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Deliberate limitations can facilitate art. The demoscene proves that. But what if the entire demoscene collectively refused to use modern hardware? Or insisted
by mrob 11y ago
Deliberate limitations can facilitate art. The demoscene proves that. But what if the entire demoscene collectively refused to use modern hardware? Or insisted that only 1K demos are acceptable? Deliberate limitations are only one tool an artist can use. The film industry has collectively decided to do something equivalent to specializing in 1K demos and then denying that any other types could be any good. This does not look like a carefully considered artistic choice.
- Animats 11y agoIt's been tried. There's not just the "demoscene". There's Dogma.[1] There's a Fisher-Price PixelVision film-making cult. They're all dead or tiny niches. Probably the most limiting technique with a mainstream following is stop-motion animation. [1] http://www.economist.com/node/328590 http://www.economist.com/node/328590