B3313

B3313 or Build 3313 (also called SM64 Internal Plexus) is a ROM Hack of Super Mario 64 developed by Christopher Rios Lillo and his dev team. It is the largest beta-based SM64 hack to date, especially regarding the number of accessible areas, but also the star count and various other aspects. It is currently in development, with the latest public release being V0.6.9 and V0.7 being in testing phase.

History
 See also: Version changelogs 

Development on the hack started in late 2020, The first public build, V0.4, was released on 26th April 2021. The next big move was made on 29th July of the same year, when V0.6.1, a major update, got released.

Main features
B3313 mostly plays like the vanilla Super Mario 64, where you collect stars while venturing through different areas of the hub world. However, the central element of this hack is the myth of the internal plexus within Peach's Castle, a key motif in many urban legends that describe so-called "personalized" copies of SM64. As such, warps (doors, pipes, teleports etc.) can lead to completely unexpected areas (of which there are over 100), highly contributing to the eerie atmosphere of the hack.

The player can play as either Mario or Luigi, with each build since V0.6.2 being released in two versions that feature one of the two plumbers as a playable character respectively. A few quality-of-life adjustments have also been made

Planned features include in-game character switching and fast travel between hub areas.

Controls
Both characters have the same movesets, with minor physical differences (e.g. hitbox). However, there are several changes in said moveset, inspired by the beta version of Super Mario 64:


 * The ground pound animation reaches the ground much faster;
 * Turning in water is not possible while otherwise staying still;
 * Triple jumping triggers a spin effect, similarly to jumping on a Shy Guy/Spindrift;
 * Getting shot out of a cannon triggers a flight effect, similarly to having a wing cap;
 * The characters are slightly floatier, allowing for more lenient platforming.

Level design
While several areas are entirely original creations by the dev team, there are a number of notable inspiration sources, including but not limited to:


 * Super Mario 64 beta content (from various development versions e.g. Shoshinkai build, B-Roll build)
 * The infamous Super Mario 64 iceberg
 * Content creators on Youtube related to the "personalization" topic, such as Greenio

Sound design
Most musical tracks are taken from the OST of different games in the Mario franchise, especially from more niche titles such as Super Mario RPG or Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. The rest of them are taken either taken directly from Super Mario 64 and its beta version, or are variations on them e.g. in the sense of modifying the soundfonts used.

Some sound effects are replaced by their beta counterparts, while others are left intact.

Plot
 See also: List of plot elements 

The plot of the game is largely up to interpretation, although it appears that the Mario brothers are stuck in the aforementioned internal plexus, a way out of which they are frantically looking for, while being haunted by an evil entity (presumably the personalization AI) as it takes the form of eerie liminal spaces, sinister NPC messages and other phenomena.

Additionally, Bowser has stolen the Princess again, although this might be just another manifestation of whatever the brothers are trying to escape. Infiltrating his lair leads to the Eternal Fort, his main hiding place.

Areas
 See also: List of areas 

There are over 100 areas, each with at least one intended warp leading to them. Due to the hack's confusing and inconsistent nature, trying to find a linearity and/or pattern between them is a futile effort, and should rather be considered an open-world-esque system with no clear edges. However, amidst the chaos, a few key points can be found and accessible through simple means, alongside other warps leading to and away from them:


 * Main Castle Grounds - the initial spawn point after selecting a file
 * Beta Lobby B - the area reached upon exiting a course from the pause menu
 * Plexal Castle - the default destination after exiting a course via collecting a star (with the exception of some unique cases)
 * Plexal Lobby - the default destination after exiting a course via dying