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TMDC5

Posted by michael on from the say-it-five-times-fast dept.

TMDC Organizing writes "There's less than two weeks left to the fifth pseudoannual text mode demo compo submission deadline. The web-submission system is finally online, and you can also chat about TMDC5 on ircnet #tmdc5. Even if you haven't started on an entry yet, there's still time!"

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  1. Efficiency. by Trusty+Penfold · · Score: 4, Insightful



    Okay, so I tried a few (the intro from the story and a couple from an earlier poster's link).

    I thought the demo scene was supposed to be about efficiency - doing amazing things in small space and with other limitations. It is depressing to see that decoding an audio stream and bouncing some characters around an 80x50 display can't be done with less than 100% processor.

    A proper MP3 player can decode an MP3 stream with about 1-2% of avaialable cycles (on my 600MHz athlon) - I can't believe it takes the rest to calculate 80x50 at 50-odd fps.

    There should be a catagory for algorithm efficiency - then I might vote.

    1. Re:Efficiency. by snillfisk · · Score: 2, Insightful

      The demoscene is first of all about having fun, then about doing things that are impressing. If you're not having any fun while doing it, then its probably not the right thing to do :)

      Most textmode-intros these days are productions that are made just for that, fun.

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      mats
      One man's ceiling is another man's floor.