Demoscenenhackere, constraints, æstetik og designprocesser

EftermiddagsordenHvad er demoscenen? (historisk baggrund, hvad er formålet, hvordan foregår det konkret, relation til digital æstetik, computere som et ikke-kvalitetsløst materiale - konkrete eksempler (bl.a. c64, amiga, PC)

Oldskool vs newschool constraints Tools & designprocesser

En række cases der highlighter forsk. constraints

Hvad er demoscenen?Computer art subculture

Creating ‘demos’ running 3-4 minutes

Multidisciplinary efforts

Attracts both musicians, graphicians, programmers, and a legion of hangers-on, organizers and the likes.

Motivation: Competition

Motivation: Technical Challenge

Motivation: Socialising

Constraints

Hello, this is 64k dog! 448x252pixels @ 256 cols

Offscreen Colonies by Conspiracy

Hello, this is 1k dog! 67x38pixels @ 15 cols

Untraceable by TBC

The cultureNogle demonstrationer af hvad der foregår i kulturen.

Oldskool, newschool, self-imposed constraint

Oldskool: hardware constrained 3 channel SID (C64)

fixed system palettes (e.g. Spectrum, C64) 4 channel 22Khz (A500)

memory and storage constraints … and so much more

Newschool: self-imposed creativity constraints file size constraints (e.g. 1k, 4k, 64k)

colour / palette constraints (e.g. 16 cols) voluntary (self-imposed) submission to arcane hardware constraints

“64k showdown” “Epic Rubber Vector” challenge

Graphicsa (very) quick tour of the evolution

of demoscene graphics constraints

Palette constraints

Amstrad CPC series Commodore 64

Palette constraints

ZX SpectrumZX Spectrum

ZX Spectrum - oldskool

Amstrad - oldskool

C64 - oldskool

Amiga500 & Atari ST -(32/16 colours)

Amiga1200 -(256 colours)

PC / Mac

PC / Mac

nye inputformer som digitizere (tegneplader).. okay, ikke SÅ nye, men nyere end WIMP

ZX Spectrum - newschool

Amstrad - newschool

C64 -newschool

C64 - newschool

“Comaland” by Oxyron & Censor (C64, 2014)

Musica (once again fery quick and incomplete) tour of the

evolution of demoscene music constraints

SID chippen

SID Tracking (C64)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQqma_AlVaE

SID Tracking (OS X)

Eksempler på SID tunes

Commando (1985)

Last Ninja (1987)

Edge of Disgrace (2008)

Find masser af SIDs konverteret til MP3 på: http://sid.oth4.com/ eller Hi-Voltage SID collection: http://www.hvsc.c64.org/

SID i andre materielle kompositter

C64 Guitar

https://youtu.be/MkMnAfYCNVE?t=285

En oldskool tracker

En moderne tracker

Tracking as usual, men High-fidelity lyd, VSTi support, MIDI input, Realtime effekter o.a.,“Best of both worlds”

Newschool / Selfimposed constraints

Poo-Brain: Cubed adventure

Self-imposed Constraint: Historiefortælling Æstetik: Cartoon og lowpoly look

Tool: Unity 3d

Poo-Brain: Cubed adventure

Farbrausch - MasaginSelf-imposed Constraint: Alt er vektorgrafik

Æstetik: Infinite resolution vektorgrafik Tool: Werkzeug

Farbrausch - Masagin

Illogictree - Artifacts

Self-imposed Constraint: lys, simple geometriske former Æstetik: William Gibson-esque cyberspace

Illogictree - Artifacts

Wishful Twisting - Fnuque & Loonies & TBC

Teknisk Constraint: 4kilobyte proceduralt genereret Tool: Clinkster, eget demotool

Æstetik: Twistende morphende farver

Wishful Twisting - Fnuque & Loonies & TBC

Still - Coronoid

Æstetik: story telling (birth of a universe)

Still - Coronoid

Focus Design: TeobstrrfarfeiaConstraint: Amiga 1200

Tools: GNU Rocket, Lightwave, Maya, Photoshop

Focus Design: Teobstrrfarfeia

Batman Group: Batman ForeverConstraints: Amstrad CPC series

Self-imposed constraint: Batman tematik Tools: Eclipse IDE til udvikling direkte på platformen

Batman Group: Batman Forever

The Black Lotus: StarstruckConstraint: Amiga 1200

Æstetik: “Newschool udtryk på oldskool hardware” Tools: Lightwave, Visual Studio (deployer til WinUAE)

The Black Lotus: Starstruck

Fairlight & CNCD - Agenda Circling ForthSelf-imposed Constraint: point clouds meets fluid

simulation Tools: Internt demo tool (Smash ^ FLT)

Fairlight & CNCD - Agenda Circling Forth

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