Demoscene Meets Microsoft Excel 2003
Via Justin Day (co-founder of Blip.tv) comes proof that, provided some scripting tools, even Microsoft Excel 2003 can be an animation program. No strange software choice shall be left unturned by the demo community. The Braadworsten brigade presents: Exelence (a demo made in MS Excel 2003) This one is released at Breakpoint ... read more.
Linger In Shadows: Demoscene Makes it to the PlayStation 3
I first saw Linger in Shadows on the Playstation Store Dashboard - the poster image was intriguing, and the game itself is only $2.99. Curious, I clicked through for more information... Holy crap. It's Interactive Art. On my Playstation. The developers are Plastic, a Demoscene group from Poland. Gamespot UK reported on ... read more.
Toolbox: Mac App is Like a Modular, Generative Photoshop
Vectors. Generative vectors. Text, as made in Toolbox, by the software's creator Simon Strandgaard. Something's happening in software. Generative techniques have been around about as long as computers, but from Spore's game design, soundtrack and creature editors to new music software like Nodal and Noatikl, in 2008 we're seeing those techniques ... read more.
Neon VJ App Goes Open Source, Gets New Lease on Life, Makes Demo Mayhem
Neon is among the best of a breed of obscure, indie VJ software gems around the world. The creation of mac/xplsv.com and later shine/xplsv.com, it's made a mark not only as a VJ performance app but as a creator of real-time motion demos. It can event manipulate 3D Studio Max ... read more.
KinderCrasher: Epic, Reactive Visuals and Music in 4K of C Code
Peter sums up this piece much better than I can: this person is better than us :D when the revolution comes and the whole world goes mad max we'll be dead and this person will be hacking the computers to fight the robot army kindercrasher from Inigo Quilez on Vimeo. From Inigo: This is my contribution to the realtime ... read more.
