pkreftaon Hacker News • Recommends
On “Source code for 4kb demoscene production “Elevated” released”
In year 2000 when I was 16 years old 64k fr-08 by farbrausch told me that I know nothing about programming ;) 1 link to this video
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fr-08: .the .product by farbrausch | 64k intro (2000) (720p HQ demoscene demo)
Demoscene High-Quality Videos (Annikras)
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- Recommended by 2 people: 2 on Hacker News.
- A classic. People kept recommending it from 2016 to 2020.
Intermediate. Assumes working knowledge.
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An 11-minute 3D demoscene production with music, packed entirely into a 64-kilobyte executable.
1st place in pc 64k compo at The Party 2000 When this demo came out I was so impressed by what Farbrausch was able to produce within 64kbyte of filesize, that from that point on my interest grew by alot for the whole demoscene. Before this I only watched demos unregularly. fr-08: .the .product by farbrausch From Readme: main demo and tool code, making it all possible: Chaos Concept, graphics, 3D, design, content and choreography: Fiver2 Audio programming, music, additional demo code: KB [th] Additional tool code, quality assurance: Doj Additional demo code: Yoda [fb] compression technology supervisor: Ryg [fg] Pouet: pouet.net/prod.php?which=1221Why it's here
2 people recommend thisWhat people say. Recommended as a legendary example of extreme software optimization and what can be achieved under strict size constraints.
userbinatoron Hacker News • Recommends
On “Terrain rendering in fewer than 20 lines of code”
IMHO not very many 64Ks have reached the amazingness of this 11 minute one from 2000: link to this video ...and for 4K, this one from 2009: link
userbinatoron Hacker News • Recommends
On “Papers I like”
I discovered #4 through him and I agree both with his summary and the paper itself --- canonical Huffman is astoundingly simple if you look at it in the right way, yet almost everyone doesn't. ryg is also a member of the Farbrausch demogroup, which has released some amazing demos. This one is probably the most memorable: link to this video
userbinatoron Hacker News • Recommends
On “Niklaus Wirth was right and that is a problem”
One only has to look at the demoscene to realise that limitations inspire creativity and efficiency. It's just a form of art, but gives a glimpse at what computers are capable of, if only we would try to use them more efficiently. I think award-winning 4k or 64k demos should be required watching for every software developer. Here are some personal favourites which have also appeared on HN: link link link to this video
xtrapolateon Hacker News • Mentions
On “In web design, everything easy is hard again”
When I'm thinking about bloated web frameworks and inefficient libraries, I often come back to memories of 64k demos released by groups such as Farbrausch. Here's what they've pulled off in 2000: link to this video - as somewhat of a "contrast", jQuery alone (3.0.0-alpha1, minified) weighs 84522 bytes. Use (what you deem as) the right tool for the job. As to how we've got to where we are today, there are lots of reasons - but personally, I feel it's pointless to constantly talk about it. Whether things are more complex than they used to be is up for debate, it's entirely subjective. It's natural for things to evolve given the rising popularity and increased demands - but they evolve organically. People…