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Trauma - LitteraeFinis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 88] 89.14
Brainstorm - OutOhMat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ 88] 87.86
Komojo - NightFlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ .0 ] 80.00
Paulius - 12.12.12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ o.8.] 78.43
Optimus - Linaffy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ .oo8 ] 61.43
BITS - BITS5023. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [.oo. . ] 20.00
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/ C O M M E N T S /
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/_____/ BITS - BITS5016 /___________________________________________________/
-Usual BITS style, but content-wise less stuff than the norm... or I did not
reloop the demo for long enough?
-The only MS-DOS native demo this year. Impressive in that it is written in
Asm, but lacks any cohesive direction or style. Includes an interactive ANSI
editor of sorts.
-Progresses bit too slowly.
-Effects are getting more complex. Large scroller timed to the "music".
Written 100% asm. No effort went into the "music". Demo has no design,
pacing, or ending.
-Latest bits prod, which well.. it's a bits prod. wave sequence didn't work
full screen on my pc. Best bits yet.
-Some good color mixes. Nice interactive parts (like skipping, pausing,
drawing). Unpleasing music.
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/_____/ Optimus - Linaffy /_________________________________________________/
-Colourful but display is a quite noisy (libcaca?). Indeed LCD greetz were
unreadable, but they are explained in the credits!
-The text mode parser is in need of optimization -- the entire demo feels
extremely noisy/messy due to how it is rendered, and as a result the scroll
text is nearly impossible to read. Enjoyed the XM soundtrack.
-Positive feelings. Greetings & text parts dragged on a bit too long though.
-Music good for the size. Couldn't understand what the LCD numbers/letters
were. Looked like it used libcaca. Nothing majorly complicated in the demo.
-Good music, nice feeling prod. Not overly complex. Well rounded, not much
(any?) synch.
-Good effort but not enough. Metashapes move too fast to appreciate them.
Why you leave in the LCD 3LN GRTz if you know it's a fail? (just keep it
more than 3 letters and move slower, or simpler yet, print the actual name
in a clear simple font at the same time ;) )
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/_____/ Paulius - 12.12.12 /________________________________________________/
-Original style, some quite nice scenes (intro, and the "city"). But lacking
a bit of driving force.
-Starts off as an aesthetically pleasing demo with a nice jazzy hi-hat sound.
The timing of the visuals to the music noticeably seems to drop off right
after the opening title sequence, leaving you feeling a bit lost towards the
middle of the demo. The talent is clearly evident in the effects, but to
truly contend needs better timing and direction.
-Excellent renderer and composition for a textmode thingy.
-Nice command-line start and end to the demo. Music sync nice touch. Sharp
colors. Clarinet "player's" seemingly infinite breath very distracting. Demo
doesn't really know how to end.
-Outrageously good music, and effects. Very smooth, unhurried and worke well
together. Impressive!
-Really good, warm, mood, with the colours nad music. Loved the transitions,
especially at the beginning. The repetition at the end only serves to remind
it was only a handful of scenes.
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/_____/ Komojo - NightFlight /______________________________________________/
-Nice trip flyover with contrasted colours. Good use of the medium.
-I <3 this demo. While conceptually simple, it just works, and the ultra-
smooth rendering into ANSI-like blocks is a nice touch. Take a flight!
-Well chosen motifs and own style.
-Atypical use of text blocks with aliasing, very nice! Nice simple concept.
64K. Realtime keyboard :-) One-man wonder. No effects other than 3D.
-This is a unique production, size limited. I really enjoyed the different
style. Lost of options beyond upx for exe compression, (just so you know).
Really enjoyable, different.
-Impressive for 57k. Bold stylistic decisions and it pays off. Even more
respect when you read each vertices were hard-coded!
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/_____/ Brainstorm - OutOhMat /_____________________________________________/
-Classic effects, nice execution, track and colour scheme!
-Solid technical demo through and through, but sadly I felt that the lens of
text mode did not do it justice. The overall design, music, and effects are
top notch.
-Flows very well. Suprisingly fresh or different for a text mode demo.
-Great music! Nice colors! Great code (first text demo to max out all 8 cores
on my rig). Beatflashes are likely meant to be artistic but because of their
shape they look like rendering mistakes.
-Some of the best music of the compo. Some of the best parts of the prod are
in the last 1/3. Starts of simple and builds up. Very well done.
-Awesome soundtrack and polished visuals! Nice subtleties in the shading.
Love the big fat white glitchy thing.
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/_____/ Trauma - LitteraeFinis /____________________________________________/
-Nice track and FX. Black and white pure text text mode, this might have
looked gorgeous in full color, but very well exploited within the
limitations of the platform!
-Solid ten out of nine. This is ASCII art coming to life on screen. Who needs
sixteen colors?
-Nice ascii renderer although it gets bit messy sometimes. Also well designed
and excellent soundtrack.
-Excellent text rendering (of course). Brilliant text-in-text effects.
Absolutely in the spirit of the compo. Solid graphics. Sloppy syncing to the
music. A hair short; I would have liked to see more.
-Good music and appreciated the mono-colour approach.
-Bold move to use black and white only. Can't help but wonder how good it'd
look with colors 7 and 8 :). Very nice subpixels in there too, that's rare
and I appreciate it!
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