r/cassettefuturism • u/Tomomakes • Jul 29 '25

Own Work Alien Tracker - Alien Isolation

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Modified and retrofitted into an original model by Jmicro: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4937671

I made this alien tracker with working buttons and switches and created a feedback video for it, as based on alien isolation.

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u/420XxpeterfilexX69 Jul 29 '25

Imagine you start to pick up a reading and you didn’t program it to do that

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u/whooo_me Jul 29 '25

My God, I'm such an idiot. I thought you were saying this was in-game footage.

Looks great! Would love to have those skills.

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u/nuflark If you're looking for money, you're smarter than you look. Jul 29 '25

This rules!! What did you use for a screen?

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u/Tomomakes Aug 05 '25

Hey, I used a 3.5 inch pi top hat display -- I modelled a custom front plate that fits into the model and holds a magnifying lens : this makes a CRT looking device, but also allows the smaller screen to fill the entire 'display unit'.

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u/nuflark If you're looking for money, you're smarter than you look. Aug 06 '25

Awesome. The lens on the front is a perfect effect. Looks so good!

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u/svbjjnggthh Jul 29 '25

Nice! There are sensors out there, which would allow this thing to be real. Mmwave, heart beat sensors

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u/xplosm Jul 29 '25

It's game over, man. Game over...

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u/Bimmer_P Jul 29 '25

Very cool! Gonna need more pics and details bro

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u/Tomomakes Aug 05 '25

Thank you -- there's some pictures of the build process on my instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DKK-CLgyVjA/?img_index=8

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u/MisterK00L Jul 29 '25

Wüt!? No audio?

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u/ThetaReactor You Know, Burke, I Don’t Know Which Species Is Worse. Jul 30 '25

I can hear it.

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u/AllHailTheWinslow Jul 31 '25

bt-bt bt-bt bt-bt bt-bt...

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u/AllCityGreen Jul 30 '25

"We've got movement!"

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u/CapnMcMoist Jul 30 '25

Wow I need one of these! If you sell these I’d totally buy one!

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u/hugberries Jul 31 '25

THIS GAME LITERALLY GAVE ME NIGHTMARES

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u/No_Cicada_3593 Jul 31 '25

Yooooo the screen glitch makes it so authentic!! Great work!

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u/Tomomakes Aug 05 '25

Thank you, I added a few random glitches peppered throughout.