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> Can somebody enlighten me as far as the way the size is measured - does it typically include all of the assets such as music and textures? In size limited ca
by exDM69 12y ago
> Can somebody enlighten me as far as the way the size is measured - does it typically include all of the assets such as music and textures?
In size limited categories like 4k and 64k intros as well as "challenges" like this, the size is the final size of the executable. The productions are typically delivered as a single executable with no other files, so everything is bundled into the executable. In 4k and 64k there is usually some kind of compression algorithm used to compress everything that's possible, including the actual executable code.
The "assets" are procedurally generated as much as possible. A hand-written software synthesizer and the control data ("sheet music") can fit in to less than one kilobyte, which is a lot less than producing a few minutes worth of music otherwise. Same goes for the textures, 3d models, etc.