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- report Animation/Video 08082020 - Gazing Into The Abyss by Poo-Brain [web]
- Quote:
intangible unesco heritage that gets streams banned from twitch
- isokadded on the 2021-04-12 17:13:50
- demo Windows Arcade by Spectrals [web]
- Quote:
And here I disagree with the comments referring to it as "pandering". An retro synthwave and neon visuals with no purpose qualifies as pandering. But this has a very clear purpose, develops a clear idea, and shows quite some research went into it. Obviously a lot of work went into it.
The thing is, aside from the delightful soundtrack, most of what feels good about this demo doesn't originate with the demo itself. It invokes a certain past experience—in this case arcade games and the arcade experience in general—that you as a viewer fondly remember and feel good about, and it does so in the hopes that the strong positive feeling will be projected onto the demo doing the references to it. The fact that the whole demo makes arcade games its subject doesn't contradict the fact that it's a demo and not an arcade game, and the merits of the two are separate.
Also not saying this isn't a valid effective method to engage with the audience, but unless it's done very well it's just as easy to disengage, and that is what you're seeing in the comments. - isokadded on the 2021-04-12 00:44:57
- demo Windows Secret stage BOSS by Gam0022 & Sadakkey
- I love arcade shooters very much—though mainly for the bullet dodging which is completely absent here.
I'm also not sure how ethical it is to borrow this much content from another author.
But my main gripe with the demo is that it doesn't really tell or show anything that 2nd Stage Boss and Final Stage haven't already. And more importantly, those two were 4ks which had to work around a severe size limitation (and have done so wonderfully) while this demo had the luxury of unlimited content space and still failed to pack the punch of its predecessors. The only thing new in it are greetings which I don't think add any artistic value here; if anything, they dilute the pace. It's an empty retread of an existing work by somebody else, inferior to it in most aspects.
And that may explain the low rank. - isokadded on the 2021-04-08 00:25:19
- demotool Linux Windows ShaderBoi by SunnyBadgr
- "And the answer is: ShaderBoi."
- rulezadded on the 2021-04-07 23:37:32
- 4k Atari VCS paakkuu by Bunch of Craving Kids
- Quote:
Best untz on the VCS for sure.
- rulezadded on the 2021-04-07 18:34:36
- demo Amiga AGA The Martini Effect by Flex
- Some more thoughts on The Martini Effect and why it was so clearly superior to the competition.
The demo follows a consistent, clearly defined visual theme and actually explores it rather than cycling through various good-looking imagery that has little in common with each other. There is a certain continuity and symmetry to the scenes that may feel subtle but shows confident direction when seen with a detached look. You are being taken on a journey, and you can tell the driver is in control. The soundtrack, while not necessarily the one you would hum years later, nevertheless cements the pacing and sets the exact right mood. It is perfect choice for this production, and as Gargaj said, it does tie everything together, setting the pace that enables the viewer to soak in the atmosphere created by the visuals for the right amount of time to maximize the effect and pull out before it overstays its welcome. That is how you end up with a product that is vastly more than just a sum of its parts.
Very few Amiga demos do this because it is often much easier to score points with the oldtimer crowd with an effect showcase carrying the connotation of being technically impressive (and often takes advantage of the nostalgia while at it because of how familiar it is) and following the concept of "more is better" (though not as egregiously as the C64 scene). But in the 30+ years of the Amiga scene the pool of actually new effects and techniques has all but run dry, and what remains is doing something new with the existing ones. Thankfully, the Amiga is not so limited—the artistic potential of the existing tech is vast and virtually untapped. But this requires bravery of going beyond the familiar and strong artistic vision to conjure the novel, both of which had long been overlooked in pursuit of pure technical prowess and substituted by timed insertions of graphic stills as if that could somehow compare. And as the trends are slowly turning in the direction of genuine artistry, it so happens that not many established groups are both willing to go for it and able to land a convincing result. But I hope that with demos like Eon and The Martini Effect winning their respective competitions by a landslide in the demo category and the H0ffman-scored "music videos" dominating the intro space, the Amiga scene will be urged to continue evolving and giving birth to more not just technically impressive demos but also stunningly beautiful ones. - isokadded on the 2021-04-07 16:40:14
- demo Amiga AGA Last Goat Standing by Noice [web]
- Sick EBM soundtrack and visuals that only partially do it justice. This is a quality prod but I think Preacher put his finger on why this didn't win.
- rulezadded on the 2021-04-07 15:21:52
- 4k procedural graphics Windows Almost Done by Latitude Independent Association [web]
- :D
- rulezadded on the 2021-04-06 18:47:10
- demo Amiga OCS/ECS Fisherhawk Dr. by Melon [web]
- Cheeky text, great choreography, some novel scenes, all technically amazing.
But if there's one thing I hate about this demo is the jarring, epilepsy-inducing color cycling in the first half. It's very unnecessarily hard on the eyes. :( - rulezadded on the 2021-04-06 16:55:10
- 4k procedural graphics Windows Submit by yx [web]
- Some of these comments are gold, was worth submitting for that alone.
Awesome materials, too! - rulezadded on the 2021-04-06 16:05:23
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