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Not mainstream; it's a niche hobby. Most people have never heard of it, and you won't encounter anyone on the street chatting about the latest demoscene develop
by xvedejas 5y ago
Not mainstream; it's a niche hobby. Most people have never heard of it, and you won't encounter anyone on the street chatting about the latest demoscene developments. You won't find TV shows about it nor regional clubs dedicated to it. While it is an art, no artist makes their living doing it. It's also not the most accessible since there's some technical skill required.
- userbinator 5y agoThat said, in northern Europe and post-Soviet countries it's a lot more prevalent than elsewhere.
- Beldin 5y ago> since there's some technical skill required. That's the understatement of the year. Check out - 2nd Reality: at a time when Doom-style graphics were awesome - 8088MHz: getting 1024 colours out of a CGA adapter (which is made to output 4 colours) - 1K (or was it 64K?) demos that involve flying over procedurally generated (close to) photorealistic landscapes The demo scene pushes the brink of what's technically possible. Or just ignores it and goes way beyond what everyone thought possible.
- GuB-42 5y agoFor the 3rd one, you are probably thinking about "Elevated", which is 4k http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=52938 http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=52938 There are others but it is the most famous and it was revolutionary when it came out. I think what GP means is that even a "compofiller", a demo that is not expected to win any prize requires some technical skill.