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Mekanix by Booze Design & Instinct
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release date : october 2010
release party : X 2010
compo : c64 demo
ranked : 3rd
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popularity : 66%
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added on the 2010-10-03 18:14:04 by tomaes tomaes

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rulez added on the 2010-10-03 18:15:37 by Luca/FIRE Luca/FIRE
the 2.5d voxels are nice!!!
rulez added on the 2010-10-03 18:24:03 by maali maali
nice rotator
rulez added on the 2010-10-03 18:24:13 by 4mat 4mat
This one has some of the most original and impressive effects I have ever seen in C64. I can't figure out how can that isometric rendering among with blobs or rotating torus be so fast. Then, great 3d dots, line vector in some gouraud shade edges formation (don't know how to say it, but uber original), amazing fullscreen smooth rotozoomers with even sprites in front and way more I might have forgotten. A lot of good stuff in this and many of these simply rule. Wow!
rulez added on the 2010-10-03 18:33:08 by Optimus Optimus
fuck, some effects which i planned to do!!! and the graphics is just insane.
rulez added on the 2010-10-03 18:39:10 by diver diver
superb gfx!
rulez added on the 2010-10-03 18:40:58 by ded^RMDA ded^RMDA
Booze, Design and Instinct. This demo has it all! ;)
rulez added on the 2010-10-03 18:46:39 by cryer cryer
awesome!!
rulez added on the 2010-10-03 18:53:49 by Premium Premium
Great effects and graphics.
rulez added on the 2010-10-03 18:56:27 by xernobyl xernobyl
Awesome
rulez added on the 2010-10-03 19:04:01 by evil evil
Excuse me while I go change my pants.
rulez added on the 2010-10-03 19:08:35 by ferris ferris
yes!
rulez added on the 2010-10-03 19:17:16 by mad mad
you didnt solve the cube >:(
rulez added on the 2010-10-03 19:30:09 by Gargaj Gargaj
Gargaj: Well, I guess SOMEONE had to say it XD
added on the 2010-10-03 19:31:02 by ferris ferris
OOPS!!! Was there a blacj screen for a splt second????
Great demo, BD, some cool new ideas in it!!!
rulez added on the 2010-10-03 19:34:55 by w00t! w00t!
Excellent graphics and great effects.
rulez added on the 2010-10-03 19:37:43 by Mystra Mystra
rulez added on the 2010-10-03 19:58:03 by Quarryman Quarryman
brilliance on all fronts!
rulez added on the 2010-10-03 19:59:19 by Alpha C Alpha C
'some
rulez added on the 2010-10-03 20:00:12 by Calexico Calexico
rulez
rulez added on the 2010-10-03 21:32:40 by pigpenpete pigpenpete
What Gargaj said. Plus the greetings made me trippy :D
Lovin' those 3D blocks!
rulez added on the 2010-10-03 21:43:37 by -SP- -SP-
Nice Voxelterrain! And you really didn't solve the cube. Come on you can do much better than Numen (Atari800XL)! ;)
added on the 2010-10-03 22:19:15 by cryer cryer
The cube is solved in the final picture... :P
added on the 2010-10-03 22:22:35 by JackAsser JackAsser
some really impressive filled vectors going on!
rulez added on the 2010-10-03 23:46:50 by rudi rudi
Felt like Andropolis II ... which is great.
rulez added on the 2010-10-04 00:50:15 by shock__ shock__
i REALLY liked this better than cats!
rulez added on the 2010-10-04 05:38:26 by tonyrocks tonyrocks
wow, very impressive isometric effects!
rulez added on the 2010-10-04 08:25:25 by shadez shadez
Cool stuff
rulez added on the 2010-10-04 08:26:34 by Corial Corial
Cool stuff, but the music was obviously taken from a song from Oceanlab (Sirens of the sea). Check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPxwwU2-t38

I like it nevertheless. ;-)
rulez added on the 2010-10-04 10:28:05 by RP_PARALAX RP_PARALAX
Very well done!
rulez added on the 2010-10-04 10:47:10 by Cj Cj
rulez added on the 2010-10-04 11:06:34 by Gʀɪʍʍy Gʀɪʍʍy
Excellent demo.
rulez added on the 2010-10-04 11:32:10 by xeron xeron
very good
rulez added on the 2010-10-04 11:43:02 by Manwe Manwe
There's some filler material that I could live without, but also very many great parts.
rulez added on the 2010-10-04 13:07:35 by tomaes tomaes
Great demo.

Looks like someone youtubed it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTFsXAdWQgg
rulez added on the 2010-10-04 14:38:24 by neptun neptun
great!
rulez added on the 2010-10-04 15:11:45 by degauss degauss
coder pr0n all over the place
rulez added on the 2010-10-04 17:12:15 by d0DgE d0DgE
:)
rulez added on the 2010-10-04 19:23:44 by kyv kyv
one of the few prods for the c64 that are not only fun to watch when youre nostalgic over the machine but just plain rox.
rulez added on the 2010-10-04 21:40:34 by wysiwtf wysiwtf
rulez added on the 2010-10-04 21:43:45 by moqui moqui
slick!
rulez added on the 2010-10-04 21:53:11 by kusma kusma
Contains plenty of effects where i go "wonder how the fuck they did that?!" And that's what I really love about demos.
rulez added on the 2010-10-04 21:57:53 by cruzer cruzer
Ruled the compo -- great flow, killer effects, super graphics.
rulez added on the 2010-10-04 22:01:20 by Hyde Hyde
really love those isometric stuff, fantastic.
rulez added on the 2010-10-04 22:50:02 by decca decca
Superb prod and crazy ideas
rulez added on the 2010-10-05 00:21:15 by BackSpace BackSpace
Hyde has point.
rulez added on the 2010-10-05 00:24:30 by Emod Emod
More of this plz.
rulez added on the 2010-10-05 02:41:30 by Charlie Charlie
Some great effects in here.
rulez added on the 2010-10-05 06:54:40 by jonnyram jonnyram
Didn't really liked the demo as a whole thing, but some parts are great. Really loved the isometric effects.
rulez added on the 2010-10-05 13:41:57 by Shiru Shiru
rulez added on the 2010-10-05 14:17:24 by p01 p01
rulez added on the 2010-10-05 15:15:51 by psenough psenough
Best demo of X2010!
rulez added on the 2010-10-05 15:26:28 by Sdw Sdw
Quote:
I can't figure out how can that isometric rendering among with blobs or rotating torus be so fast.

The answer is, of course: animation. Still rulez.
rulez added on the 2010-10-05 15:45:18 by Radiant Radiant
Wow! Extremely well designed and shows well-known effects in a very fresh way! I like it!
rulez added on the 2010-10-05 16:43:46 by Paranoid Paranoid
waaa!
rulez added on the 2010-10-05 17:06:25 by electro2000 electro2000
superb!
rulez added on the 2010-10-05 17:39:08 by sINk sINk
Nice. Music was a bit meh.
rulez added on the 2010-10-05 22:08:48 by leGend leGend
nice effects....
rulez added on the 2010-10-05 22:44:21 by thec thec
Nice demo although the music was obviously taken from Oceanlab - Sirens of the sea. See here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFjPs_z7_wA
Cant spot the similarity. Althrough i'm not very well versed in Disco Trance like music...
added on the 2010-10-06 03:14:49 by Exin Exin
yep! best demo of X10!
added on the 2010-10-06 06:32:16 by kyv kyv
Nice code!
rulez added on the 2010-10-06 13:24:59 by micdune micdune
@paralax & exin
I made a comparison video of the two songs. They are very similar, i think.
added on the 2010-10-06 13:26:46 by xeron xeron
nice
rulez added on the 2010-10-06 20:15:18 by Queen_Luna Queen_Luna
excellent demo with improved and fresh effects.
rulez added on the 2010-10-06 21:15:58 by Skate Skate
doesn't turn me on - even though Arcane's beard does
added on the 2010-10-06 22:38:59 by Steel Steel
I hate Booze Design. They always create new entries on my "Must try and do this, too" list. This time it's the Metaballs and the fucking great Fullscreen Zoomrotator.

Thumb, damn it!
rulez added on the 2010-10-06 22:58:53 by JAC! JAC!
Nice one, graphics and music are a bit meh though.
rulez added on the 2010-10-07 03:40:39 by zoolum zoolum
Wow!

Haha, condolences to "failright". :P
rulez added on the 2010-10-07 14:41:33 by sub sub
@xeron: Fuck GEMA! Can't view your video here (YouTube says: This video is not available in your country). :-(
Uberkööl prod with a lot of "new" (or rather said "refreshed") effects!
For me, it deserves the first place.
rulez added on the 2010-10-08 09:57:58 by untel untel
Another BoozeDesign & Instinct excellent demo. Winner of X for me!
rulez added on the 2010-10-08 12:16:06 by Hicks Hicks
Should have won the compo...
rulez added on the 2010-10-08 13:13:13 by Iapetus Iapetus
Awesome graphics and effects!
rulez added on the 2010-10-08 13:15:05 by dv$ dv$
PARALAX: What do you think of the music?
added on the 2010-10-08 13:46:34 by sagacity sagacity
nothing groundbreaking but nice show for sure
rulez added on the 2010-10-08 14:29:34 by noby noby
Finally my fav. Andromeda gfx artist is back!! thumb!
rulez added on the 2010-10-08 18:58:09 by magic magic
Great effect and art direction. But no ending ???!!!
Should have won :)
rulez added on the 2010-10-09 00:34:02 by Beb Beb
@Beb: No ending? Wtf! :) The music stops, the cube is solved, the picture fades out. Just because it's not a moviesque up scroller doesn't mean it is not an ending imo.
added on the 2010-10-09 08:21:42 by JackAsser JackAsser
cool!
rulez added on the 2010-10-09 13:52:38 by blala blala
My fave demo in this compo, and the overall quality level was high! Congratulations! :)
rulez added on the 2010-10-09 14:05:34 by baah baah
rox!
rulez added on the 2010-10-09 14:23:04 by spritus spritus
this is getting ridiculous ! 3rd ? what awaits me in the first 2 prods then ?
the demo is really really excellent with nice design-choices and superb code ! gfx and music rock aswell ofcoz !

PS: you didnt solve the dot-cube aswell ;) looks premature to me atleast !
also you could greet us aswell, lamers ;)
rulez added on the 2010-10-09 17:01:06 by ɧ4ɾɗվ. ɧ4ɾɗվ.
Non-cammed video please. :)
added on the 2010-10-09 19:50:38 by AntDude AntDude
Wow, love these fx.
And great graphics!

Also, cool sirens of the sea sid cover.
rulez added on the 2010-10-10 03:25:44 by wullon wullon
The isometric thing can be quite possible for realtime if one gives enough thought about it while at first it seems impropable.

I was thinking about it and I think one way would be, unrolled codes for 3d blobs but only accounting for the thin surface in the front side. The volume is already 16*16*16 = 4096 which is not really much for realtime as it originally seemed, in 2d it would be like updating a 64*64 pixel effect. And with the unroll codes much less.

Yet one needs a second pass from the 3d volume to write the chars for isometric graphics which at first I thought could be similar to marching cubes algorithm but maybe simpler (4 front voxels, 2^4 cases or maybe less?). It would still be an overkill and I have to give some thought on the combinations. Yet maybe in the same blob unrolled codes, both the effect and isometric rendering are together and maybe it's even the unrolled code covering fully a 2d surface after the isometric projection. I think so. As for the torus, small blobs around a ring, maybe 16 of them rotating around the center, using the same blob unrolled code.

Sorry for this, I gave it much thought yesterday and from seemingly impossible, it transformed into fucking quite possible in my universe (I love it when a new demo gives us the paradigm shift :)

I gotta try this on CPC.
added on the 2010-10-11 17:23:54 by Optimus Optimus
4096 is too much for this effect (3blobs=4096*3 additions, calculate the cycles...)

I've heard that the iso effects are animations :)
rulez added on the 2010-10-12 08:42:05 by Oswald Oswald
I think this was my favourite in the compo :)
rulez added on the 2010-10-12 09:29:56 by britelite britelite
Isometric stuff was great, also some awesome pixel art. Music was a bit thin, but still good.
rulez added on the 2010-10-16 18:49:09 by Claw Claw
Wowzers. Finally got around to seeing this, and as expected it rocks.
rulez added on the 2010-10-17 08:05:52 by menace menace
!
rulez added on the 2010-10-18 15:59:08 by sasq sasq
.
rulez added on the 2010-10-24 08:03:32 by chromag chromag
As always, great !
rulez added on the 2010-10-24 21:19:59 by Aeko Aeko
I really enjoyed this!
rulez added on the 2010-10-27 08:59:29 by ab ab
Great show!
rulez added on the 2010-10-29 18:36:20 by Cosmocat Cosmocat
Awesome soundtrack!
rulez added on the 2010-10-30 10:34:42 by stefa stefa
(iso) voxels, 3D metaballs, amazing cube thingy, good soundtrack, great gfx...
rulez added on the 2011-01-06 14:51:34 by joooo joooo
Great.
rulez added on the 2011-07-29 18:40:59 by hitchhikr hitchhikr
.
rulez added on the 2011-09-24 15:11:48 by las las
!!!!
rulez added on the 2011-10-28 16:40:54 by Frequent Frequent
Awesome C64 demo
rulez added on the 2012-02-06 16:10:11 by FreeFull FreeFull
Excellent graphics, great demo!
rulez added on the 2012-03-26 15:03:12 by darXtar darXtar
Excellent demo, the isometric metaballs look really great. And there are lots of other nice effects as well. I also like the rather laid back attitude ("Now I rule for a while"). :) Music started a bit meh but got better and better towards the end.
rulez added on the 2013-01-11 21:00:30 by StingRay StingRay
what StingRay said.
rulez added on the 2013-08-31 20:42:45 by keito keito
+
rulez added on the 2014-01-03 23:28:51 by T$ T$
great style. relaksing stuff
rulez added on the 2014-01-04 00:29:53 by gentleman gentleman
Great!!
rulez added on the 2014-08-26 22:21:18 by Sir_Lucas Sir_Lucas
Great visuals and so-so music. And you didn't solve even one single face of the cube! What a wasted opportunity... ;-)
rulez added on the 2014-08-27 20:55:33 by Kylearan Kylearan
Great.
rulez added on the 2014-11-22 17:11:33 by lennart lennart
gfx thumbs
rulez added on the 2016-01-17 19:22:24 by sensenstahl sensenstahl
Great stuff.

They didn't solve the cube puzzle but those excellent isometric voxels saved the day! :]
rulez added on the 2016-07-11 15:30:39 by ham ham
forgotten thumb
rulez added on the 2016-07-11 20:51:33 by lvd lvd
thumbinator
rulez added on the 2020-12-19 00:58:53 by cslag cslag

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