TMDC5

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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Examples of text-mode demos

[snillfisk]

A few references for everyone wishing to see something created earlier or just for inspiration:

(mostly win32, sorry)
on pouet.net

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kvasigen.demoscene.no (80x25, Hangover in Halden, Textmode 3)
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Re:Call me stupid but ...

[snillfisk]

A text mode demo compo is a competition where people submit oldskool "demos" (ever heard of a thing called the 'demoscene'?) .. These are usually 3d rendered in software, raytracers, plasmas, cool 2d-effects .. simply doing something that looks good and make you think "how did they do that?" (like the first time someone draw something on the borders on the c64)..

http://www.pouet.net/ and http://www.ojuice.net/ for further reference.

AAlib :)

[CoolVibe]

That's the library you'd want to use. Also, check out "bb", which is a very cool OPEN SOURCE text mode demo, with good music, and playable on any terminal out there.

They've lost.

[Trusty Penfold]

Maximum file size is 1440000 bytes in a ZIP file
(approx 1.4 megs), and 3 (THREE) megs uncompressed.


Their intro demo is a 2.3Mb zip

Back in the day... (for me 1992)

[httpamphibio.us]

I remember seeing my first "loader" back in 1992, I had just started drawing ANSI for a local 206 art group called RaT. I remember it quite clearly, it had an ANSI logo that faded in and out and text that scrolled from right to left that faded from dark grey (or more accurately, bright black) to dark white to bright white then back again with really horrible fire effects at the bottom.

I've always loved textmode demos, they bring me back to a world before the internet was the gargantuan beast it is now, when I called 64 BBS's a day (and would have called more except my modem program only supported 64 entries).

It's great to see people still doing this.

Efficiency.

[Trusty Penfold]

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.

Very intriguing material

[back@slash]

Alright I was both interested and bored so I decided to download a couple of these demos and see what they are like.

I have a couple questions.

1) What kind of drugs are best when coming up with the ideas for these things. Specifically what were your influences when coming up with the idea to make a scene about a psychotic looking little girl who chases around a bunny rabbit with a meat cleaver and removes it's testicles?
2) Where can I acquire said drugs.

Thanks.