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Chaos Theory - Awesome 64k Intro! [720p HD]

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Intermediate. Assumes working knowledge.

582K views17 years ago3 recommendations

Graphics and audioRenderingCreative coding

A capture of the famous 64k demoscene intro Chaos Theory by Conspiracy, which generates all of its 3D graphics and music from a tiny executable.

Intro: Chaos Theory Group: Conspiracy/CNS Competition: Assembly 2006 / Combined 64k Place: 2nd Music Title: Rude Awakening Official release page: conspiracy.hu/release/64k/chaos_theory/ Pouët: pouet.net/prod.php?which=25774 Source code: github.com/ConspiracyHu/2012SourcePack

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What people say. Engineers highlight it as an incredible showcase of what can be achieved with extreme code compression and procedural generation.

jarinon Hacker News • Recommends

On “Low-level x86 code compression for 64k intros”

In case you haven't seen a 64k intro, "Chaos Theory" by Conspiracy is probably the coolest and most impressive one I've ever seen (fullscreen it in 720p for maximum awesomeness): link to this video I think it's probably one of the few I've seen that goes beyond being just impressive coding and actually seems to evoke the feeling of a post-singularity civilization, or something like that. The graphics and music are all generated on the fly from 64k of code. I think it actually uses the code compression from the linked article.

lloekion Hacker News • Recommends

On “A Single Div”

I don't get the fascination with Farbrausch. While I respect and admire the feat which I'm unable to pull of myself, there are comparatively much better realisations both in terms of art and technique. See the following 64k demos: - chaos theory - link to this video - turtles all the way down - sub dream link - the timeless — link - turtles all the way down - brain control - link

0x000xca0xfeon Hacker News • Recommends

On “Making Rust binaries smaller by default”

I work in embedded software and we fight for every megabyte of NAND flash. Multiple smaller executables add up, too. Reducing the binary size is usually more important than performance (and often more important than memory safety, if we are totally honest...). Personally, I hate bloated software just as much as slow software. It's crazy what you can do with 64 kilobytes, let the demoscene blow your mind: link to this video Would be awesome if compilers could do the same :)