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I'm just amazed this is still a thing. Are these demos always written in low-level GPU primitives?

• daeken 8y ago
  Not at all. Many demos these days are either built on in-house engines which abstract things away (a group of tool devs builds those, while the actual demo devs/designers just work with the tools), or they're built on a premade engine. There are plenty of folks somewhere in-between, too, doing WebGL and the like.
  • twic 8y ago
    Some are still done the hard way: https://linusakesson.net/scene/a-mind-is-born/ https://linusakesson.net/scene/a-mind-is-born/
    • jacquesm 8y ago
      Awesome. A meaningful program in 256 bytes is like a jewel.
    • emptyfile 8y ago
      That's pretty insane.
    • jnbiche 8y ago
      Wow. That soundtrack almost instantly has become a favorite.
• fla 8y ago
  '2nd stage' is raymarched in a single shader. You can see the (adapted) source here https://www.shadertoy.com/view/MsGGDK https://www.shadertoy.com/view/MsGGDK