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release date : august 2008
release party : NVScene 2008
compo : pc demo
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  • Hyde Hyde [Code, Graphics (additional design)]
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  • keops keops [Code, Graphics (design, textures)]
  • Archmage Archmage [Graphics (2d graphics, modelling)]
  • gloom gloom [Music, design]
added on the 2008-08-27 06:08:13 by keops keops

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A final version will follow next week to fix the GPU incompatibilities and the polishing :)
added on the 2008-08-27 06:08:41 by keops keops
That was great in a "didn't expect that style from Orb, but it's awesome!" kind of way.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 06:11:06 by Blockbuster Blockbuster
Love it! Great effects, decent design and flow, big thumb overall!

Video & Capped.TV [Yes I'm -that- fast ;) maybe :)]
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 06:11:52 by micksam7 micksam7
The Menger sponge scene is awesome!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 06:19:13 by ham ham
This was great :)

Minimum requirements: This works just fine (and with a decent framerate) on a GF 8600 GT in 1024x768.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 06:21:05 by ryg ryg
nicely made, it's got quality
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 06:24:27 by gngbng gngbng
this was great :
Nice effects
good modeling
attention paid to details

a very good demo.
Thanks a lot.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 06:24:58 by nytrik nytrik
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 06:28:47 by pandur pandur
x_x
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 06:31:13 by LiraNuna LiraNuna
tight
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 06:31:15 by PENETRATOR PENETRATOR
added on the 2008-08-27 06:31:23 by gngbng gngbng
Mighty great!

+what ryg said about hw-requirements.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 06:32:38 by Frost Frost
awesome demo, really rocks.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 06:33:51 by keito keito
Hyde: Kindergarden? :)

this demo really is WOW :)
The Abyss water tentacle rulez..
Nice!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 06:42:28 by magic magic
My WOW meter almost exploded while watching this!
(micksam7: thx for the cap :)
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 06:46:05 by Gʀɪʍʍy Gʀɪʍʍy
awesome! eye candy ! :)
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 06:49:49 by stuey stuey
I can't resist to put here this piece of recent IRC chatting:

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[06:26] <Ham^Sfl> Keops_Eqx!
[06:26] <Ham^Sfl> congratulations! :P
[06:28] <Ham^Sfl> did archmage model the man with the Menger sponge in his hands?
[06:28] <Keops_Eqx> yep
[06:28] <Keops_Eqx> awesome model he made
[06:28] <Ham^Sfl> :D
[06:28] <Keops_Eqx> and the funny story about it is that it's its first 3d model ever
[06:28] <Keops_Eqx> afair
[06:28] <Keops_Eqx> :D
[06:29] <Ham^Sfl> oh my! send to him my deepest congrats! :D
[06:31] <keito> fucking excellent demo! <3 <3
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And, by the way, cool music too!
added on the 2008-08-27 06:51:53 by ham ham
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 06:53:07 by texel texel
inspected zoom fx and great menger noumenon-style =)
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 06:53:28 by pera pera
*unexpected :$
oh, and great human model !!!
(minimum requeriments geforce 8800? works great in my 8600)
added on the 2008-08-27 06:57:06 by pera pera
cool, very nice zoomers especially :)
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 06:57:39 by shadez shadez
The current capture on capped.tv has a bug on the zoomer that does not happen in the real demo.

Micksam will update with another video soon (thanks a lot and again for being so fast with the captures)
added on the 2008-08-27 06:58:06 by keops keops
Awesome! Really great effects!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 07:10:32 by galen galen
Really nice.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 07:12:43 by blueflame blueflame
That was beautiful, guys.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 07:14:47 by deathy deathy
Simply awesome!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 07:21:41 by benny! benny!
After watching the video (no chance to run this on my system), wow! Totally awesome effects and presentation! Andromeda does it again!!!
rulezcdc added on the 2008-08-27 07:27:00 by Optimus Optimus
Very nice demo.

The sound quality could have been better.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 07:27:39 by Lord Graga Lord Graga
Very pretty!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 07:30:43 by prodos prodos
Arrrggghhhh! Fantastic!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 07:33:14 by grass666 grass666
very good work!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 07:40:05 by blz blz
Excellent
rulezcdc added on the 2008-08-27 07:42:03 by Steel Steel
This prod [x] really rulez!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 07:42:04 by buzzer_ buzzer_
guaranteed massive impact =D

stylish, both newskool & oldskool spirit, mind-blowing, complex, efficient, polished!

btw it runs on a 7800 (with some massive slowdown ;)
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 07:45:59 by Zest Zest
Absolutely brilliant! This rocks!
rulezcdc added on the 2008-08-27 07:46:59 by Mystra Mystra
omg *A*M*I*G*A* and *A*T*A*R*I* :)
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 07:48:46 by uns3en_ uns3en_
It feels a bit empty somehow.. But it's still a thumb due to massive roxors on some parts..

Og hvor ble det av hunden :(
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 07:50:24 by leijaa leijaa
Quite a cool demo with a nice attitude!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 07:51:40 by [self-ban] [self-ban]
Most excellent!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 07:53:17 by Intrinsic Intrinsic
Great demo!!!!
The recursive cubes felt a bit dull though, and at some parts I wished for more timing/interaction with the music as where other parts had rocking interaction with the music :)

You had a tunnel that almost looks like our tunnel in the 4k :D

Nice zoomer, nice shaders! This is of course a rules for you guys!!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 07:59:59 by Puryx Puryx
Most excellent indeed! I wished i could nick one of my cdc's and give it to this one but.. It just didn't make it after all. Some parts are fucking ace though! The music is very good but not exceptionally good.

Haven't seen other demos from the party yet so i can't put them in order, waiting for the rest...

Anyway, great job fellas!
rulezcdc added on the 2008-08-27 08:04:01 by Serpent Serpent
Fuckin' brilliant in everyway
rulezcdc added on the 2008-08-27 08:08:58 by RIP RIP
I almost swallowed my keyboard when the water tunnel arrived
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 08:18:15 by evil evil
exellent. What impressed me the most, is how much this feels like an "andromeda demo", just on more recent hardware. Good job!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 08:23:24 by NoahR NoahR
Yes, code! I love you guys. Thank you for bringing the true demo art to 2008!





rulez added on the 2008-08-27 08:26:45 by Calexico Calexico
Whoah! Fantastic work
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 08:32:14 by dairos dairos
Let's admit it, the first part + the water effect + this camera movement ala "battlestar galactica / debris" rocks and deserves its thumb.
What arrived next did fall out of my comprehension, it's like Ive been watching oldschool with actual rendering.
As for the music, couldn't say anything else like it's ok; not my cup of tea.

Still, thumb.
I was missing a "341877 polys" pop up in the part with the statue.
added on the 2008-08-27 08:34:26 by Calexico Calexico
8-0

I'm really IMPRESSED.
Without words.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 08:37:49 by Aeko Aeko
wow
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 08:38:44 by hfr hfr
fabulous.

doesn't work on my 8600 + quadcore though, vc debugger pops up after the loading orb is done. looking forward for the final ver$
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 08:40:24 by mop mop
I think i saw some "real" reflections as well as some "caustics" or you're just good at faking :) The overall design was a bit too demoish for my taste but whattahell...
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 08:44:51 by kurli kurli
super! I loved the transitions part
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 08:50:18 by pohar pohar
The intro sequence was very nice, then came an Abyss-inspired liquid part that felt a little generic. After that I was simply just won over by the style and polish. And it's sooo nice to see some real, classic artwork in a modern PC demo.

this prod: rulez
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 08:54:20 by Radiant Radiant
I really liked the cube scene with all those reflections and physics. Convinced me completely! Well done!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 08:55:49 by xTr1m xTr1m
!
rulezcdc added on the 2008-08-27 08:58:44 by Psycho Psycho
yes!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 08:59:33 by maytz maytz
now THATS a great way to start off my day.
Gonna be late for work, but who the hell cares!
Fhakkin awsome shit....the whole 3D dude zooming thing was just....*no words* ;)

AAAAMIIIGAAAH!!!!.....atarii....
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 09:00:25 by tFt tFt
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 09:01:26 by Quarryman Quarryman
Crashes. And i even have a GF8800 :P
added on the 2008-08-27 09:12:59 by gencha gencha
excellent demo! congratulations... O_o--b
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 09:15:50 by aha aha
That's the shit 2008! Best demo i've seen in ages, hands down.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 09:16:24 by rp rp
Whoa.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 09:20:18 by xeron xeron
damn yes!
works fine on my 9600 at 1920x1200.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 09:21:08 by zzo zzo
Great work, love it!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 09:23:33 by coma coma
great work , one of da best demo on PC
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 09:24:25 by sINk sINk
\o/
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 09:24:52 by giZMo^fr giZMo^fr
damn impressive!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 09:30:08 by mueslee mueslee
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Best demo I have seen since ages :')

Congrats dudes!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 09:33:27 by rez rez
Really impressive!

Enjoyed it very much
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 09:41:31 by mSW mSW
Damn!!!!! "Scheiss die Wand an" :D ;) AWESOME! All thumbs up! My favorite! Good work!!!! CONGRATULATIONS! Works fine on Vista Ultimate SP1 8800 GTX
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 09:42:13 by wiseman wiseman
The first demo in ages that I have watched several times in a row :) One of the best demos in 2008!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 09:43:38 by ltk_tscc ltk_tscc
this one made my day. great water effect with a nice muting detail when camera goes into the water tunnel. reflections and all rendering quality is great. I also liked the usage of sierpinski carpet.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 09:43:42 by Skate Skate
Constant Total Rulage!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 09:44:49 by psonice psonice
P:E:R:F:E:C:T:!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 09:44:56 by fishwave/scx fishwave/scx
fucking awesome!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 09:46:56 by substrate substrate
nice tech demo:-)
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 09:47:44 by rale rale
thanks for stealing some of my dreams!

this is pretty much how i like my demos. oldschool effect pushing, pure show-off! i watched it without sound and still it kicks ass. massive wow-factor! loads of newstyle effects, heavy on the code, big love!

i have to say i can't watch it on a real pc. but it's good enough for a thumb anyhow!

rulez added on the 2008-08-27 09:50:01 by earx earx
demo of the year 2008
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 09:50:15 by Bery^UF Bery^UF
Finally! .. and very nice :)
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 09:52:02 by garble garble
Cool demo.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 09:56:04 by kusma kusma
nice one!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 09:57:10 by pantaloon pantaloon
massive raytraced cubes and zoomer!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 09:58:31 by smash smash
beyond belief
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 10:02:41 by decca decca
very impressive.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 10:08:10 by Arthur Arthur
Blew me away. Great infinite zoomer, water tunnel and distortion effect. Direction was good too.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 10:16:12 by raer raer
Pure demo-feeling. Demos like these are not made very often.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 10:22:24 by noname noname
YES YES YES YES YEEEEEEEEES!! awesome demo!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 10:24:48 by aMUSiC aMUSiC
Really amazing demo, thanks!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 10:30:38 by besh besh
Great.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 10:32:28 by stan_1901 stan_1901
woot! hot stuff!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 10:34:11 by Tigrou Tigrou
la vache !! very good
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 10:34:37 by med med
Oh, fuck, yes.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 10:38:18 by shash shash
Best shit ever!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 10:38:47 by chromag chromag
And by the way, this is demomusic par excellence :D
added on the 2008-08-27 10:40:36 by chromag chromag
I concur Rainmaker about the 'demoish' design, but execution was very good!

(keops est un baguette tres roulande! muhaha)
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 10:44:09 by okkie okkie
When you see it, you'll sh*t bricks!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 10:45:02 by PiN PiN
fuckin cool!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 10:46:54 by trisch trisch
awesome!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 10:52:35 by scg_ scg_
lol, guys..
added on the 2008-08-27 10:57:09 by Hatikvah Hatikvah
First demo in a long long time that not only looks like a demo and sounds like a demo but actually feels like a demo too.


rulez added on the 2008-08-27 11:00:40 by hoplite hoplite
excellent!!!
added on the 2008-08-27 11:05:27 by zatom zatom
Wow. Stunning.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 11:14:13 by Zeila Zeila
A big collective Kudos. :D I think that's the kind of hi-quality abstract prod the guys expected at NVIDIA...
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 11:19:17 by TomS4wy3R TomS4wy3R
ZOMFG!!!11EINSELF!! ... so - currently my pants are wet ... that's badass shit ;)

Really really awesome - but I didn't expect anything else where our good ole Keops had his hands on ^^
rulezcdc added on the 2008-08-27 11:24:42 by slippy slippy
I love it
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 11:31:22 by Pulsar Pulsar
I really LOVED it. Respect.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 11:31:57 by hardfire hardfire
that is some funky stuff!
rulezcdc added on the 2008-08-27 11:37:50 by teo teo
I liked the reflections and the abyss-like blob. Some good ideas here and there too. Oh, and the superman effect. But, yeah... too shallow for my taste too.

Still, it's a rulez technical-wise.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 11:41:53 by mrdoob mrdoob
Guys! You're insane! Great demo, top quality effects!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 11:43:54 by masterm masterm
btw. did I mention that I get a broken archive when trying to download the demo? retried it 3 or 4 times ... it's complaining about a bad CRC at around 55-60% ... anyway - leeched the MP4 instead ^^
added on the 2008-08-27 11:44:04 by slippy slippy
Wow. Stunning.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 11:53:10 by Baz Baz
.THE DEMO
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 11:54:32 by v3nom v3nom
Real quality stuff, loved the effects! Easily one of the top demos of 2008 so far. The music left me cold though, Gloom can do so much better.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 12:04:58 by break break
40% of the demo was ok, 40% was good, 19% was brilliant, 1% was genius.

there was a lot of technical demonstration there, and one (new) idea, which was of course the photomosaic endless zoomer for which this demo will be remembered. finally an effect i can steal - if i only knew how you did it ;)

rulez added on the 2008-08-27 12:12:12 by paniq paniq
i just wonder what wacko gives this masterpiece a thumb down...
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 12:31:45 by nula nula
omfg! as for me, it deservs best effects and best direction... thnx for brilliant demo =)
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 12:32:22 by RRROAR RRROAR
awesome, an actual demo that looks like an demo :D Rulez!!!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 12:37:01 by Premium Premium
Such lovely Sierpinski gaskets <3.

Otherwise, a great demo. I hope it wins. This had this sort-of old amiga-demo-style atmosphere that was also present in the earlier Andromeda PC demo. I just loved the mirror visuals & the mosaic zoomer.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 12:37:53 by visy visy
Thank's !
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 12:38:53 by Anat Anat
My god! Absolutely breathtaking! It looks like a prerendered animation. Awesome music too, as to be expected from Gloom.

You guys have made the demoscene very proud!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 12:39:54 by Wade Wade
++
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 12:48:53 by cyberpingui cyberpingui
paniq: the photomosaic zoomer has been done tons of times before.
added on the 2008-08-27 12:49:58 by kusma kusma
roxxor
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 12:55:16 by Phenomenon Phenomenon
watereffect kickass ~
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 13:02:26 by panic panic
Awesome demo. Very good attention to details & pace, brilliant collection of effects and great graphics and music.
Best 2008 demo nominee!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 13:03:05 by ithaqua ithaqua
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 13:05:44 by slack slack
yeah, awesome tech stuff, but lacks totally from the design point of view. i'm sure this one would be the uber-killer demo in the real demo style if you would have added at least some constant flow, transitions and a bit more of style.
added on the 2008-08-27 13:13:47 by prost prost
Great! Especially watereffect.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 13:22:09 by grz grz
As a showcase of pretty rendering it's very good, but it's all put together rather incoherently imo.
I liked the water tunnel and the infinizoom though, so thumb up it is.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 13:23:00 by mic mic
Badass blockbuster demo. Not a single flaw to be spotted. Thank you!
added on the 2008-08-27 13:23:47 by stijn stijn
this get a thumb ofcourse
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 13:24:07 by stijn stijn
very pretty and nice music. was that a slitscan in there?
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 13:34:19 by bfx bfx
cool visuals, so-so music, overall still clearly a thumb
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 13:42:58 by havoc havoc
"RIGHT IN YOUR FACE" - ZOOM

will win I hope :D

nice work guys
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 14:02:51 by las las
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 14:05:11 by Shifter Shifter
what pro said. still really great!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 14:08:15 by zoom zoom
Brilliant, and with a great feeling. Every scenes were exicting, supernovademo rulez :]
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 14:23:49 by Buckethead Buckethead
Cool, but somehow some parts look too disconnected from each others.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 14:53:06 by xernobyl xernobyl
What Leia said.
added on the 2008-08-27 14:54:57 by xernobyl xernobyl
kusma: url or it didn't happen!
added on the 2008-08-27 15:01:11 by paniq paniq
I think squish had a photomosaic already.
added on the 2008-08-27 15:05:50 by mrdoob mrdoob
the stuff!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 15:09:35 by neoneye neoneye
very cool stuff
added on the 2008-08-27 15:20:52 by neoneye neoneye
Already a classic.
I enjoyed every part of this, congrats everyone !
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 15:24:06 by willbe willbe
this is oldskool in modern clothes in perfection! great demo!

rulez added on the 2008-08-27 15:29:49 by jazz jazz
OMG, that was impressive!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 15:30:25 by remageFrs remageFrs
sorry guys, nothing personal, but i have no clue how can you love such a stuff. recycling and recycling again and again, boring scenes, no flow, no connection.
only the name of andromeda. it is good demo, i would say, rather good. but not SO good to have 127-5 in the first hours. i fell that this demo god 1st place. well, if so. gj.
sucks added on the 2008-08-27 15:30:44 by sq sq
Quote:
it is good demo, i would say, rather good.


Your ways of tumbing down are indeed weird.
added on the 2008-08-27 15:31:58 by Puryx Puryx
lol. no flow, yeah? no connection? haha.
i only can see this top thumb down agreers (total 3) on your profile which says everything.

added on the 2008-08-27 15:33:33 by jazz jazz
sq: now that you say it, i want my thumb back!
added on the 2008-08-27 15:36:44 by paniq paniq
Nice visual, good music, worth watching it! :)
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 15:42:19 by norecess norecess
guys, i knew you will blame me after my thumb down, but i oh so tired of such pointless made-for-first-place demos.
so, sorry, i didn't want to hurt anyone. just my opinion.
added on the 2008-08-27 15:42:31 by sq sq
for fucks sake, is there _any_ norwegian group which _does not_ use electro drum n bass for their demos soundtrack?!? there are other music styles just as effective for wow effects, cant you like, as a nation, get over the trend already? it was annoying 2 years ago already.
that being, awesome cool water effect and generally the entire first part of the demo. then it got completly ruined with the crappy infinite zoomer and the fractal cube of cliché filler. for me atleast.
added on the 2008-08-27 15:43:06 by psenough psenough
you know, thumbing something down based on the other pouet comments ("too many thumbs up!") and not the demo itself really sucks.
added on the 2008-08-27 15:45:09 by smash smash
hmm.. reading the comments maybe the mosaic zoomer look crappy from the reported bug on the capped.tv version..
added on the 2008-08-27 15:48:28 by psenough psenough
smash, no, i should thumb this up if i loved it. but, it didn't work for me at all, sorry. just another one demo.
i wouldn't say it really sucks, but it's an average demo, that somehow will win really good demos at nvscene.
and i find it rather sad.
added on the 2008-08-27 15:50:30 by sq sq
Kudos! =)
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 16:00:24 by Aasemoon Aasemoon
respect
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 16:21:50 by spritus spritus
please have my thumb! :]
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 16:29:12 by alk alk
excellent stuff!
rulezcdc added on the 2008-08-27 16:38:05 by can can
sq, you're so thumb!
added on the 2008-08-27 16:51:48 by teo teo
Intense :O
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 16:52:31 by ferris ferris
Quote:
Not a single flaw to be spotted.

Maybe you need to put your rose-tinted glasses down to see them. :)

So, yes, a (very) good demo with quality assets and ok music, but as mentioned before, direction/camera work/transitions and even colours (those sierpinski cubes don't _need_ to be all in solid grey) could be improved upon. Some camera paths and cuts felt really unbalanced and awkward. Maybe a final version could fix this.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 17:11:02 by tomaes tomaes
really fresh stuff, has some real killer effects
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 17:11:08 by hollowman hollowman
tomaes, watched it twice and couldn't see anything I'd clarify as a flaw, sorry for that!
added on the 2008-08-27 17:12:50 by stijn stijn
I meant qualify, sorry for that
added on the 2008-08-27 17:13:09 by stijn stijn
There will definitely be a final version fixing the various design / consistency issues of the second part of the demo mainly.

We clearly ran out of time for a few things and we did not want to miss the deadline this time ;)
added on the 2008-08-27 17:16:01 by keops keops
Awesome!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 17:23:02 by Daddy Freddy Daddy Freddy
Sick bastards...and I mean that in the nicest possible way. Heja Norge!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 17:27:08 by Corial Corial
"no flow, no connection"

Oh boy, no one is gonna let you get away with that comment. hehe. :)

But on this subject, I have to say I loved the way the cube zoomed down that watery tunnel and smashes into a new scene and through the wall. Damn! That was one of the best transition effects I've seen...ever!
added on the 2008-08-27 17:37:40 by Wade Wade
This is so great.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 17:50:36 by jxn jxn
loved the endscene! as for the rest, some scenes were stronger than others and i didnt find the music very fitting, shouldve been more new ageish imho.. still massive demo!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 17:53:34 by maali maali
Quote:

But on this subject, I have to say I loved the way the cube zoomed down that watery tunnel and smashes into a new scene and through the wall. Damn! That was one of the best transition effects I've seen...ever!


I found this to be the poorest transition i ever seen. :]
added on the 2008-08-27 17:55:28 by hitchhikr hitchhikr
sick.
added on the 2008-08-27 18:02:30 by 4kum4 4kum4
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 18:02:55 by 4kum4 4kum4
I didn't saw all of them, but it seems that this one already win :)
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 18:05:58 by MsK` MsK`
Yes, an effect demo!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 18:33:41 by ravity ravity
awesome.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 18:45:27 by src src
cool one!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 18:56:09 by dq dq
great..liked the surface of the cubes <333 and zooming :)
and you showed a nice men (so rare).
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 19:21:18 by _faith_ _faith_
Fuck yeah! Awesome effects and kick-ass soundtrack.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 19:35:57 by cerror cerror
Holy Shit.. this is Massive.. Big Thumb up for this powerful piece of work :)
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 19:40:34 by Sapphire Sapphire
this is so damn nice. still paralyzed by the visuals and the fluency.
wicked!
rulezcdc added on the 2008-08-27 19:48:04 by keith303 keith303
wow! great work
added on the 2008-08-27 19:51:08 by blackpawn blackpawn
This is incredible!!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 19:57:27 by ryiinn ryiinn
Damit.. I´m looking for my lower jaw for hours now.. lost it while watching this demo. Opened my mouth a little to far... Now its gone. Please help me searching...
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 19:59:26 by Virgill Virgill
Works beautifully on my 8800 GT (in 1680x1050), can't see that as *minimum* requirements :)
(and yes, I like it)
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 20:00:26 by Dbug Dbug
my ass: beautiful.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 20:04:02 by Warhead Warhead
fucking good that is
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 20:14:33 by thec thec
NVidia Hardware-contract included...
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 20:15:04 by vscd vscd
my ass as well: this really rules hard. i love everything in this demo. thank you very much.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 20:16:17 by SiR SiR
great demo! i love the atmosphere!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 20:17:02 by booster booster
I get a "the exception Breakpoint is reached" message when the demo quits. Is that planned or is it an error?
added on the 2008-08-27 20:18:28 by xTr1m xTr1m
it's refreshing to see an effect-driven demo presented in a modern way.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 20:21:07 by fiver2^fB fiver2^fB
this demo gave me goose bumps
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 20:23:43 by malken malken
Fantastic, some of the parts are incredibly awesome.

How the hell did you do the caustics for that abyss-like thing in the begining? are they precalced? or is it the vertex projection to geometry and additively blend method?

The sea-tunnel was absolutely beautiful, as where the cubes in the next scene.

Are the sierpinsky gaskets raytraced?

Probably the best demo I've seen this year.
rulezcdc added on the 2008-08-27 20:27:22 by Nuclear Nuclear
Absolutely fantastic.
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 20:40:15 by flynn_nrg flynn_nrg
pouce haut!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 23:42:34 by MooZ MooZ
it's cool
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 23:43:52 by Manwe Manwe
Great!
rulez added on the 2008-08-27 23:47:24 by bitl bitl
Damn cool!
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 00:01:11 by Joghurt Joghurt
Fuck yeah
added on the 2008-08-28 00:14:17 by Calexico Calexico
looks pretty good, but there was no point. i wish it had a point
added on the 2008-08-28 00:19:12 by artanis artanis
Massive!
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 00:23:15 by gentleman gentleman
Brrrr Wow!

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rulez added on the 2008-08-28 00:25:20 by samurai samurai
this is just so fucking great in all ways!!
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 00:26:36 by Proteque Proteque
Perfect. I love the sound effects and the material transition on the logos.
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 00:27:15 by pixtur pixtur
Low framerate here, even at lowest resolution. GF8800GTS and Vista64. Anyway, watched the video instead. Great demo! :D
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 00:45:37 by mortzERR mortzERR
WOW

I second ps on some points : I was a little bit disappointed by the final scenes.

I mean, awesome intro with greets+credits, f*cking cool water effect, nice raytraced cubes, great 2d gfx + 3D model and... I was expecting a "bouquet final", but there are "only" the infinite zoomer + the fractal cube which are good but kind of boring/too quiet.

Concerning the soundtrack, it's good, and I personnally like gloom's dnb-style, but it lacks inventiveness imho.
Great sync btw.

Overall : massive thumb up
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 01:15:51 by wullon wullon
what noname said
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 01:20:23 by cynic cynic
what cynic said
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 02:25:54 by RufUsul RufUsul
Awesome! Very old school Amiga, that very distinct Andromeda style (it shines!), and that raytraced part that -might- be possible if they implemented it in Cuda.
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 03:04:53 by rabit rabit
awesome
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 03:12:38 by neuralnet neuralnet
this is awesome prod.
sync, trax, style are great.
totaly thumb up.
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 03:17:35 by got got
I watched this four times in a row. I was VERY impressed with the look and feel of the whole thing. I can see where some come from as far as the rather abrupt end, but still, this brought the same sort of feeling as Debris and Lifeforce brought. Transitions, flow, look, and that water effect! Great mix of oldschool and newschool. Congrats guys!
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 05:39:58 by ngtflyer ngtflyer
this is great.
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 07:39:44 by gd gd
solid demo and much better than the previous andromeda demo, but I see no reason why I would watch it again.
added on the 2008-08-28 07:40:27 by sauli sauli
A bit too much of a coder porno clip for me, but the soundtrack rocks and there are some great looking effects.
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 08:22:14 by raymon raymon
Let's make love
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 08:34:28 by jasuy jasuy
Not groundbreaking but still worth a thumb up.
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 09:26:15 by Cj Cj
i might rewatch it when the new/polished version arrives.. i was prepared to be totally blown apart. but i wasnt.. i disliked the sountrack, sry, and while some fx definately looked great, i cannot get that 'pulling hair out of skull and cry out of excitement' feeling that some here describe... yeah cool show u got there but really not the best ever.
added on the 2008-08-28 09:34:16 by s0r s0r
awesome !
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 09:52:18 by frost242 frost242
Many things to say about this one.. but the thumb is sure enough for now, rest is already said. Great work!
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 09:55:06 by M:ET M:ET
Have yet to test this on my machine (fearing for the worst), but this is a fantastic effort! Enjoyable from start to finish, great mix of old- and newskool - instant classic!
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 09:56:38 by Stebo Stebo
I came
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 10:30:28 by Inopia Inopia
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 10:35:56 by grusbanan grusbanan
Andromeda is the only group I know of who can design a demo in 1994-style and get away with it. ;)
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 10:36:48 by Blueberry Blueberry
Blueberry: 1994 style? They probably can because it is their OWN "1994" style which was years ahead of the competition back then (i.e. Nexus 7). The typical 1994 demo that I remember does have nothing in common with this demo, though.
added on the 2008-08-28 10:52:47 by noname noname
the "worm" a the start looks good. some tohets affetcs are a little bit "old".
added on the 2008-08-28 10:55:32 by ckarl ckarl
Not many demos make it into my "Keep this forever and guard it with your life" folder. This one did.

Amazing infinite zoomer and incredible soundtrack.

Nexus 7 has finally found its match.
rulezcdc added on the 2008-08-28 11:02:11 by Nutman^IRIS Nutman^IRIS
Great rendering quality, i love the first part with that water thingie, i don`t think that zoomer was cool though. Few effects in general, not the best demo of the year for, but a good progress from their last demo.

rulez added on the 2008-08-28 11:10:01 by Zplex Zplex
Will be my next CDC
Nice combination of oldschool and modern demo making. Also looks very, very polished.
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 12:29:55 by shock__ shock__
I love it!
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 12:34:45 by Chaser Chaser
KICK ASS ! :) atari legends with amiga legends. now PC legends ! very impressive!
added on the 2008-08-28 12:49:15 by thortpolm thortpolm
what thortpolm said, im stunned. best pc demo i ever saw.
byebye miggy....(nah never :))
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 12:54:27 by extralife extralife
Perfect. Almost.
/me bows down
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 13:00:14 by skan skan
Hey, hey!
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 13:02:54 by Frequent Frequent
Unfucking believable! Did anyone see my jaw?
rulezcdc added on the 2008-08-28 13:45:56 by Axel Axel
Large, but really nice. Surprised at how well it ran, considering some of the effects used.
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 14:06:53 by hadji hadji
congratulations guys : )
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 14:11:48 by witja witja
what I usually would say :]
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 14:14:45 by ewerybody ewerybody
Great one... But ~45MB wtf for what?!
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 16:19:37 by pOWL pOWL
nice one. really nice one.
image quality and flow just rock
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 16:27:32 by Hopper/SquoQuo Hopper/SquoQuo
pretty good!
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 16:38:41 by blala blala
Fucking fantastic!
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 16:53:14 by Maissi Maissi
Some unbelievably awesome scenes here. Really loved the water in the beginning, the pulsating tunnel, the menger thingy and especially the reflections. Could've maybe had some tighter syncs, and the dude model in the middle felt a bit out-of-place (would've been awesome in any lesser demo), but overall this has got to be one of the most awesome demos i've seen in a while (with the plastic prod)
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 17:20:33 by uncle-x uncle-x
I got goosebumps. It was so great to be pwned together with my fellow NA sceners at NVScene. :) The infinite mosaic-zoom was a long-time dream effect of mine (next step, animating each tile!). The music was a little bit of a Nexus 7/Interphace tribute with its sharp stabs, but still modern. Smooth as butta on my R4850 - the way it should be. Finally, thank you for not requiring DX10 or an HD-display. Good that more people can actually run it.
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 17:32:15 by phoenix phoenix
Could someone explain why it needs so much graphics horsepower? It seems very slow for what you get to see (a bunch of sudivided cubes?).
added on the 2008-08-28 17:36:43 by LSnK LSnK
LSnK: Those cubes reflect each other.
added on the 2008-08-28 17:51:59 by kusma kusma
I received fuckings from my hardware. Will wait for the final release then :)
added on the 2008-08-28 18:05:36 by faraday faraday
Good.
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 18:29:06 by zefyros zefyros
LSnK : if you're are refering to the cubewall scene, it requires a 8800 to have a good framerate because :

- we wanted it to run smooth in 1920x1080
- the scene features soft shadows
- the cubes have recursive reflections (not easy to spot the first time but they are there)
- there is a fancy ambient occlusion lighting on the whole scene to give it a realistic touch.

If it's not smooth on your 8800, you could try to update your drivers (it ran smooth on all 8800 cards we tested it on, in high res).
added on the 2008-08-28 18:29:09 by keops keops
theres a lot of never seen before stuff in here.. so Andromeda is fullfilling their prophecy of bringing back the real thing to the scene. thanx a lot...also to orb/keops :)
i see it right,you had to run the half demo first to gather enough thumbnails to use em as pixel-replacements including a sorting-routine,which thumbnail to take,by calcing the average-brightness ? fuckin nice new shit i´d say :)
for me the weakest part was the menger-sponge-zoomer...its somehow like with the cubefield in noumenon !

again : Thanx Orb,thanx AOA :))

P.S: music was also nice,thanx Gloom.

rulez added on the 2008-08-28 18:34:23 by ɧ4ɾɗվ. ɧ4ɾɗվ.
Hammergeil!
Thank you for this great piece of art! :-)
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 18:35:32 by sethos_AM sethos_AM
awesome
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 18:54:31 by sof_max sof_max
+ great intro
+ fantastic soundtrack
+ incredible cubes (normally i hate cube effects)
- end of the demo looks unfinished (too abrupt)
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 19:37:06 by RA RA
by the way - it runs even smooth in 1680x1050 on my ATI 2600XT
added on the 2008-08-28 19:38:41 by RA RA
good stuff
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 19:48:07 by natxms natxms
The style still evokes Nexus7 XD
Loved it (though not because of that reason)
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 20:35:03 by nagato^ nagato^
Tested at home now....and wow! Didn't expect such a flawless performance on my budget rig (nv 8600 GTS). Well done!
added on the 2008-08-28 20:44:54 by Stebo Stebo
Crashes on my machine.

Vista x64 (latest Nvidia Drivers)
8800 GTX, Intel Quad Core and 4 Gb ram.

Callstack and assembly of code:

> Stargazer.exe!0045c898()
[Frames below may be incorrect and/or missing, no symbols loaded for Stargazer.exe]
Stargazer.exe!00434ac4()
Stargazer.exe!0045c90f()
Stargazer.exe!0043e0a0()
Stargazer.exe!00479eec()
Stargazer.exe!0041ae33()
ntdll.dll!77120592()
ntdll.dll!77137f4d()
Stargazer.exe!00418d0b()
Stargazer.exe!00410072()
Stargazer.exe!00415341()
kernel32.dll!753ce3f3()
ntdll.dll!7717cfed()
ntdll.dll!7717d1ff()

0045C890 push ecx
0045C891 call 004100B0
0045C896 mov ecx,dword ptr [eax]
>> 0045C898 mov edx,dword ptr [ecx]

ecx = 0

added on the 2008-08-28 20:57:47 by emoon emoon
I should say that it crashes after the loading screen.
added on the 2008-08-28 20:58:48 by emoon emoon
LEGENDARY!!! Now, this is what I call a demo. Massive effects keeping the hardware busy and no bollocks design.
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 21:03:45 by Optima Optima
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 21:22:54 by wie8 wie8
Sierpinski rules o/
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 22:06:37 by faraday faraday
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!
rulezcdc added on the 2008-08-28 22:17:18 by prm prm
easily one of the best demos ever. damn you guys! i was actually first smiling (really big) and then laughing when watching this. everything is top class - code, music, gfx, direction - and it comes together amazingly well. thanks for the ride. now i really need to watch it again.
added on the 2008-08-28 22:24:54 by prm prm
i tought pouet would be a safe place to avoid emoons crashreports, but i was terribly wrong :)
added on the 2008-08-28 22:43:07 by pantaloon pantaloon
shit - I thought my dual core and GF 8600 GT is fast enough ... :(

... but even in slow-mo: this one RULEZ !!!
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 22:43:09 by BiTbUsTeR BiTbUsTeR
Oh yeah, superb demo! Has that great "demo" feeling that some groups just hit spot on.
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 22:49:18 by Sdw Sdw
IT'S A FUCKING GOOD DEMO \o/
rulez added on the 2008-08-28 22:54:29 by tobé tobé
CDCed for the I liked the cube wall: it mixed pure cube-physics coder porn with perfect colors/shading and (nice touch) a good floor pattern to break the smooth shading into many details.
rulezcdc added on the 2008-08-28 23:07:28 by winden winden
Nice Details! Some pretty impressive scenes in this one - and I guess the Zoomer shown here is a premiere in the demoscene.
rulez added on the 2008-08-29 00:21:46 by Salinga Salinga
Wow! Now this is how a very good pc demo should look like.
rulezcdc added on the 2008-08-29 01:39:14 by Clarence Clarence
a good team
rulez added on the 2008-08-29 01:48:58 by elkmoose elkmoose
Cubes scene very slow on GF 8400 GS :(
added on the 2008-08-29 04:53:45 by bitl bitl
Awesome demo, all effects are fucking great but i really like the opening space scene
rulez added on the 2008-08-29 08:44:45 by BackSpace BackSpace
Panta: it's not my fault that people writes code that crashes ;)
added on the 2008-08-29 09:19:19 by emoon emoon
I have a soft spot for cubes.. Well done.
rulez added on the 2008-08-29 09:34:10 by Emod Emod
Oh yeah.
rulez added on the 2008-08-29 10:18:18 by edhellon edhellon
You won me over guys. After watching it dozens of times, I give you my heart, coup-de-coeur-style. Bastards.
added on the 2008-08-29 10:36:35 by Axel Axel
After watching it numerous times it may be that i have to follow axel soon...
added on the 2008-08-29 12:39:50 by Serpent Serpent
I'm in a row with Axel and Serpent... but I'll stay behind Serpent, though :)
added on the 2008-08-29 12:45:12 by chromag chromag
Super génial ! l'ambiance et la technique sont au rendez-vous ! bravo
rulez added on the 2008-08-29 14:05:34 by esion esion
Looks big, feels big, sounds big. Instant love.
rulez added on the 2008-08-29 14:06:02 by lug00ber lug00ber
im in love with the chamfer-cubes. great 3d-modell, got just the right feel.
rulez added on the 2008-08-29 14:09:29 by quisten quisten
this is DEMO !
rulez added on the 2008-08-29 14:26:12 by cyb0rg cyb0rg
rulez added on the 2008-08-29 14:27:43 by wb wb
demos like this should be forbidden ;)
for overruling reasons
rulez added on the 2008-08-29 14:33:45 by seppjo seppjo
the demo
rulez added on the 2008-08-29 14:41:53 by Mel Mel
powerful soundtrack, and well executed demo, normally im a sucker for zoomers but this one was kinda a turnoff .. cant really explain why ..

overall a bit overrated imo, but very very good demo still.
rulez added on the 2008-08-29 15:00:15 by dwarf dwarf
great demo
soundtrack is so so
Great music, cute effects and good overall composition. congratulations
rulez added on the 2008-08-29 15:18:41 by KILE KILE
Quote:
for fucks sake, is there _any_ norwegian group which _does not_ use electro drum n bass for their demos soundtrack?!? there are other music styles just as effective for wow effects, cant you like, as a nation, get over the trend already? it was annoying 2 years ago already.

We have discussed this in the Official Norwegian Guild for Demoscene Musicians, and after a vote we have decided on an answer:
No.
added on the 2008-08-29 15:22:33 by lug00ber lug00ber
haha :D
added on the 2008-08-29 15:23:22 by Puryx Puryx
:O
Awesome (except the music, sadly).
rulez added on the 2008-08-29 16:38:38 by NH4OH NH4OH
Great.
How can I make a coup-de-coeur?
rulez added on the 2008-08-29 16:53:39 by Al3x Al3x
i think musicstyle is more big beat .. not dnb .. or something. i don't know. it's good track gloom :)
added on the 2008-08-29 16:58:44 by uns3en_ uns3en_
pure eyecandy! exelent music and timing...

one of the best ever..
rulez added on the 2008-08-29 18:25:27 by roomeo^Dnf roomeo^Dnf
absolutely mind-blowing
rulez added on the 2008-08-29 18:31:55 by Arakasi Arakasi
Wormy thing and shiny others are very very nice.
Nice zoom FXs.
Crispy music.
(Menger sponge explosion would have ruled...)
Wow prod :D
rulez added on the 2008-08-29 18:32:00 by bdk bdk
also: i would really love to get my hands that music. gloom? anyone? :)
added on the 2008-08-29 18:42:34 by prm prm
some scenes are really cool, but direction is rather strange, it would be great if you think up the whole scenario better next time. i like the music also. looking forward for a final version.
rulez added on the 2008-08-29 18:45:35 by elfh elfh
The only true demo art!
added on the 2008-08-29 18:53:01 by Calexico Calexico
Great demo that looked amazing on the big screen. It ran fine here on a 7600 (I think) & vista. The scene with the man holding the cube and the beginning with the abyss water was my favourite.
rulez added on the 2008-08-29 18:58:30 by Navis Navis
A massive effect driven demo like this always make me smile :)
rulez added on the 2008-08-29 21:19:38 by datsua datsua
HOLY ********************************************************.
rulez added on the 2008-08-30 04:29:19 by praetor_alpha praetor_alpha
You are sick in the head!
rulez added on the 2008-08-30 08:46:31 by Pegan Pegan
Really nice. Will give you another thumb up when you release the final ;)
rulez added on the 2008-08-30 11:31:06 by Drunken_Poet Drunken_Poet
the sonar sound + water effect at the beginning made me think to :
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added on the 2008-08-30 12:28:56 by Tigrou Tigrou
What praetor_alpha said!
The water abyss thing blew me away instantly. Excellent!
rulez added on the 2008-08-30 12:29:55 by CONS CONS
Tigrou: That was kind of obvious.
added on the 2008-08-30 13:00:05 by Calexico Calexico
........................speechless........................
rulezcdc added on the 2008-08-30 16:40:31 by scoutski scoutski
This is style and class at the same time.
Very nice to see this co-op demo between two legendary groups coming from the Amiga and Atari scene. Hands down guys! Really good work :)
rulez added on the 2008-08-30 19:10:33 by Xiny6581 Xiny6581
THEY DID IT!
rulez added on the 2008-08-30 19:24:33 by relias abardon relias abardon
Very nice!! It worked on my old GeForce 7950 GT KO video card with some not so new driver.
added on the 2008-08-30 19:37:46 by AntDude AntDude
good old style with great visuals, excellent effects and kick ass music!
rulez added on the 2008-08-30 20:59:29 by Bobic Bobic
definately a good prod - clean and demoish ...
rulez added on the 2008-08-30 22:00:33 by ck ck
A very good demo with a lot of varying scenes!
I liked the "Flowing Water"-Tunnel and that
"Magma"-Triangle most....there`s nothing I actually didn`t like about this demo! :O)
rulez added on the 2008-08-30 22:22:55 by Skyrunner Skyrunner
nice
rulez added on the 2008-08-30 22:44:34 by tempest tempest
fractal-cubes where nice. awesome music by gloom once again.
rulez added on the 2008-08-30 23:31:01 by rudi rudi
After so many years I wondered if Keops can still surprise me... but that's what he did once again!
It's a fantastic production, one of the best I've seen since a long time. Deserves to enter into the 'greatest hits of all times' ;) Respect!
rulez added on the 2008-08-30 23:50:31 by Brume Brume
I love every scene in this demo! Masterpiece!
rulezcdc added on the 2008-08-30 23:52:08 by Cosmocat Cosmocat
rulez added on the 2008-08-31 12:41:15 by Ized Ized
this piece has a BIG wowfactor overall (10/9) .... oh yeah, and has gloom too :D
rulez added on the 2008-08-31 13:41:09 by JaK JaK
Very, VERY awesome!
Loved the sierpinski carpet zoom.
rulez added on the 2008-08-31 13:47:45 by Agilo Agilo
Oh, and, I also loved the water portal/wormhole. ;)
added on the 2008-08-31 13:50:28 by Agilo Agilo
very nice demo.

on the other hand optima could say it's "uninspired":
- waterworm stolen from zoom3
- cubes
- statue face "inspired" from lapsuus amiga demo
- etc.
but no it's "legendary". sigh. fanboy :)
rulez added on the 2008-08-31 16:49:37 by arm1n arm1n
Quote:
waterworm stolen from zoom3


To be honest none of us remembed that there was a waterworm in Zoom3.

It's just that at some point we had those relief water and ocean tunnel effects planned for the design of the demo and we wanted to add a kind of Abyss water blob to introduce them, nothing else :)

Zoom3's author probably grew watching the same movies we did :)
added on the 2008-08-31 17:13:14 by keops keops
keops: this was only meant towards some strange comments people do on pouet. personally i think it's perfectly fine to duplicate stuff you like.

it's only a bit annoying to see people thumb down stuff from not so well-known groups because of "stolen/uninspired stuff" and then not being honest when it comes to rating top-notch quality stuff.

anyway, well done demo, keops!
added on the 2008-08-31 17:19:23 by arm1n arm1n
The water worm in this is considerably better than the one in Zoom 3 anyway :)
rulez added on the 2008-08-31 17:39:04 by parcelshit parcelshit
Zoom3 worm looks like fire not water imho
added on the 2008-08-31 17:56:01 by magic magic
gloom: thanks. also, it's freakin brilliant.
added on the 2008-08-31 19:25:11 by prm prm
I don't even remember there was a worm in Zoom3. But I do remember there was one in some benchmark by futuremark.
added on the 2008-08-31 19:27:59 by Optimus Optimus
okay, i'm adding my name to the list ...
Any other quitting demoscene after this ? :)
rulez added on the 2008-08-31 19:59:46 by kohai kohai
yup .. i liked it alot! .. like most of andromeda's stuff. fresh design, cool ideas and the music summed it up pretty well. nice song! we needz more triphop/bigbeat stuff ;-) ..

me'sa trendsetta
rulez added on the 2008-08-31 20:20:13 by tEiS tEiS
Nice prod, albeit a bit short for me :).
rulez added on the 2008-08-31 21:04:23 by pmdata pmdata
Nice demo, especially the first scenes are very well done. I also like the music.
rulez added on the 2008-08-31 21:24:38 by Paranoid Paranoid
And did I mention how solid the zoomer was?? I've never seen one that smooth-looking before...i.e. you can usually see small glitches where it's gonna zoom into further 'cause of texture scaling and I saw *none* of that here.
added on the 2008-08-31 22:27:38 by ferris ferris
P4 2,4 Ghz + GF7600 worked fine. Abyss part was the slowest but still had like 15 fps.
added on the 2008-09-01 01:02:36 by noname noname
@Optimuz,
yes, this was the first one XL-8R
added on the 2008-09-01 09:34:14 by seppjo seppjo
a great demo. It's remind old school PC demos.
rulez added on the 2008-09-01 14:00:10 by u2 u2
+ music / most scenes
- stupid sierpinsky cube
rulez added on the 2008-09-01 17:04:51 by superplek superplek
definatly a masterpiece...
runs perfect on 8600GT 512DDR / 2GB Ram.
rulez added on the 2008-09-01 17:10:53 by _docd^hjb _docd^hjb
Crashes here (Vista, Geforce9800GTX) ... sad, I want to see this! ;-)
added on the 2008-09-01 19:38:34 by aLpHa oNe aLpHa oNe
alpha1 : you can watch the video here till we fix the compatibility issues with a final version http://capped.tv/playeralt.php?vid=andromeda_orb-stargazer

(along with the proper design for the second part of the demo)
added on the 2008-09-01 19:40:55 by keops keops
oops my fault!! great stuff, visuals and music in perfect harmony! best demo i've seen for a long time!
rulez added on the 2008-09-01 19:45:35 by aLpHa oNe aLpHa oNe
For the others that have problems with running this using Vista... try XP compatible mode! ;-)
added on the 2008-09-01 19:47:27 by aLpHa oNe aLpHa oNe
It rulz0r. High party factor and really cool fx! I like the water stuff the intro with the galaxies and the credits and the radioactive crack symbols at the end look wicked! I'm a crackwhores!
rulez added on the 2008-09-01 20:20:44 by loaderror loaderror
All I ever wanted to see and hear in a demo is here.
rulez added on the 2008-09-01 20:41:25 by Preacher Preacher
I love you.
rulez added on the 2008-09-01 21:27:11 by iks iks
@ keops:
There will be changes to the design??? This doesn't look unfinished in any way.
added on the 2008-09-01 22:26:52 by Stebo Stebo
AstronautStebo : the effects following Archmage's pictures are not properly connected. We did not have the time to make proper transitions for them and their design was quite rushed because we seriously ran out of time.

So yeah, there will be "slight" changes in the final version, the work is already in progress ;)
added on the 2008-09-01 22:37:47 by keops keops
Thanks for the quick response. Sounds interesting...will definitely keep an eye on the final.
added on the 2008-09-01 22:46:36 by Stebo Stebo
I'm happy you guys still work on it, since it definitely deserves a better direction, and music improvements. The soundtrack transition towards the Sierpinsky sponges is really a great climax, though, so keep that part as it is ! :D
added on the 2008-09-01 22:52:07 by TomS4wy3R TomS4wy3R
BIG demo...it just felt huge and meaty and powerful. The water tunnel looked especially nice.

big thumb-up!
rulez added on the 2008-09-02 00:13:45 by button button
Thanks for the explanation Keops. You're right, I am using old drivers so that's probably the reason behind the bad performance for me.
rulez added on the 2008-09-02 01:35:08 by LSnK LSnK
wow, splendid!
rulez added on the 2008-09-02 02:54:03 by tesla tesla
but 45MB! ... isn't that quite big?
added on the 2008-09-02 02:56:56 by tesla tesla
who cares?

Quote:
The maximum compressed size is 64 megabytes.



added on the 2008-09-02 13:09:14 by prm prm
tesla : yes it is and the zipfile could easily be less than half that size but we used the compo's sizelimit rules largely to have a much shorter loading / depacking time.

Generating things like our 3D noise texture (2 MB in that case) would have made the loading time longer so we prefered to spare the audience and include them in the datafile.

We *hate* long loading times ;)
added on the 2008-09-02 15:48:57 by keops keops
hm, where do you use the 3D noise ?
added on the 2008-09-02 15:51:53 by Navis Navis
Navis: it's used all over, some times subtly, some times not so subtly (e.g. take a look at the depth shader in the humanoid mesh part).

Since I'm posting, let me send a thank-you for all the response so far. I am very happy we finally released this demo.

One more thing: "Menger Sponge"?! I've never heard that before - it sounds like something unpleasant your doctor would use as a last resort.
"Cantor Cube" sounds like more like an effect in a demo :)

- "sister, hand me the Menger Sponge. And for the love of christ, please make sure it is heated at body temperature this time."
added on the 2008-09-02 16:14:08 by Hyde Hyde
very good :D
rulez added on the 2008-09-02 23:08:50 by Dark Rat Dark Rat
best cubes ever
rulez added on the 2008-09-02 23:20:24 by sasq sasq
Hyde:
http://images.google.com/images?q=Menger%20Sponge

I am so sorry
added on the 2008-09-02 23:43:15 by Calexico Calexico
consistently low framerate on ATi HD 3870 X2, readme recommends a weaker ATI card (HD 2600), what gives?
added on the 2008-09-03 01:50:21 by Claw Claw
them stars, love.
rulez added on the 2008-09-03 12:18:06 by comankh comankh
Huge funkings to Keops! Great show!
rulez added on the 2008-09-03 22:24:20 by Rebb Rebb
perfect!
rulez added on the 2008-09-04 09:50:56 by xtrob xtrob
One of the best demos of the year, no doubt
rulez added on the 2008-09-04 10:49:04 by Jcl Jcl
coolness
rulez added on the 2008-09-04 16:31:09 by CrzyClst CrzyClst
win
rulez added on the 2008-09-04 19:39:48 by Movi Movi
Oh. Wow.

I think I have a new favourite demo.
rulez added on the 2008-09-04 23:40:37 by sherekhan sherekhan
I can see this maybe reaching top 10. Maybe. I think once the final is out and it's all polished, we will have something very special. I am looking forward to seeing the final!
added on the 2008-09-05 05:03:39 by ngtflyer ngtflyer
Nice one, love the cubes and the last scene, second last one doesn't fit though.
rulez added on the 2008-09-05 17:59:50 by nufan nufan
This one definately rules
rulez added on the 2008-09-05 22:30:39 by gg|rhg gg|rhg
those cubes do look sexy!
rulez added on the 2008-09-05 22:55:20 by Saga Musix Saga Musix
jar_: let's calm down now, yeah?
added on the 2008-09-05 23:05:53 by Optima Optima
Sweet.. :)
rulez added on the 2008-09-05 23:06:14 by OptimizE OptimizE
Runs fine now. Impressive reflections and massive cubes.
rulez added on the 2008-09-06 03:00:37 by Claw Claw
Insectecutor : is that still on your ATI HD 3870 X2 ? If so what do you change that made it work fine ?
added on the 2008-09-06 03:23:37 by keops keops
-do+did
added on the 2008-09-06 03:24:59 by keops keops
Mengele sponge!
rulez added on the 2008-09-06 03:57:22 by Korvkiosken Korvkiosken
Had a great time watching the video :)
AoD and Orb you are my heroes

just watch and enjoy

no more words ...
rulezcdc added on the 2008-09-06 12:42:25 by _wheely_ _wheely_
Great winner BB Image
rulez added on the 2008-09-07 04:36:56 by Queen_Luna Queen_Luna
This baby has it all.
Demotune, eyecandy, coderpr0n.
Trust the old farts, they know how to rock the boat :D
rulez added on the 2008-09-07 22:08:51 by d0DgE d0DgE
ok, ok I must admit. This is a true winner. I really don't get that demo :(. There are some moments with artifacts, or are in unfinished state. Some scenes lack the colour and are desperately screaming for it. Couple of moments are really great and they deserve this thumb up alone. Anyways thanks for describing us directly on paper that we absolutely need to change the style, because it's not working anymore :). Moreover people should be afraid of thumbing this down ... I guess it's hard to be next "Lord Helmet" in the end :D. I will definitely talk with you about this prod on next BP (of course not with Keops :P). Congratulations again!
rulez added on the 2008-09-08 02:29:38 by bonzaj bonzaj
Quote:
Anyways thanks for describing us directly on paper that we absolutely need to change the style, because it's not working anymore


You seem to miss the most important point here, like sq totally did : we don't think and craft our prods to win or to appeal a given audience :)

We do those things because it's the effects and style we like, they are the kind of things we want to see in demos, so we just create them, nothing less, nothing more.

The day we craft our demos to win a specific compo or to follow a "winning" trend will be the day we need to stop making demos ;)
added on the 2008-09-08 02:43:29 by keops keops
keops: encroyable que tu doit ecrire ca ici. lol
added on the 2008-09-08 13:17:53 by seppjo seppjo
Quote:
we don't think and craft our prods to win or to appeal a given audience :)

i thought that was because you keep missing deadlines... :P
rulez added on the 2008-09-08 13:25:11 by Gargaj Gargaj
All is said...
rulez added on the 2008-09-08 17:59:14 by untel untel
What I love, is this is so far beyond a psuedo game demo. The effects are just great - unforgettable. I was playing with menger sponges recently and the final scenes blew me away for the sheer (apparent?) enormity of the polygon count. Love it.
rulez added on the 2008-09-08 23:50:30 by auld auld
where did all this come from? :D I approve of this demo
rulez added on the 2008-09-09 01:19:16 by gr9yfox gr9yfox
Wow, really fucking cool!
rulez added on the 2008-09-09 11:30:35 by vame vame
yeah such an entertaining demo! great music which sounds to me a bit like great classic demostyle in a very refreshed way. The watertunnel and the cubes scene looks so tasty that I start to relike cubes even
rulez added on the 2008-09-09 21:18:29 by fiveofive fiveofive
liked it very much !
rulez added on the 2008-09-10 04:25:38 by xyz xyz
OMG.. forgot to thumb this one! Superb prod with superb music and synch. I like you like this kind of effects and style!!! More please :P
rulez added on the 2008-09-11 20:01:39 by JosSs JosSs
Amazing demo! Great work.
rulez added on the 2008-09-11 20:39:56 by d3pth d3pth
Lovely demo! Best this year, so far... i think. The co-op was a surprise, and we like surprises. hurrah!
rulez added on the 2008-09-12 10:15:10 by dv$ dv$
Greatly polished production!
Design is top-end and music excellent!
rulez added on the 2008-09-12 16:56:40 by Dma-Sc Dma-Sc
wow!!! that's the kind of stuff I wanted to see at the Breakpoint!!
rulez added on the 2008-09-12 18:08:19 by twh twh
Stunning Shit! What elses?

Forces of Atari. Kick butt with the Whole Scene!! Atari Power I say!!! go go! Guys!!

rulez added on the 2008-09-12 20:44:27 by Marcer Marcer
and nice pices from Amiga ppl too.. hmm.. :)
added on the 2008-09-12 20:49:30 by Marcer Marcer
Amiga+pixel shaders:)
rulez added on the 2008-09-13 18:23:38 by dimouse dimouse
rocks!
rulez added on the 2008-09-14 00:32:29 by gopher gopher
yeah cool one
rulez added on the 2008-09-14 10:47:01 by SilkCut SilkCut
Absolutely brilliant! I wouldn't be surprised if this reaches that all-time top list.
rulez added on the 2008-09-14 12:33:01 by voz voz
It must be in AllTimeTop list!
rulez added on the 2008-09-15 18:34:29 by FenolFtalein FenolFtalein
cool direction, camera and sync. and tech.
but it lacks prettiness
added on the 2008-09-16 19:10:33 by Speed Speed
I something miss in this demo, maybe that leet technolgical aspect "look buddy what we can do with your gfx card", maybe lack of design (except beginning, maybe dull music, maybe too much uninspired cube effects, dont know..

didn´t work for me. sorry.

pig
awesome stuff ;) great great design
rulez added on the 2008-09-17 21:15:03 by gwEm gwEm
Quote:
maybe that leet technolgical aspect "look buddy what we can do with your gfx card"


Er, what? Dude, this is what demos were always about.
added on the 2008-09-17 21:17:06 by Calexico Calexico
Not to everyone.
added on the 2008-09-17 21:22:59 by Preacher Preacher
this is so fu*#kin amazin.. hundred thumbs up!!
rulez added on the 2008-09-19 16:29:51 by toxie toxie
awesome
rulez added on the 2008-09-19 23:19:47 by blind io blind io
Simply astounding.
rulez added on the 2008-09-21 03:32:18 by LarryDaPimp LarryDaPimp
Short, lacks a good design, nothing new or special. Nice effects though.
sucks added on the 2008-09-21 18:32:21 by noby noby
MWAHAHA... Schweeet ! Great job !
rulez added on the 2008-09-22 14:06:33 by cxnull cxnull
Any news on the final?
added on the 2008-09-22 22:54:26 by Stebo Stebo
AstronautStebo : Hyde and I are working on it. The "next week" thing was clearly a wrong estimate :)

There are many transitions to add or change and some missing design to include so the final polished version won't be there before a few weeks. But there will be one, as promised :)

Speaking of which, it would be nice if Mr Gloom could check his emails because it also involves a few minor changes for the soundtrack :D
added on the 2008-09-22 23:05:07 by keops keops
Keops: I apologize. Both me and my wife are awfully sorry that we scheduled our wedding and honeymoon right when you planned to finish the final version of this demo. We will strive to do better in the future.
added on the 2008-09-23 14:38:17 by gloom gloom
rocks
rulez added on the 2008-09-23 18:06:06 by lsl lsl
Oh, please...no fight, take your time. I was just asking. @gloom: Congratulations!
added on the 2008-09-24 10:53:20 by Stebo Stebo
thanx you'll do a final and take your time.
keops: je suis curieux comme la final va etre
gloom: congrats man
added on the 2008-09-24 14:15:32 by seppjo seppjo
huh..
rulez added on the 2008-09-24 21:37:59 by poison_rvn poison_rvn
\o/

+grats to Gloom
rulez added on the 2008-09-25 13:12:48 by neptun neptun
very good sync and sondtrack
added on the 2008-09-29 12:57:03 by mrmoster mrmoster
ops forgot :rulez:
rulez added on the 2008-09-29 12:58:03 by mrmoster mrmoster
Hehe. Shame on you, Gloom... and there's this little kid, too!
added on the 2008-09-30 14:53:10 by chromag chromag
don't gaze me bro !
rulez added on the 2008-09-30 15:04:56 by Weyland Yutani Weyland Yutani
Not at all my type of demo, but it's freakin' awesome nevertheless.
rulez added on the 2008-10-03 10:53:28 by chock chock
It's oldschool within newschool and it's beautiful !
rulez added on the 2008-10-04 01:39:38 by analogue analogue
Massive effects and great music. Lacks only a bit of design but I couldn't wish more. Thanks!
rulez added on the 2008-10-04 02:41:05 by pommak pommak
I have been waiting for this kind of show for ages, thank you for that gentlemen. Freaking pace and effects.
rulez added on the 2008-10-06 15:52:29 by satari satari
sweet
rulez added on the 2008-10-06 21:16:44 by zomb zomb
yup. rocks.
rulez added on the 2008-10-15 23:40:36 by sobec sobec
Really AMAZING!
rulez added on the 2008-10-16 19:58:05 by HarryPotter HarryPotter
Stunning!
rulez added on the 2008-10-19 14:39:59 by bladerunner bladerunner
i was so impressed that i forgot to coment o_O
keep up the good work ! thank you !
rulez added on the 2008-10-29 02:26:15 by thyrex thyrex
I had to watch it many times to be sure... I don't like all the effects (especially the looong fractal cubes) but all the others, I simply loooove.
And nice to see Atari and Amiga best old farts working together (Keops ! traitre ! :D)
rulez added on the 2008-10-29 18:32:28 by Shazz^TRSi^MJJ Shazz^TRSi^MJJ
rulez added on the 2008-10-29 18:53:09 by starbuck starbuck
I said wow several times while watching this.
I wonder what kind of GPU I need to run it flawlessly in 1080p. My ATI HD3450 couldn't do it very well. :P
rulez added on the 2008-11-03 14:16:50 by krs krs
Synt4x_3rr0r : a 8800 GT will do perfectly, even a 8600 from what I have been told.
added on the 2008-11-03 17:41:37 by keops keops
run fine on my 7800GS =)
rulez added on the 2008-11-04 01:57:09 by [ProToS] [ProToS]
first class production overall! music rox!1
rulez added on the 2008-11-06 21:43:54 by nemesis nemesis
awesome
rulez added on the 2008-11-08 04:47:33 by blackpawn blackpawn
For those who asked about the final version, yes, there will be one, hopefully by the end of the month. It just takes more time than expected.

Small sneak peek. So no, we won't "pull a Smash" for the final version ;)
added on the 2008-11-13 15:17:08 by keops keops
keops, you havent released it yet - still time to "pull a smash" :)
added on the 2008-11-13 15:44:22 by smash smash
You can still "pull a farbrausch" too. ;)
added on the 2008-11-13 16:06:48 by tomaes tomaes
Another small sneak peek at the final.
added on the 2008-11-13 17:06:21 by psonice psonice
Obviously you can still "pull a baguette" too ;)
added on the 2008-11-13 17:32:45 by p01 p01
All of your work is much appreciated and I wait patiently with anticipation.
added on the 2008-11-14 20:56:02 by ngtflyer ngtflyer
funny prod
meh,you guys rock!
i watched again and i love the menger sponge aswell now!
this is so much demo,i cant resist to ask for more!
please never stop demomaking again!
NEVER!
Gets my 4th heart. Truely a production by 'Top Men' :-)
added on the 2008-11-19 23:47:11 by Steel Steel
this is a fucking brilliant demo, one of the best i´ve ever seen. these zoomings were nearly too much for my eyes!! WOW! vertigo!!! great job, guys!!!!!!!!
rulez added on the 2008-11-25 11:12:06 by Pit Pit
I never thought I would login again on pouet, but this prod is so refreshing that I just had to write a comment. This is the first 3D accelerated demo I ever enjoyed! Congratulations guys and keep up the good work, hoping to see more quality prods from you.
rulez added on the 2008-11-26 16:45:14 by Cleaner Cleaner
just watched it on the real hardware for the first time. this is impressive, this is serious eye-candy. keep it up!
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rulez added on the 2008-11-29 22:15:23 by p01 p01
awesome
rulez added on the 2008-12-01 09:01:19 by malmix malmix
what steel said.
added on the 2008-12-01 09:05:17 by Proteque Proteque
i want to thumb it up a third time.
what Saga Musix said. For me, this is THE demo in 2008.
added on the 2008-12-03 22:50:31 by SiR SiR
uh, very ugly
sucks added on the 2008-12-04 15:07:36 by kinga kinga
yes!
rulez added on the 2008-12-04 16:33:48 by jb jb
Without any doubt the best demo of 2008. One of the few pc demos I really enjoy, thanks guys.
rulez added on the 2008-12-05 02:41:19 by zoolum zoolum
Keops, tu assures !

Amazing.

Stargazer combines old and new school in a perfect way.
rulez added on the 2008-12-13 18:51:19 by ulrick ulrick
Having just upgraded to a much faster system, this demo was in the "must watch" list. Even more of a stunner on the new hardware!
added on the 2008-12-18 20:03:20 by ngtflyer ngtflyer
ngtflyer : we're still working (and trying to find a few more spare hours) to make the final version before the end of the year, as promised.

We are more or less done with the major design and transition issues, we hope it all gets done around Tum.
added on the 2008-12-18 20:21:54 by keops keops
Kudos for pulling it off - all coders know how that is. I'm sure it will be well worth it. Merry xmas btw., when you get that far.
added on the 2008-12-18 22:20:21 by d3pth d3pth
Keops: Cool. Looking forward to it, but there's no rush!
New hardware: core 2 duo E8500, 4GB, GTX260 Core 216. :)
added on the 2008-12-20 00:36:20 by ngtflyer ngtflyer
after watching it for about the 30th time...it still kicks ass.

best soundtrack, best direction, best breakthrough performance, best best best - definatley a candidate in several scene org awards in 2009.

see you at breakpoint andromeda and orb.
(in full HD ofcourse)
added on the 2008-12-21 11:16:08 by _docd^hjb _docd^hjb
Superb!
rulez added on the 2008-12-22 09:52:39 by mdx mdx
Brilliiant stuff!!!
rulez added on the 2008-12-22 11:24:08 by efecto efecto
great :)
rulez added on the 2008-12-29 19:07:47 by trigger trigger
I bet this one gets into 10 top of the pops!
rulez added on the 2008-12-29 19:20:05 by eye eye
An oldskool trip down HD lane always makes my pixelshaders tingle. Seriously, this prod purely and simply rocks.
rulez added on the 2008-12-31 11:50:20 by Paralax Paralax
happy to see again your good, and excellent stuff keops, hope i can see you next summer in france
rulez added on the 2008-12-31 12:42:01 by Starlion Starlion
Definitely, one of the best demos i've ever seen.
rulez added on the 2009-01-01 16:42:46 by #535 #535
Since we're been asked about it a few times those last days on irc : we finished the final version last week but it's currently not fully compatible with Kkapture for some reason we're trying to figure out.

Ryg was kind enough to propose to have a look so we will release the binaries along with the new videos as soon as we manage to fix this small issue.
added on the 2009-01-05 14:44:32 by keops keops
we *have* been, not are been, damn morning engrish :)
added on the 2009-01-05 14:56:11 by keops keops
Translation: blame Ryg! ;)
added on the 2009-01-05 16:30:31 by Psycho Psycho
excellent stuff !
rulez added on the 2009-01-07 16:54:05 by zerkman zerkman
Well done demo! I loved the effects (especially the metallic liquid). Very nice direction as well.
rulez added on the 2009-01-08 02:13:11 by ChrisTOS ChrisTOS
omfg... i didn't seen that demo before... o_O

again cubes .. but very cool cubes this time :)
rulez added on the 2009-01-10 07:56:47 by .. ..
Coolest looking demo of 2008
rulez added on the 2009-01-10 16:23:12 by T$ T$
Looks like I forgot to show my appreciation for this one :O
rulez added on the 2009-01-10 17:58:44 by Alpha C Alpha C
Psycho : after more tests it seems that it's Bass latest version (2.4.2, Sept 2008) that causes the problem. We just can't blame Ryg since Kkapture's latest version is older than Bass latest version :D

We did not check in depth but unless we missed something, this new version of Bass must do something Kkapture obvsiously doesn't like. We don't want to revert to the old version of Bass because of a weird latency bug on my Vista machine...

Time to harass Ryg for a new version ;)
added on the 2009-01-15 04:20:54 by keops keops
imperfect camera movement? whatever. that's the sympathetic amateur touch. this demo makes the graphics chip produce pretty stuff. and it made me produce joy while watching.
rulez added on the 2009-01-15 04:36:29 by jazzman jazzman
Pssst.

For those who didn't notice, they've snuck the final to scene.org, and I've updated all videos as well. :)
added on the 2009-01-18 17:44:53 by micksam7 micksam7
wooops... very slow download ;)
my second thump for the final! :)
added on the 2009-01-18 17:55:26 by magic magic
last effect looks soo sexy now thanx to the added...oh, no spoilings
<3
pula-n pizda....
Fianlly I could watch this beaty in all it's glory (new hardware)...
rulez added on the 2009-01-18 19:51:13 by wrthlss wrthlss
Super impressive final! Second thumb up if I had one!

(Why are you messing the volume control? I need my hearing, thx.)
added on the 2009-01-18 20:13:39 by Calexico Calexico
I just love the fractal cube thingy, I can almost imagine it crashing through the TV screen.
Would somebody please kkapture (or whatever it's called) the final?
I've only got a PS3 to watch these beauties on.
rulez added on the 2009-01-18 20:55:06 by mr rounce mr rounce
Final version released indeed and links updated (binaries and videos except the DTV one).

What we changed :

- a few transitions
- polishing here and there
- the lighting for 3 parts
- bugfixes on ATI 2600 and the likes

mrounce, we updated this video
http://www.scene.org/file_dl.php?url=ftp://ftp.scene.org/pub/parties/2008/nvscene08/demo/andromeda_orb-stargazer.avi
and Micksam updated the 720p video ftp://micksam7.com/demos/nvscene08/andromeda_orb-stargazer.mp4 (requires a good cpu though)

Calexico : try this new version, we made a quick audio fix

Thank you Knos and Tempest for they know what :)

If you guys still have bugs or issues with this version drop us a mail.
added on the 2009-01-18 21:17:06 by keops keops
Quote:

For those who didn't notice, they've snuck the final to scene.org, and I've updated all videos as well. :)
One of the best demos from 2008 just got better!
rulez added on the 2009-01-18 21:24:21 by ekoli ekoli
The final was signifigantly better, but I still think it's overrated
added on the 2009-01-18 21:37:06 by noby noby
perfect, maniac, very lovely and amazing demomaking..
Ah! Even better! Excellent stuff, guys!
added on the 2009-01-18 22:41:28 by Mystra Mystra
what ekoli said :)
added on the 2009-01-18 22:41:53 by wullon wullon
Also, at the request of lead Nordic breakbeat conspiracist lug00ber, more bass is added. ;)
added on the 2009-01-18 23:26:43 by gloom gloom
I just watched the final and I agree.. the transitions are better, the whole thing looks more polished and the sound has a bit more punch. Nice, nice update. Great work guys!
Looks splendid on my core 2 duo rig with the GTX260 core 216 card :)
added on the 2009-01-19 02:13:45 by ngtflyer ngtflyer
Good job on the final.
added on the 2009-01-19 02:32:45 by p01 p01
menger sponge!
rulez added on the 2009-01-19 08:35:58 by decipher decipher
now it's complete. thanks guys.

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added on the 2009-01-19 10:09:32 by prm prm
Some neat new transitions, and the sponge-thingie looks a tad better now. More bass \o/
added on the 2009-01-19 10:12:45 by kusma kusma
glad to see keops drop the oldschool style and do stuff like this :D
way to go, orb!
rulez added on the 2009-01-19 10:37:11 by stil stil
A standing ovation,
PLEASE keops, make a PlayStation 3 music visualisation (the current 3 have become very boring),
obviously you'd need permission from Sony (Plastic could help out in that department).
added on the 2009-01-19 10:42:32 by mr rounce mr rounce
Good that I forgot thumbing this gem up, now I can do so for the final!
rulez added on the 2009-01-19 11:12:39 by kb_ kb_
Now it's even better! Great final version!
added on the 2009-01-19 13:28:03 by ham ham
It's not that different, but a little more pulished. Still definitely one of best for 2008 IMHO.
added on the 2009-01-19 14:14:48 by d3pth d3pth
fabulous work - had to see this 3 times in a row! Thumb UP!
rulez added on the 2009-01-19 15:24:37 by Dano Dano
I'm going to thumb this up finally otherwise the Québécoise will hate me forever.
rulez added on the 2009-01-19 16:15:59 by hitchhikr hitchhikr
<flamebait>
i don't think keops needs a couple of eastern-european slobs to get in touch with sony :)
</flamebait>

nice final btw :)
added on the 2009-01-19 16:48:47 by superplek superplek
The new transitions are really cool, specially the one after the loading. the loading is still ugly (the grayscale things) tho. You need a hand from fiver2, navis or pixtur for some of the cameras. Th reflection on the menger sponge makes it much nicer, a pity again the cameras.
added on the 2009-01-19 17:01:07 by mrdoob mrdoob
The best PC stuff from 2008 is finalized :)
added on the 2009-01-19 17:20:12 by Serpent Serpent
@wintermiels, I only said Plastic because they've got a connection with Sony because of Linger, and why are they slobs?
added on the 2009-01-19 17:53:44 by mr rounce mr rounce
Aaaawesome demo! Those cube effects really bring me back to the old days when I got inspired by seeing effects I didn't understand how they managed to pull off. Its good to see that the scene still has some wizards with some black, funky magic!
rulez added on the 2009-01-19 18:18:00 by Duckers Duckers
hmmm... actually I enjoyed the party version over the final version. I liked the clean scenes in that version better. and I think some of the direction (the cubes) was cooler aswell in the party version.
added on the 2009-01-20 10:18:50 by Proteque Proteque
cool, now it's working on my fat pc at work :D
added on the 2009-01-20 13:30:43 by tobé tobé
thumb
rulez added on the 2009-01-20 13:56:51 by red red
Québécoise FTW.
i need to buy a new pair of trousers now!! thx for the final orb + andromeda... you still have shots from the party version in the screenshot zoomer BTW :p
rulez added on the 2009-01-20 15:24:18 by gleema gleema
final > party

both awesome.
Quote:
and why are they slobs?


sony is big. lots of people have connections. and i don't like plastic (their prods nor the people they portray to be online (i emphasize this because online and 'real' behaviour often differs)
added on the 2009-01-21 12:43:30 by superplek superplek
Perfect. Almost. (again)
/me bows down (again)

P.S.
I know something about this demo.
You don't.
added on the 2009-01-21 12:53:07 by skan skan
DTV updated with the final version as well, thank you Tsr :)
added on the 2009-01-21 14:01:15 by keops keops
coup de coeur given !now! for the final :)
added on the 2009-01-21 20:56:00 by magic magic
pffff it's not fair ! comment ca poutre duku !!!
rulez added on the 2009-01-22 23:13:44 by Kassoulet Kassoulet
Now having seen the final... amazing!

Looked fab and ran super smooth at 1920x1200 on GeForce 8800. Excellent job!
rulez added on the 2009-01-24 03:26:59 by rc55 rc55
Best got better. Congratulations!
added on the 2009-01-25 11:39:54 by Stebo Stebo
I don't like the noisy image in the final that much, and the water scene is jerky in comparison to the party version (although I can't see any enhancements there). But the cubes are rendered faster now, that's good. And that final effect is cool! :D
What water scene ? There are 3 in the demo :)
added on the 2009-01-25 22:00:38 by keops keops
The first one, with the water ribbon. :P
roulaize !!!
rulez added on the 2009-01-28 14:46:56 by Tomchi Tomchi
Wow! impressive :) Thanx for the 720p file!
rulez added on the 2009-01-28 15:58:24 by JaceSTK JaceSTK
Well done, Keops. A lot of subtle transitions, polishes & a little static that improves the overall feel of the demo without losing any of the brutal 'hardcoreness' of the party version (which unfortunately happened with the final of Candytron).

I look forward to meeting you at Breakpoint when you, Gloom and 'The Rekemelk Boys™' are collecting your statuette(s) ... :-)
added on the 2009-01-28 16:41:23 by Steel Steel
Steel : Thanks but it was not only me, Hyde, Nova, Gloom and the others did their share of labor for the final version ;)
added on the 2009-01-28 17:07:08 by keops keops
Finally got round to watching the final. I like it.. essentially the same, but hugely refined. Like steel said, sometimes something gets lost in a final like this, or it becomes a slightly different demo. I'm glad that didn't happen.

The menger sponge is much improved too, the camera movement hides the cheating now :D
added on the 2009-01-28 22:02:30 by psonice psonice
Hyde is not stupid, just a little slow.
rulez added on the 2009-02-02 21:14:52 by Reven Reven
Mye tøfft! :)
rulez added on the 2009-02-05 21:40:11 by size size
superb!
rulez added on the 2009-02-06 23:12:51 by Herpes Herpes
nice one !
rulez added on the 2009-02-11 21:12:40 by minz minz
soooo... anyone found that hidden part yet? :)
added on the 2009-02-12 19:47:37 by prm prm
prm: sure! so nice they included nexus7 raytraced scroller ;-)
added on the 2009-02-12 19:50:39 by magic magic
Prm : but did *you* find one ? :D
added on the 2009-02-12 22:34:48 by keops keops
Keops: btw, why were those rotating cubes removed from the background of the statue ? How to get them back in the final version ? :-)
added on the 2009-02-12 22:36:35 by magic magic
Magic : because we wanted to put the focus on the humanoid and its shaders, not on the ugly background cubes we did not like anyway :)

We were supposed to add an effect in the background to replace them but... <insert sorry excuse about lack of time>.
added on the 2009-02-12 22:48:21 by keops keops
its a small glitch in a superior demo.
(which I noticed just today ;) Although the background and the scene itself feels 'empty' now compared to the first version.. I still voted for best demo anyway at scene.org ;-)
added on the 2009-02-12 23:03:12 by magic magic
prm: Peh, there is no hidden part. There is plenty of D4accneX_zg though.
added on the 2009-02-12 23:24:54 by gloom gloom
damn! hyde's cryptic message tricked me! *curses*
added on the 2009-02-13 01:26:43 by prm prm
Quote:
prm: Peh, there is no hidden part. There is plenty of D4accneX_zg though.


Now this one will make Prm have nightmares :D
added on the 2009-02-13 01:38:36 by keops keops
or not!! *removes curses* wonderful!! gloom: you forgot that i'm the master of clues! :D

added on the 2009-02-13 01:50:11 by prm prm
Half the point of a hidden part is that it remains hidden. So why ever would Hyde drop cryptic messages about there being one if there really was one?
added on the 2009-02-13 08:44:31 by Archmage Archmage
archmage: damn right. i will never trust that lousy homepage again.
also: love those chat lines! :)
added on the 2009-02-13 09:21:54 by prm prm
Quote:
Half the point of a hidden part is that it remains hidden. So why ever would Hyde drop cryptic messages about there being one if there really was one?

because the other half of the point is that hidden parts ain't no fun unless people are desperately searching it? :)
added on the 2009-02-13 10:04:07 by havoc havoc
havoc: relax, there´s plenty of desperation to go around.
added on the 2009-02-13 10:06:15 by Hyde Hyde
Walter Kluge didn't find the hidden bart.
added on the 2009-02-13 10:09:17 by kusma kusma
Might someone enlighten the newbie, perhaps? What hidden part?
added on the 2009-02-13 10:48:08 by xTr1m xTr1m
The one where you get to play Breakout with reflective bricks.
added on the 2009-02-13 11:08:12 by kusma kusma
The hidden part is a hoax! Why would we do that when we did not even find the time to finish the non hidden part(s)?
added on the 2009-02-13 13:11:47 by keops keops
keops: sorry for the misleading posts... i guess i confused everyone... it's a hoax. my bad.

totally unrelated comment: contrary to popular belief, my name is not gargaj

i also demand fuckings in you next demo

added on the 2009-02-13 15:49:37 by prm prm
Kusma : an interactive hidden part ? Now that would be an idea !

However, I doubt PC sceners would be stupid enough to do that in 2008 when so many people watch video captures instead of running the real demos :D
added on the 2009-02-16 14:42:26 by keops keops
Hahaha, I have found the hidden part \o/
It's a small game :) !
added on the 2009-02-18 14:32:01 by Anat Anat
No, it isn't.
added on the 2009-02-18 15:39:29 by Archmage Archmage
Mmh, Stargazer with 3D analygraph ? :)
added on the 2009-02-18 15:55:11 by Anat Anat
Hint: BAGUETTE BOULES

It's a secret hint, so I'm not saying what it's about.
added on the 2009-02-18 15:57:18 by psonice psonice
Hint : FREADOM FRIES
added on the 2009-02-18 16:16:48 by v3nom v3nom
Hint: what is a hidden part?
Quote:
the non hidden part(s)?

More than one?! :D
added on the 2009-02-21 03:55:15 by bdk bdk
Who coded that Water Wormie effect, prolly not keops?
rulez added on the 2009-02-27 07:42:16 by moredhel moredhel
yes, it's very good. great flow.
rulez added on the 2009-03-04 15:28:45 by bartman bartman
I wanna thumb it up a second time for the hidden part. :)
Or can you really thumb up something that does not exist?
yes you can, with a hidden thumb.
added on the 2009-03-04 17:53:56 by p01 p01
bravo dudes! you have done a really great stuff! very dynamic.
rulez added on the 2009-03-04 18:08:28 by sim sim
want to thumb up second time, too.. :)
added on the 2009-03-04 18:18:58 by toxie toxie
hmm, hidden part. let's look into that basefile.dat. oh my good, the directory is plain text! and there seem to be a bunch of files that certainly don't belong to any part inside the demo. how utterly perplexing!
added on the 2009-03-07 17:07:39 by ryg ryg
Ryg: it's a decoy, obviously ;)
added on the 2009-03-08 00:34:05 by keops keops
Great introduction and the sound environment is perfectly suited to each scene.
Otherwise, the reflection of the cubes and the water is truly amazing!
However, the demo loses in intensity towards the end.
In any case, one of the best demo of 2008!
The Atari ST and Amiga have created fabulous artists!
rulez added on the 2009-03-17 19:28:44 by Templeton Templeton
 
rulez added on the 2009-03-19 00:35:50 by rbz rbz
perfect!
rulez added on the 2009-03-21 12:32:57 by deem^ukx deem^ukx
Just ace
rulez added on the 2009-03-23 16:01:49 by m0d m0d
andromeda is back :)
rulez added on the 2009-03-27 16:58:51 by bumble-bee bumble-bee
rulez
added on the 2009-04-03 15:19:04 by vestige vestige
<3!
rulez added on the 2009-04-08 00:11:42 by kaoD kaoD
Amazing! Now ST port please :D
rulez added on the 2009-04-10 22:37:43 by exocet exocet
Best Demo :)
added on the 2009-04-11 21:51:49 by _wheely_ _wheely_
best demo, best effects, public choice, congrats !
added on the 2009-04-11 21:54:23 by MsK` MsK`
AMAZING PROD!!!

It has deserved those awards!
rulez added on the 2009-04-11 21:56:47 by SoDa7 SoDa7
"Get of the fucking internet and challenge us!!"

*LOL*
added on the 2009-04-11 21:58:55 by magic magic
Deserved all awards! Masterpiece!
rulez added on the 2009-04-11 22:00:57 by -SP- -SP-
I like it!
rulez added on the 2009-04-12 03:56:53 by dracoony dracoony
Pure Magic! Although some parts were better in the partyversion.
rulez added on the 2009-04-15 12:25:34 by gaspode gaspode
wow the hidden part was awesomely sweet. so sweet that I forgot about its existence.
added on the 2009-04-15 15:31:15 by decipher decipher
Love
rulez added on the 2009-04-15 23:38:34 by Mtl Mtl
This is what I call DEMO.
rulez added on the 2009-04-18 19:08:02 by maq maq
^o^
rulez added on the 2009-04-20 04:20:23 by Adoru Adoru
decipher, if you think it was sweet, you haven't seen it!
added on the 2009-04-20 13:29:30 by ryg ryg
about time i commented this one... absolutely one of the best visual experiences in my life. top notch!
rulez added on the 2009-04-23 01:52:39 by xerxes xerxes
rulez
rulez added on the 2009-05-01 21:36:23 by wITTus wITTus
much effects and no ideas =)) as always..
rulez added on the 2009-05-03 08:45:20 by in*tEr in*tEr
even for such beautiful demo - weighs too much
added on the 2009-05-03 08:46:30 by in*tEr in*tEr
Nice effects and nice transitions, good olschool spirit !
rulez added on the 2009-05-08 01:07:19 by Hexogen Hexogen
pure magic!
rulez added on the 2009-05-12 20:20:51 by Eliecan Eliecan
.oO.
rulez added on the 2009-05-19 10:15:27 by TrX TrX
Very nice indeed, really polished, and a clever intro credits by the way. I'm not fond of so many post processing effects though.
rulez added on the 2009-05-25 21:35:38 by Zavie Zavie
It's great, even on a video capture. Guys, you're magicians.
rulez added on the 2009-05-30 00:51:28 by Vedem Vedem
Wonderful... I especially love the fractal cubes
rulez added on the 2009-06-06 15:08:36 by jua jua
One cool effect and rest is just flybye.
added on the 2009-06-08 16:02:07 by MuffinHop MuffinHop
one of the best
rulez added on the 2009-06-09 07:02:47 by VIT310 VIT310
cheesy
sucks added on the 2009-07-04 01:03:04 by hugodaniel hugodaniel
Long live rock'n'roll!
rulez added on the 2009-07-04 18:26:51 by C-jeff C-jeff
I expected this demo to be good, and good it was! Wow!
rulez added on the 2009-07-22 20:53:17 by baah baah
Magnificent performance.
rulez added on the 2009-07-24 22:23:10 by vestige vestige
forgot to thumb :)
rulez added on the 2009-08-03 13:05:52 by ponce ponce
is there somewhere I can download the party version? I lost it somehow.
added on the 2009-08-07 01:09:37 by Proteque Proteque
or even better. the capture of the party version in HD. it used to be around.
added on the 2009-08-07 01:12:43 by Proteque Proteque
Amazing !
rulez added on the 2009-08-08 17:33:09 by Hicks Hicks
Proteque: a live recording of the whole 4k and demo compo of NVscene can be watched at demoscene.tv
added on the 2009-08-22 08:26:54 by magic magic
just wow

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rulez added on the 2009-09-02 08:16:55 by mcafeedownload mcafeedownload
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rulez added on the 2009-09-28 09:28:33 by Shockwave Shockwave
would get a thumb for the Menger sponge scene alone, but the demo is all-around epic.
rulez added on the 2009-10-04 11:06:21 by louman louman
Incredible!
rulez added on the 2009-10-06 23:45:32 by 71M 71M
good one...
rulez added on the 2009-10-11 21:59:12 by Raven^NCE Raven^NCE
A lot of boring 3d and the music is downright bad. A couple of nice scenes save it.
added on the 2009-10-16 03:06:18 by JDruid JDruid
It's just good demo, no connection between scenes, no excelent music... it shouldn't be in top ten.
added on the 2009-10-20 15:27:35 by jack-3d jack-3d
Finally watched this in realtime, nice work
rulez added on the 2009-11-01 01:41:31 by pigpenpete pigpenpete
Prfct dm!
Owned by the cubes scene!
rulez added on the 2009-11-06 18:04:03 by Defiance Defiance
WoW!
rulez added on the 2009-11-27 17:40:43 by kempy kempy
Belated but deserved thumb for this prod. I was this >< close to coming out of my long lurk when this demo came out, but didn't... Now I wish I had (and that I'd attended NVScene to see it at the party place :) )
rulez added on the 2009-11-30 06:26:18 by t-zero t-zero
great, state of the art, effects. love that one, doesn't get boring.
rulez added on the 2010-01-10 18:11:55 by blackdeath blackdeath
technically, great. just didn't touch me that much.
added on the 2010-01-11 21:52:44 by F7sus4 F7sus4
i get a "coop stopped working" (??) error msg before the demo even begins on my new ATI 5870. :(
added on the 2010-01-17 18:07:26 by button button
ah, it just didn't like two screens. :) works fine when i disable the 2nd.
added on the 2010-01-18 16:26:00 by button button
The sponge. Loved it. Music is a littlebit stale, but didnt suck :)
rulez added on the 2010-01-18 17:40:25 by leGend leGend
im amazed
rulez added on the 2010-02-20 11:23:11 by phunck phunck
Kinda cool.
rulez added on the 2010-03-10 12:45:58 by harism harism
whoa, I forgot to give a thumb, so here it is! :D

I love the cubes and the soundtrack <3
rulez added on the 2010-03-10 13:36:04 by nekomono nekomono
to overwelming.
sucks added on the 2010-03-11 03:49:54 by BoulderSteiNisse BoulderSteiNisse
Could be at least fourth in the all-time top IMHO. Huge work here.
rulez added on the 2010-03-21 18:39:41 by Korguiq Korguiq
amaaazing!!
rulez added on the 2010-03-21 19:56:00 by bootlicker bootlicker
For raping the old Amiga-generated effect from "The Abyss"..
sucks added on the 2010-04-01 10:20:58 by zstab zstab
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rulez added on the 2010-04-11 10:57:04 by chenmy! chenmy!
Awesome soundtrack with massive visuals. Me likes.
rulez added on the 2010-04-21 18:35:12 by firebug firebug
wow :D
rulez added on the 2010-04-21 18:59:09 by doc^21o6 doc^21o6
I was showing my nine year old nephew some demos. When he was watching this he said; "this is the weirdest music video I've ever seen!"

.... can't argue with that :)
rulez added on the 2010-04-25 04:41:07 by phobium phobium
rulez added on the 2010-04-26 22:35:42 by moqui moqui
One of the best demos ever!
rulez added on the 2010-04-27 15:20:18 by omg omg
Fantastic!
rulez added on the 2010-05-18 03:17:21 by soueusou soueusou
One more time - great prod!
added on the 2010-05-20 00:53:16 by sim sim
superb prod
rulez added on the 2010-05-30 10:31:04 by kyv kyv
an oldskool sensibility with a luscious newschool look.
rulez added on the 2010-06-13 00:47:40 by neu / metoikos neu / metoikos
Top of the Art
rulez added on the 2010-07-31 09:50:27 by Eldrik Eldrik
Still the king - sorry lug00ber & Slummy, but Gloom still has the right to ridicule because of this monster of a track
added on the 2010-08-07 18:35:09 by Steel Steel
physiz!
rulez added on the 2010-08-08 13:23:41 by dila dila
nice trip
rulez added on the 2010-08-12 23:40:14 by robpaine robpaine
Think all has bee said already :)
rulez added on the 2010-08-13 20:17:38 by s7ing_ATZ s7ing_ATZ
I don't know how many times I've watched this demo. It's completely insane.
added on the 2010-08-18 18:51:56 by Zavie Zavie
uh... uhm.. uh..

Uh!
rulez added on the 2010-08-18 19:19:46 by nerve nerve
rulez added on the 2010-09-10 11:57:46 by martin martin
I've seen it dozens of times. It's always a pleasure.
Awesome work!
rulez added on the 2010-10-04 19:38:49 by LLB LLB
That's the kind of demo I enjoy to watch, great code, gfx and music synched!
rulez added on the 2010-10-04 19:40:51 by gibs gibs
this is the best scene porn i have seen so far
rulez added on the 2010-10-05 22:12:32 by scicco scicco
Yes. just, well, just yes.
rulezcdc added on the 2010-10-08 21:05:15 by xtrium xtrium
oh my i never thumbed stargazer. well, here we go.
rulez added on the 2010-10-16 04:36:12 by wysiwtf wysiwtf
...
rulez added on the 2011-01-02 21:46:47 by joooo joooo
As joooo said! ;)
rulez added on the 2011-01-09 13:25:52 by harsh_noise harsh_noise
Nice Demo!
rulez added on the 2011-01-10 21:15:19 by tirox tirox
sigh.. missed you guys (aoa) in 2010.. a new prod. in 2011 perhaps ? ad astra ad infinitum!
added on the 2011-01-12 18:56:15 by magic magic
Amazing stuff.
rulez added on the 2011-01-22 22:38:20 by emha76 emha76
impressive
rulez added on the 2011-01-28 16:51:29 by provod provod
Beautiful stuff.
rulez added on the 2011-01-30 10:54:03 by pacifist pacifist
Just watched the final and I agree.. the transitions are better, the whole thing looks more polished and the sound has a bit more punch. Nice, nice update. frostwire
Great work guys!
Looks splendid on my core 2 duo rig with the GTX260 core 216 card :)
rulez added on the 2011-02-09 02:06:43 by juangarcia juangarcia
new demo by ANDROMEDA, new demo by ANDROMEDA, new demo by ANDROMEDA... gods!
rulez added on the 2011-02-14 01:36:05 by Akira^Pulse Akira^Pulse
...wow. Amazing.
rulez added on the 2011-02-14 21:07:47 by elmindreda elmindreda
Yummy!
rulez added on the 2011-02-23 05:05:49 by numtek numtek
need more demos like this one!
rulez added on the 2011-03-06 00:03:11 by nebadon nebadon
Wow! This one is really awesome!!
rulez added on the 2011-03-19 21:35:42 by [Nik] [Nik]
It surely is a GREAT demo with typical Andromeda feel, cleanness and top effects, but for me it lacks something, I dunno...
added on the 2011-04-17 22:44:54 by rutra80 rutra80
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rulez added on the 2011-05-27 02:19:02 by sub sub
hmm... soundtrack ? some samples taken from "So Beautiful" by Emou (Mario Reinsch) Spring Is Far To Come album 2009 (c) Echoes Records...... Stargazer or STRANGER... haha... demotivation rules :D
added on the 2011-06-05 16:28:18 by superfml superfml
superfml: I think you need to check your math - my soundtrack was released in august of 2008, while this album you're talking about was released in september of 2009. Also, what samples? I can't even recognize a single similar sound.

To summarize: no - your statement is wrong. :)
added on the 2011-06-06 19:05:11 by gloom gloom
chill meen! my math is ok :) ok. my wrong. sorry :P
added on the 2011-06-06 21:02:20 by superfml superfml
I can't stop watching it. Brilliant!
rulez added on the 2011-06-16 06:51:03 by Eclipsante Eclipsante
The UFO's lights are awesome :D
rulez added on the 2011-07-12 20:10:33 by Danguafer Danguafer
awesome!
rulez added on the 2011-07-28 15:03:06 by nhi nhi
Too bad the hidden part is a myth after all, I would have loved one.
added on the 2011-07-28 15:18:20 by wysiwtf wysiwtf
FANTASTIC!
GREAT!
OUTSTANDING!
BRILLIANT!

All scenes are magically beautiful, all modells and pictures are great, music is nice too! Yyyyyeeeeaaaah!!!!!
rulez added on the 2011-08-11 10:09:11 by closed closed
wysiwtf: nice try, but you're not getting any help. :) There is a hidden part.
added on the 2011-08-11 10:17:04 by gloom gloom
There's also a hidden greet! In fact, so well hidden that the guy who was supposed to see it still didn't see it after being handed a screenshot..

Andromeda -- hiding stuff in demos since 1989.
added on the 2011-08-11 10:52:47 by Hyde Hyde
Quote:
It's just good demo, no connection between scenes, no excelent music... it shouldn't be in top ten.
added on the 2011-08-19 18:14:09 by Frozzy Frozzy
really nice fx. rox.
rulez added on the 2011-08-30 18:47:22 by csp csp
Bass notes lack punch, but let's face it, I would forgive everything for the sea tunnel scene alone.
rulez added on the 2011-09-05 19:26:56 by moozooh moozooh
Non-scene people says: "This animation sucks!"
Maybe it looks somehow simple but despite of that it a very pure demo with unique style!
Made with great attention to details.
rulez added on the 2011-10-26 21:42:26 by zbyndek zbyndek
Je suis venu, j'ai downloadé, j'ai aimé.
rulez added on the 2011-10-30 10:09:22 by TME TME
OMG! The hidden part is awesome! ;-)
added on the 2011-11-14 08:02:45 by Mystra Mystra
Stunning!
rulez added on the 2011-11-28 09:52:19 by indigo indigo
I love cubes, and these ones were delicious
rulez added on the 2011-12-02 00:55:50 by JAC! JAC!
my new favorite of all times. great!
rulez added on the 2011-12-03 20:27:16 by binf binf
mediocre demo with cheesy music.
sucks added on the 2011-12-12 13:18:38 by kimi kardashian kimi kardashian
This technology demo needs to be on the top list. Thanks to the makers!
rulez added on the 2011-12-16 00:51:46 by rock rock
Worked on my laptop so this is definitely a good one. Loved the "Abyss" water snake thingy. :)
rulez added on the 2011-12-24 18:59:17 by SparkyNZ SparkyNZ
best demo ever - Andromeda&Orb when next ? :)
added on the 2012-01-06 11:29:29 by ooz ooz
love this piece of code
rulez added on the 2012-01-08 17:26:24 by SX1Freak SX1Freak
finally saw this running on my computer, amazing prod!
rulez added on the 2012-01-08 22:10:02 by rage rage
It's not a prod. It's a demo.
added on the 2012-01-10 10:02:50 by Archmage Archmage
Water snake is definitely cool
rulez added on the 2012-01-11 21:12:35 by cxw cxw
Bloody hell, astonishing "comeback"!
rulez added on the 2012-02-07 08:07:57 by lennart lennart
Nothing more to say. Gloom on audio you can put some interesting effects to blow up our minds
If i want Dream Theater I listening, to it. Petrucci means suicide with guitar try.
added on the 2012-03-13 00:49:12 by xball xball
Chef d'oeuvre !
rulez added on the 2012-03-23 21:47:42 by toms toms
xball: I have no idea what any of that means. :)
added on the 2012-09-14 13:30:14 by gloom gloom
this was a hell of a demo
added on the 2012-09-14 14:03:50 by nytrik nytrik
Really nice to watch.
rulez added on the 2012-10-16 20:15:36 by [Signal] [Signal]
God help me how that water wormy effect is coded.
added on the 2012-10-23 05:23:40 by moredhel moredhel
Love the music and the text drawing effect near the start (second scene)
rulez added on the 2012-11-05 12:17:02 by Malvineous Malvineous
Awesome water effect near beginning, and caustics from the water snake (Abyss) thing. I also like the 3D model before the infinite zoom (and the zoom itself). Really nice finish with the burning logos too.
rulez added on the 2012-11-28 00:13:16 by fizzer fizzer
great prod! Loved the zoom effect!
rulez added on the 2012-12-12 16:29:46 by CeRi CeRi
One of my favourite demos ever. Hard to pick a favourite part, the start-system greets, the great looking cubes, just wow :)
rulezcdc added on the 2013-01-07 15:23:47 by raizor raizor
Just watched this a couple of times in a row. I'm still blown away after all those years...
added on the 2013-01-10 01:52:51 by pixtur pixtur
Love it!
rulez added on the 2013-02-14 15:22:47 by FL1NE FL1NE
What everyone said
rulez added on the 2013-04-08 11:04:50 by Voltage Voltage
Awesome!
rulez added on the 2013-04-19 15:39:20 by skirk skirk
Proves that demo category is still (sometimes) relevant.
rulez added on the 2013-05-11 20:34:46 by ccr ccr
Hah - haven't thumbed this up yet. Silly me :) Really like the atmosphere in this one, and the water effect really takes it home! Great work!
rulez added on the 2013-07-25 18:52:14 by Punqtured Punqtured
What Punqtured said. I saw it many many times and never thumbed it !
rulez added on the 2013-07-26 20:47:46 by ok3anos ok3anos
great prod with a übersexy tunnel!
rulez added on the 2013-07-31 09:59:58 by sensenstahl sensenstahl
Well, the water wormy effect does hard on. Top 3 effect its anyway.

The rest is just basic.
added on the 2013-07-31 10:14:46 by moredhel moredhel
In fact the end effect caused mu radeon gone mad:D Otherwide the demo is good.

But radeons cant do so called smoke effect.


added on the 2013-07-31 10:24:07 by moredhel moredhel
This is how demos should be.
added on the 2013-07-31 10:26:39 by Optimus Optimus
 
rulez added on the 2013-08-15 10:54:49 by w00t! w00t!
Fantastic demo and awesome effects, but it's lacking that punch. Still, the effects and graphics alone deserve a thumb up (Especially the infinite zoomer and the water worm).
rulez added on the 2013-08-15 12:30:06 by TomoAlien TomoAlien
the worm....
rulez added on the 2013-08-15 12:56:09 by mudlord mudlord
Forgotten thumb error!
rulez added on the 2013-08-27 20:00:16 by CHEF-KOCH CHEF-KOCH
Many jawdropping and awesome effects!
Particular cool are imho the credits, the fractalzoom with cubes (?).

Love it!
rulez added on the 2013-09-29 22:07:04 by Shinobi Shinobi
this demo impresses me more than current ones being released today. water worm to blue plasma effect transition blew my socks off. infinite menger sponge fly-through for the win
just amazing
rulez added on the 2013-10-14 07:15:34 by ikam ikam
cool =)
rulez added on the 2013-11-09 20:14:06 by imerso imerso
massive.
rulez added on the 2013-11-12 20:52:56 by sm sm
one of the best demo-soundtracks of all time. blows you away on a decent sound setup!
added on the 2014-03-08 10:41:05 by v3nom v3nom
Just built a new PC and am catching up on about 3 years of demos. This is by far my fave so far, absolutely amazing. Love how it feels like a classic old-school demo but with really amazing up to date effects work. Superb!
rulez added on the 2014-03-29 16:38:20 by Vaipon Vaipon
Welcome back !! :)
rulez added on the 2014-04-18 14:52:16 by Black Dragon Black Dragon
classic megademo
rulez added on the 2014-06-18 13:43:59 by mantratronic mantratronic
Excellent demo. Made me happy to see some old names from the amiga demo scene still kicking ass.
rulez added on the 2014-07-21 02:04:13 by drift drift
for the platform
rulez added on the 2014-07-25 23:57:25 by yzi yzi
Perfection! One of the best demos ever released!
rulezcdc added on the 2014-08-15 12:19:53 by Daniel Daniel
all said about that
rulez added on the 2014-10-26 12:30:49 by Triace Triace
forgotten thumb for one of my favourites!
rulez added on the 2014-10-26 12:48:32 by bonefish bonefish
.
rulez added on the 2014-11-06 12:21:06 by _vincent _vincent
nice effects
rulez added on the 2015-02-19 18:35:44 by MuffinHop MuffinHop
Packed full of awesome
rulez added on the 2015-02-19 18:56:00 by Harekiet Harekiet
still awesome !
rulez added on the 2015-03-12 12:16:21 by EviL EviL
Great.
rulez added on the 2015-04-05 20:54:32 by SkyLyrac SkyLyrac
One of my favorite demos. Aged very well!
rulez added on the 2015-04-29 16:40:35 by Kylearan Kylearan
Absolutely stunning. A master piece.
rulez added on the 2015-08-10 22:50:06 by _alt3_ _alt3_
Visually, one of the most impressive demos I"ve ever seen. Congratulations for the great collab.
rulez added on the 2015-11-14 20:50:15 by animehaus animehaus
One of the best demos ever
rulez added on the 2016-06-04 20:14:50 by golem golem
I always come back looking for this one because I keep forgetting the name :')
rulez added on the 2016-12-20 23:43:39 by ___ ___
splendid
rulez added on the 2017-04-25 20:38:16 by krusty krusty
looks neat but not That amazing imho
added on the 2017-06-07 16:26:39 by nagz nagz
Still badass in 2017.
rulez added on the 2017-07-25 00:10:21 by Volantis Volantis
still fucking rocks all this years after
every FX are great it's a damn good prod!
rulez added on the 2017-09-28 20:08:32 by roudoudou roudoudou
Didn't gave thumb already?? This is one of the very best prods of the last years.. Also what roudoudou said :)
rulez added on the 2017-09-28 20:12:46 by mad mad
Very nice
rulez added on the 2018-04-15 14:08:12 by Emufr3ak Emufr3ak
Amazing demo! I can watch the demo everyday.
rulez added on the 2018-04-17 22:25:43 by MDW MDW
still rocks today, can't stop to listen to music :)
rulez added on the 2019-02-14 16:45:46 by wbcbz7 wbcbz7
Rulez!
rulez added on the 2019-02-26 19:21:00 by wertstahl wertstahl
I'm very sorry I didn't know this demo
rulez added on the 2019-05-02 16:33:47 by FMS_Cat FMS_Cat
hi, nice music.
added on the 2019-06-18 21:40:31 by manja manja
still haven't found the hidden part :D.
added on the 2019-06-19 01:04:21 by wullon wullon
The hidden part is a lie
added on the 2019-07-13 18:45:51 by keops keops
One of my favorite PC demos ever! Unfortunately, on my newer hardware after the initial intro sequence the screen goes blank and only the audio continues to play.
rulez added on the 2019-08-26 03:48:35 by Valkerasol Valkerasol
Hehehe. Kewl!
rulez added on the 2019-08-31 03:42:59 by gorgon gorgon
missing thumb!
rulez added on the 2019-09-20 08:48:42 by TomCatAbaddon TomCatAbaddon
Windows 10 fix please, some parts of the demo works. I do like to see the reflecting cubes and water worm effect.
added on the 2019-12-12 08:33:18 by moredhel moredhel
awesome style!
rulez added on the 2020-01-31 20:30:51 by Asato Asato
fantastic!
rulez added on the 2020-06-26 09:04:55 by ghandy ghandy
water worm, cubes and the man
rulez added on the 2020-10-03 14:45:24 by adkd adkd
yeah a win10 fix for this baby would be appreciated greatly =)
added on the 2020-12-04 22:35:24 by wysiwtf wysiwtf
i like it
rulez added on the 2021-03-15 10:58:33 by wrighter wrighter
good.
rulez added on the 2021-10-04 08:51:12 by futuristicGroup futuristicGroup
A true masterpiece
rulez added on the 2022-03-23 10:46:45 by venex venex
omg
rulez added on the 2022-07-20 11:35:00 by Pecard Pecard
masterpiece
rulez added on the 2022-08-03 13:53:42 by Jamie Jamie
Used to watch this over and over again back in the day.
rulez added on the 2022-09-14 10:46:00 by wabe wabe
super cool.
rulez added on the 2022-09-21 20:33:00 by NR4 NR4
well deserved - RockZ also.
rulez added on the 2022-12-27 16:23:50 by AMItac_TSA AMItac_TSA
T'as des mecs, ben ils savent coder ouèche
added on the 2023-02-28 22:33:20 by faraday faraday
Gods and heroes shall
Fade away in time
She will live forever
Our queen Andromeda
rulez added on the 2023-03-25 09:22:12 by ded^RMDA ded^RMDA
Still after 13 years, this demo rules. It has a phenomenal design. Definition of design. Great stuff.
rulez added on the 2023-04-27 00:47:34 by RaS RaS
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rulez added on the 2023-06-29 03:44:36 by MRIguy MRIguy
Amazing piece of work.
rulez added on the 2023-09-29 20:52:32 by rhino rhino

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