course. All right, enough talking, let's play. Are you guys ready? You can jump right in on your phone or just grab the link on your computer. This is a play at your own pace type of game so don't stress if you're still getting your devices connected. There will be plenty of chances to jump in later.
All right. Let's go, let's get started.
Look, Rae, no pressure, there's just thousands of people here in person and hundreds of thousands of people tuned in online.
Okay, I'm feeling the pressure, Jack.
All right. Let's go. Rae is going to get us started. Again, you all with that QR code can join us with the link if you're watching online, from anywhere across the world. Rae is going to show you how it's done. Let's see what record you can set.
Okay. It's pretty simple. You just have to hit the jump pads because there is no jump button. And each room is just so freaking unique and random. I have to lock in.
And these are prompts from you guys at home, that you're sending on in and we're also, as we play, midway through going to take a look at which players set the record, as well as which countries have the most levels and it's important to get up the right side, the rocket.
You need the rocket. I'm rooting for the Philippines. Who are you rooting for, Jack?
You think the Philippines are going to pop up? I think Japan.
Japan is going to do great. Maybe Brazil. All right, so far, it's 30. Look if anyone in the crowd can get over 50 I'll say you're pretty darn good. We did a lot of tests and warmups, and hit some pretty crazy records. Here it comes.
Jack, you're stressing me out.
43 levels, new points record. Pretty good.
Let me do it one more time. Okay. My goal is at least 50.
What do you think the most prompted things are going to be? I feel like food, mainly, because they have really good food here.
I think people are going to prompt in their pets. Who doesn't want to see their pets?
That's like a fork battle going on. Robots controlling a ship.
I want to just look at each room, but they're going by so fast.
Masseuse. Funny. It's pretty therapeutic, honestly.
Maybe jellyfish DJs would be a good one. That's what we just saw.
I can't believe they intro'd for us. A cow in space.
That's awesome. And again, you all can join worldwide right now, no download required, a link at the top of your screen. All right. You're at 31.
Okay. I'm aiming for 50. What do you think the high score is going to be? Jack, what do you think the high score is going to be?
I think the high score, someone out there is going to get 100 plus. It's going to be crazy. Uh-oh, you got it. You got it. You're good.
You're stressing me out. The thing to know about this is that for each room, you have to hit the jump pad to get through the hole. You can't just go through the bottom.
Are you going to have tips and tricks? I have not had the chance to go.
We're good. There we go. Okay. Don't worry, I know the crowd is going to get real loud when it's my turn. I'll give someone $5, please. Okay. You can't bribe the crowd. That's cheating.
I've got tricks up my sleeve. I'm going to hope.
Okay. No pressure. Again, just literally competing with everybody.
Jack... Okay. I'm going to be yapping your ear off when you do it.
I think it's really good.
Now, it's my turn, everybody! Let's go. Let me show you how it's done. Show you how it's done. Infinite Scaler, live at Google I/O! Starts now.
It's not too late to join in. We're going to look at the high scores right after this, or maybe after a couple of rounds, because who knows how far Jack is going to get.
Good. Rocket ship already. I'm locked in. I'm locked in.
If you're at home on your PC, scan the QR code. Double rockets?
Let's see how far you can get.
What is going on? All the rockets, this is so rigged. This is not fair right now. Candy canes.
Who did you actually pay?
Don't worry about it. That was close. The bears and the river.
I like watching you play, because I can actually look at the rooms.
There we go. More food, please.
Puppies. Washing machines with a ship in it. You're at 70.
What did you get to? Six? I'm about to pass that right now. I'm about to pass that right now.
You have to try to get 100.
I will. Don't worry. If you're playing at home when you look at the leaderboard, it's for you all at home. I won't be on that. I've had a lot of practice... So I may or may not have been here in this seat for two hours yesterday playing.
This is actually getting nuts now.
You're already almost at 100.
I wonder which country actually will wind up getting the top.
Congratulations. You did it.
Jack... It's getting dark.
It's fine. Everything's fine. A ship in a bottle?
I think that might be my favorite. The bunnies with the boba. Now, I want boba. You're at 125, Jack. That cheeseburger has lettuce and tomatoes.
Can we get more animals with clothes on?
No burger should have -- let's just cancel the keynote, and I'll keep playing.
I think that's what everyone here wants. They would love that.
I wish you won first. This is crazy.
That was pretty good. Look at these numbers. It's over 157 countries.
This is in the last 10 minutes.
14,000 people! That's wild. That's actually a lot of people. This just happened.
Let's check out the top scores. Brawny icy moss with 248. We suck.
How did they even have that much time?
I don't know. That's actually nuts.
Top country, United States. Shout-out India, 9,567 levels scaled, okay.
33,000 points, that's crazy. Then we've got Germany, Brazil, France, Mexico, Canada, Poland, Spain. Where's the Philippines?
Don't worry. Next one. We'll take a look at some of the levels that people have made.
I'm very excited for this. Let's see what you guys have made. Okay. We've got a duck with a sweater fishing, by poppy neon gravy.
A coral reef. Little anemones with eyeballs. You've got to get rid of the lettuce and tomato.
So you're a cheese and meat only kind of guy. This is by smiley science.
Now, I'm hungry.
We saw this one in the levels.
That's a really cool one.
Ship in a bottle with little people around it. A disco snail.
How do you even think of that? Snail where the shell is a disco ball. Giant rock hand, asteroid hand by plushy hiccup. I feel like we've got to give you another chance, though.
Yeah. You've got to get 100 plus.
Okay. I can hit 100. People already hit 250...
Yeah. Maybe we can redeem ourselves. Look at this crowd here, that's awesome. This is crazy. Some of you all out there in the sun, make sure you put on some sunscreen. This crowd is going all the way back now.
It's going to get hot today.
No pressure. Some of the most important people in the world in the room, but no pressure.
No pressure. I'm scaling.
You all at home can join up and play right now. I'm going to try to challenge you to get that leaderboard. You have to get 220, I think. The Phoenix is cool. A bunch of crystals.
I passed the rocket. I passed the rocket. I didn't need it.
I'm freaking out, Jack. Okay.
Okay, okay. Stay calm. This is spaghetti. Rocket. Big. Okay.
Now, you've got it. Someone in the crowd right now is watching and probably already at like 500, and they might play for the whole show.
I'm kind of curious what the top score is now.
You better make a mistake, people are going to be on their phones while they're doing it.
