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Great news! Best art thing to ever spontaneously appear, if only it were a thing in South Africa in the 90s :/

smokel 3y ago
Perhaps it was? This list on Pouet shows a few demo groups and releases from South Africa: https://www.pouet.net/lists.php?which=221 https://www.pouet.net/lists.php?which=221
skrebbel 3y ago
Denthor, author of a famous series of democoding tutorials from the late nineties [0] was from South Africa [0] http://www.textfiles.com/programming/astrainer.txt http://www.textfiles.com/programming/astrainer.txt (key quote:) [ There they sit, the preschooler class encircling their mentor, the substitute teacher. "Now class, today we will talk about what you want to be when you grow up. Isn't that fun?" The teacher looks around and spots the child, silent, apart from the others and deep in thought. "Jonny, why don't you start?" she encourages him. Jonny looks around, confused, his train of thought disrupted. He collects himself, and stares at the teacher with a steady eye. "I want to code demos," he says, his words becoming stronger and more confidant as he speaks. "I want to write something that will change peoples perception of reality. I want them to walk away from the computer dazed, unsure of their footing and eyesight. I want to write something that will reach out of the screen and grab them, making heartbeats and breathing slow to almost a halt. I want to write something that, when it is finished, they are reluctant to leave, knowing that nothing they experience that day will be quite as real, as insightful, as good. I want to write demos." Silence. The class and the teacher stare at Jonny, stunned. It is the teachers turn to be confused. Jonny blushes, feeling that something more is required. "Either that or I want to be a fireman." ]
- pixelpoet 3y ago
  Yep! There were also some fledgling groups but it never amounted to much, the demoparties that were attempted were very small and it basically never hit critical mass like it did in Europe.
- sersi 3y ago
  First thing I did was search for Denthor in the comments. I'll always remember going online the first time in 1996 and stumbling on Denthor's tutorials, Fravia's site. Both of those were hugely influential for me. I never ended up getting involved in the demoscene, just played around but it was a lot of fun. (I did however use fravia's tutorials to crack some game I didn't want to pay for, I remember spending a week figuring it out and maybe 30 minutes playing it once I cracked it :))

Perhaps it was? This list on Pouet shows a few demo groups and releases from South Africa: https://www.pouet.net/lists.php?which=221 https://www.pouet.net/lists.php?which=221

skrebbel 3y ago

Denthor, author of a famous series of democoding tutorials from the late nineties [0] was from South Africa [0] http://www.textfiles.com/programming/astrainer.txt http://www.textfiles.com/programming/astrainer.txt (key quote:) [ There they sit, the preschooler class encircling their mentor, the substitute teacher. "Now class, today we will talk about what you want to be when you grow up. Isn't that fun?" The teacher looks around and spots the child, silent, apart from the others and deep in thought. "Jonny, why don't you start?" she encourages him. Jonny looks around, confused, his train of thought disrupted. He collects himself, and stares at the teacher with a steady eye. "I want to code demos," he says, his words becoming stronger and more confidant as he speaks. "I want to write something that will change peoples perception of reality. I want them to walk away from the computer dazed, unsure of their footing and eyesight. I want to write something that will reach out of the screen and grab them, making heartbeats and breathing slow to almost a halt. I want to write something that, when it is finished, they are reluctant to leave, knowing that nothing they experience that day will be quite as real, as insightful, as good. I want to write demos." Silence. The class and the teacher stare at Jonny, stunned. It is the teachers turn to be confused. Jonny blushes, feeling that something more is required. "Either that or I want to be a fireman." ]

pixelpoet 3y ago
Yep! There were also some fledgling groups but it never amounted to much, the demoparties that were attempted were very small and it basically never hit critical mass like it did in Europe.
sersi 3y ago
First thing I did was search for Denthor in the comments. I'll always remember going online the first time in 1996 and stumbling on Denthor's tutorials, Fravia's site. Both of those were hugely influential for me. I never ended up getting involved in the demoscene, just played around but it was a lot of fun. (I did however use fravia's tutorials to crack some game I didn't want to pay for, I remember spending a week figuring it out and maybe 30 minutes playing it once I cracked it :))