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TIL: about the Demoscene[1], "an international computer art subculture focused on producing demos: self-contained, sometimes extremely small, computer programs
by fernly 6y ago
TIL: about the Demoscene[1], "an international computer art subculture focused on producing demos: self-contained, sometimes extremely small, computer programs that produce audio-visual presentations. The purpose of a demo is to show off programming, visual art, and musical skills. Demos and other demoscene productions are shared at festivals known as demoparties, voted on by those who attend, and released online."
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene
- the_af 6y agoThere is also an active demoscene for microcomputers of the 80s, such as the Commodore 64 and the ZX Spectrum. And also people coding new games for them. I'm glad these venerable computers live on.
- balls187 6y agoOh yeah, the Cracktro.
- 40four 6y agoI never get tired of watching these things. Such a cool art form.
- Polylactic_acid 6y agoSometimes they can be a lot of filler though. Yes you managed to create a 40 minute video but its 90% the same thing moving very slowly.
- joan_kode 6y agoI'm surprised someone on HN since 2012 would learn about the demoscene today! Then again, it's true that the demoscene "keeps to itself", it's always been quite the bubble. I'm not sure how that community could do some outreach, but I believe a lot more people would find it interesting.
- saagarjha 6y agoSomething something lucky 10,000
- Perseids 6y agoFor those not in the know, this is an xkcd reference: https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/ It's a citation I want to give out surprisingly often.
- rhn_mk1 6y agoImportant to keep in mind the 10000 is in relation to the population of USA. On the scale of the whole world it's more like lucky 200000.
- 65536 6y agoI wish HN had a top nav link and a mechanism like it has for “Show HN” posts, but for demoscene stuff. The prefix one would use could be “Demoscene HN” or something, and the rule would be the same as for the “Show HN” prefix – that using it is “allowed” only when the submitted of the link was involved in making the thing :D
- shmerl 6y agoRecently, Virtuaverse used Demoscene as part of a cyberpunk story. https://www.gog.com/game/virtuaverse https://www.gog.com/game/virtuaverse
- Reelin 6y ago> TIL: about the Demoscene In that case, definitely have a look at this amazing write up (http://www.sizecoding.org/wiki/Memories http://www.sizecoding.org/wiki/Memories).