Screentendo Turns Anything on Your Desktop into a Super Mario Level

This is just an awesome idea, useless, but awesome. Exactly the stuff Geek Minds love.

Screentendo is a desktop application that turns the screen or parts of it into a Super Mario Bros. level. The effect of transforming the screen into a Mario level is neat and exactly the stuff a geek mind loves.

In the video below the Google Logo transforms into a playable Super Mario Bros. level.

Aaron Randall developed Screentendo with Cocoa and a Sprite Kit. He released the source code on his blog. He says that he never used Cocoa before so the code is very hacky. A very detailed explanation of how the Screentendo works is also featured on the blog.

Nintendo will finally bring Mario and his friends to smartphones and tablets this fall. This will finally bring the beloved Nintendo franchises to devices other than Nintendo hardware. Nintendo is also sos