The Entire World of Animal Crossing Sits on a Toilet Paper Roll

Map building in videogames can be a funny thing. In order to take a flat, 2D map and turn it into a environment that can be navigated in a pseudo-3D way, developers have to be clever. Case in point: the world of Animal Crossing, which apparently is stretched over a long, scrolling, tube-like surface in order to create the illusion of a round planet.

By detaching the camera in Animal Crossing, YouTube user Shesez was able to pull back and show the edges of the map, revealing the shape above.

Goofy, or genius? Perhaps a little of both.