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Trixter
12y ago
They did :)
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Trixter
12y ago
While I was the beat-down recipient, it was my favorite part too. I have no problem getting beaten if I'm laughing the entire time (same goes for getting my ass handed to me in 1st-person shooters).
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Trixter
15y ago
Skrebbel! No worries, that's why there's a DVD in the pack as well. The DVD doesn't have the special features, but the main 3.5 hours of demos are there plus commentary and subtitles. Blu-ray penetration is only 15% (in the USA, not sure
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Trixter
15y ago
The main demo feature and intros featurette are 720p, but it's important to note they're 60p. 720@60p is the only 60 frame-per-second progressive format Blu-ray supports, so that's why we went with it (because demos at 30fps or lower don't
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Trixter
15y ago
Funny you mention that -- I coded a few effects (starfield, plasma, nothing amazing) to be used as the background for the menus around 2009. Unfortunately, the only production toolchain we could use (due to cost) didn't support authoring B
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Trixter
15y ago
Buying a copy is like handing out a medal for us, since we have yet to break even on this release :-) Thanks for the kind words. Getting the commentary from all the different authors was like trying to juggle cats, but with more cats.
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15y ago
No, I'm afraid this is it. Ignoring the gigantic irony of filling a Blu-ray with 64k intro output, I am moving on after three great volumes over the past decade. Time to code some demos again!
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Demoscene Blu-ray finally available after five years
(trixter.oldskool.org)
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Trixter
15y ago
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