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Isn't that demo scene on steroids?

Gravityloss 6y ago
I think in general the demoscene is more heavily weighing technical excellence. Ie the audience is expected to understand and be awed by that, more than the artistic part, though the latter can be important as well.
- cobbzilla 6y ago
  I also thought demos are supposed to be small self-contained binaries, has this changed?
  - chromanoid 6y ago
    There are and were all kinds of competitions. The wild category is probably the most obvious one regarding no size limitations, but the generic "combined demo" category which is very often present at competitions is also usually without restrictions (but it must run on the competition machine). See http://www.pouet.net/prodlist.php?type%5B%5D=wild http://www.pouet.net/prodlist.php?type%5B%5D=wild for wild demos (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCIsIfEOEI8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCIsIfEOEI8 :)) or http://www.pouet.net/prodlist.php?type%5B%5D=demo http://www.pouet.net/prodlist.php?type%5B%5D=demo for "combined demos"
    - bitwize 6y ago
      OHP Mega Demo 9000 is one of the greatest things to come out of the scene. Fun fact: In the famous HBO "spinning chrome logo" intro ( https://youtu.be/i1NKoMNy5bY https://youtu.be/i1NKoMNy5bY ), the sole use of a computer in generating visual effects was to control a servomotor that slid one patterned transparency over another, much like this demo, to create a "starburst" effect (seen just before the logo itself appears).
chromanoid 6y ago
I would say creative coding is more artsy and less about breaking "the known limits". When talking about steroids I would claim if so the sceners take them :D
- bitwize 6y ago
  Steroids, no. Amphetamines (or as I like to call them, brain roids), maybe.
  - chromanoid 6y ago
    Yeah, I meant it more in a metaphorical sense. I don't think many artists are as dedicated and to some extent extreme as sceners. I think one guy of Farbrausch got a heart attack on a release party. Sceners seem to seek crunch time...
noemit 6y ago
you say that like its a bad thing.

I think in general the demoscene is more heavily weighing technical excellence. Ie the audience is expected to understand and be awed by that, more than the artistic part, though the latter can be important as well.

cobbzilla 6y ago
I also thought demos are supposed to be small self-contained binaries, has this changed?
- chromanoid 6y ago
  There are and were all kinds of competitions. The wild category is probably the most obvious one regarding no size limitations, but the generic "combined demo" category which is very often present at competitions is also usually without restrictions (but it must run on the competition machine). See http://www.pouet.net/prodlist.php?type%5B%5D=wild http://www.pouet.net/prodlist.php?type%5B%5D=wild for wild demos (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCIsIfEOEI8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCIsIfEOEI8 :)) or http://www.pouet.net/prodlist.php?type%5B%5D=demo http://www.pouet.net/prodlist.php?type%5B%5D=demo for "combined demos"
  - bitwize 6y ago
    OHP Mega Demo 9000 is one of the greatest things to come out of the scene. Fun fact: In the famous HBO "spinning chrome logo" intro ( https://youtu.be/i1NKoMNy5bY https://youtu.be/i1NKoMNy5bY ), the sole use of a computer in generating visual effects was to control a servomotor that slid one patterned transparency over another, much like this demo, to create a "starburst" effect (seen just before the logo itself appears).

chromanoid 6y ago

I would say creative coding is more artsy and less about breaking "the known limits". When talking about steroids I would claim if so the sceners take them :D

bitwize 6y ago
Steroids, no. Amphetamines (or as I like to call them, brain roids), maybe.
- chromanoid 6y ago
  Yeah, I meant it more in a metaphorical sense. I don't think many artists are as dedicated and to some extent extreme as sceners. I think one guy of Farbrausch got a heart attack on a release party. Sceners seem to seek crunch time...

noemit 6y ago

you say that like its a bad thing.